How do you see color?

[Zeldoran (Former Frozt, FroztFox)]

I scored 12 when i tried this, and my friends has always said that my screen has weard colors... i shoould try this with a better screen

[Kio]

I scored 12 when i tried this, and my friends has always said that my screen has weard colors... i shoould try this with a better screen

I don't think 12 is bad at all, anyway. Plus, if you had distorted color vision, may be that'd be an artistic benefit .


Also, it's really near impossible to do this test on a tablet PC with no mouse/touchpad, seems the dragging on the page is near impossible with a stylus with Android but I can tell the colors by simply eyeing them up. Is your screen warm or cool? Seems cooler displays are better for a range of color, but warm is nicer on the eyes for like gaming or watching cinematic films, I suppose because all the colors blend together better (hence it's harder to determine their differences).

[Friday]

I got a 4 as well, with aquamarines (blue/green) being my trip-up. Sigh.

[Kio]

I wonder if that's something to do with display technologies.
Having said that, I don't look at many aquamarines, do you? May be some of us aren't so used to that range of colors?

[Friday]

I feel like if my photography were underwater photography, I'd be better at it. As it is, I'm mostly good with more natural colors, especially colors you would see on flowers.

[Kio]

Or may be of exotic beaches? Don't need to be "under" water

[Midnight Madness]

Test score hasn't changed since I took it when this was first posted. I scored 8. Four in purples, four in reds.

[Kio]

Test score hasn't changed since I took it when this was first posted. I scored 8. Four in purples, four in reds.

Same screen?

[Midnight Madness]

Yup. Sure is.

[Kio]

Might be your screen and not your eyes, then, or you don't look at those sorts of colors very often to tell.

[Midnight Madness]

I know that one, known it for years now. Computers aren't all the same, with my last computer, I always noticed the greens and yellows were duller and less vibrant than this one.

[Kio]

Mine (which a laptop) feels a bit more warmer on my eyes than, say, my mom's which looks really much brighter and thus cool on the eyes with less contrast I think. Might be helpful to change the color / brightness / contrast settings, as well, though. May be the color test can serve as useful to test this

[Zeldoran (Former Frozt, FroztFox)]

Wohooo, i did this a second time, this time at my mac book air....
Got perfect color vision.
Anyone knows how to take a screenshot on a mac book? 



Nvm, here we go:

[Kio]

Just proves it, I think most have the ability, effort of looking at it the right way and environment are the biggest hurdles

[Timmy Fox]

The screen and the environment indeed can make a HUGE difference in color perception.

However I believe this test is rather universal and made to fit most screens. All colors are midtone colors where contrast and gamma even on cheap monitors are reproduces the best (quality of shadows and quality differs a lot in high and low quality monitors and midtones are the easiest to display.

I think rather the contrast or gamma, what matters the most in this test is the vibrancy and saturation of the monitor. I believe though most modern monitors should have good enough reproduction of colors.

My point is that I believe it seems like the test is made so that the quality of your monotor should make an as small difference as possible.