Monday, July 16, 2012

How Well Do You See Colour?


I just read a blog that sent me to a cool little colour hue test. You can find it here.

I've been convinced for a long time that we do not all see colour in the same way. A personal example for me is that I sometimes see purple when someone else will call the same hue blue. At one time I thought this was a semantic issue but when comparing colour during a workshop I realized that when shifting from blue to purple along shade cards I thought the change happened earlier. Perhaps that means I'm more conscious of the red?

I got a 35 on the scale. I'd be curious to hear the results others get. The test also checks for age and gender at the end and gives you a range of scores on what similar testers scored. I think I'll do a little more research to see how this might be affecting my design work.
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  1. LolaJuly 16, 2012 at 7:43 AM

    I got a score of 39 . . .

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  2. SuviJuly 16, 2012 at 8:29 AM

    What an interesting test! I got 4.

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  3. BarbaraJuly 16, 2012 at 11:14 AM

    Interesting, I got a score of 44.

    I will try to do the test on another monitor. I have the impression that this might influence the colours as well.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 16, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    That was interesting. I got a 15. I wonder how much one's computer screen and the ambient lighting in the room affects the scoring?

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  5. Cheryl K.July 16, 2012 at 12:32 PM

    I got a new laptop last week, and scored 16. I have done this before and it was not nearly that good - was probably in the 30-40 range with the old one.

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  6. Mrs. HomesteaderJuly 16, 2012 at 2:23 PM

    I got a perfect score. Maybe that's why I'm such a *fabulous* dyer. Teehee!

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  7. Handstrick FlairJuly 16, 2012 at 2:58 PM

    Interesting test, thank you for sharing!
    I got 64. All of them in range of blues/greens. The remaining colours were zero.
    Yes, monitor does influence the colours as well. Also beeing tired in the evening does not promise good test results. :-(

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  8. AnonymousJuly 16, 2012 at 3:08 PM

    I got a 4 age 35! I loved the test!

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  9. CambriaJuly 16, 2012 at 11:54 PM

    I scored a 16. I wonder if I would have done better if my eyes could have maintained their focus, lol.

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  10. NatalyonJuly 17, 2012 at 4:17 AM

    What an interesting test! Thank you for sharing.
    I got 7, green/blue seems to be my issue

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  11. RubysashaJuly 17, 2012 at 9:01 AM

    Really interesting, I scored 39, might try it again without hayfever itchy eyes though :)

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  12. BrendaJuly 17, 2012 at 9:37 AM

    I scored 15 on the test. That was fun!

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  13. PenCraftJuly 18, 2012 at 2:35 PM

    I have 2 computer monitors and was curious to see if that made a difference. Yep, 8 on the first one, 21 on the second--which is the one I consider inferior as far as color quality. Interesting stuff!

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  14. eleanor@knittinginflipflopsJuly 19, 2012 at 4:18 PM

    I got a 12 on my desktop with my contacts in. I'm going to take it again without my contacts and see if it's any different. Very interesting test, but I'm curious to know what it means really...

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  15. MarikamumJuly 19, 2012 at 4:29 PM

    This is my second time taking this test... I can't remember what I scored the first time, but I remember being disappointed. This time I got an 8 - with errors in the green/blue range and the blue-purple range. Not bad, I suppose :').

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  16. eleanor@knittinginflipflopsJuly 21, 2012 at 2:00 PM

    I got a 12 again without my contacts, however my "low discrimination" regions were different. Hm.

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  17. Jackie CanalesJuly 24, 2012 at 2:52 PM

    I got a 7 without my glasses and the lighting is bad in this room :)

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