Photography: How well do you know Color?

Was searching for the word "calibration" and found this old thread, which I apparently missed the first time around. Very cool test.

Your score: 0
Gender: Male
Age range: 50-59

I scored perfectly on it also, but frankly I would have been disappointed if I hadn't, since I've done color-related work for much of my life - from mixing paints to color-correcting in color darkroom printing for a photography studio (in a previous life). My motto is "Color is my life". :)

Funny thing is, my maternal grandfather is red/green color blind and so is my (only) brother - so I'm just fortunate that I didn't get it also.

I think that just about anybody should be able to get a perfect score on this if they use this technique:
a) line 'em up the way you THINK they look best. If you are in the ballpark, then you should have only minor tweaking to get them all right. To do that:
b) take each square and slide it over ONE position and see if it looks better. If you had it correct in the first place, the "wrongness" will be immediately obvious. Do that with each square all the way across.

Rob is correct that this is SORT of a test of your monitor. The better your monitor is (or its settings are) the easier this job will be. If you are on an old CRT that is getting darker, the problem may not be your eyes as much as your monitor. Try it on another computer system and see if you score differently.
 
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* Your score: 8
* Gender: Male
* Age range: 30-39
* Best score for your gender and age range: 0

I'll have to try this again at night, when the office isn't so bright. I know I've always been pretty good at spotting naders at distance, which I guess isn't a color thing, more motion and recognition thing.

And I wear glasses no less.
 
Your score: 3
Gender: Male
Age range: 40-49
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1212

Non-calibrated LCD monitor. Well, I have used that el-cheapo calibration that comes with Adobe Photoshop, but not with calibration hardware.
 
  • Your score: 7
  • Gender: Male
  • Age range: 30-39
  • Best score for your gender and age range: 0
  • Highest score for your gender and age range: 1324
Really cool test!! I know I didn't score as well as others but...not bad I think!
Thanks for posting!
Lan
 
I scored a 31, which I'm happy with. I know monitor calibration is affecting my results too, as I have 2 LCD monitors and the colors appeared somewhat different between the two.
 
Your score: 67
Gender: Male
Age range: 30-39
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1324

Hmm....I'll have to re-take this at home on my pc....
 
Your score: 11
Gender: Male
Age range: 30-39
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1324

* Ah, no wonder my photos suck! * LOL
Interesting little test... killed 30 minutes at work, though.
 
Scored a 4 - that was a fun test. I wonder if my laptop monitor was messing with me...should try it again on a monitor that wont mess with the picture based on what angle it is.
 
* Your score: 7
* Gender: Male
* Age range: 40-49
* Best score for your gender and age range: 0
* Highest score for your gender and age range: 1212
 
35... not too surprising. My eyes actually see slightly different shades. I should try the test with one eye closed and then reverse and see what happens
 
Bob Hartig said:
Harumph

But by lining up the basic tonal similarities in a rough order, and then switching color tiles and comparing them side by side, I was able to distinguish the subtle gradations. This has been informative, not to mention a confidence builder.
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That's exactly how I did it.

Perhaps I won't be buying a new monitor now. (an old CRT e-machine monitor from about 5 years back -- surely the low end of the monitor experience) Figured it had bad color and whatnot.

(think I'll still upgrade, though)
 
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