While browsing the X-Rite website I came across a link to a do it yourself test to help you assess you colour vision. If you're interested in trying it you'll find it on the X-Rite website. I did it twice and scored 7 and 12 - my weak points occurring in the same areas of the spectrum each time.
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How's Your Color Vision
- Thread starter olli
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- Sue
Oh dear. I did it ages ago and got 12. this time, 24 
However, compared well with others of my gender and age group
However, compared well with others of my gender and age group
Dewi Sant
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I did this test a while back as well Sue, scored 7 then and scored 7 again now. Not too bad for a 63 year old wrinkly I suppose. I used to work for British Telecom years ago and obviously because the work involved lots of colour coded wires I had to undergo a colour blindness test at the job interview. I served my time as an electrical engineer so had known for a while that I had problems with differentiating greys / greens, so on interview day for BT I "winged " it. Whenever I got grey green wires I had to mark one, then cut a bit off both and take them outside into daylight, even then i struggled sometimes and would have to ask a passer-by to tell me which was which. I'd have made a great bomb disposal fella! :smile:
It'll be interesting to see what others here score and the age range
It'll be interesting to see what others here score and the age range
Luckypenguin
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- Nic
Hmm, I tried it twice and my mistakes were in third row each time.
Chris2500dk
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I should probably stick to black and white photography 
Steve Noel
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Did it once, scored a 4. Couple of mixups in the acquamarine - I suspect I could do better if I wasn't doing this on my Mac Air screen in semi-direct sunlight
I just did it, on my un-calibrated LG 23" LED monitor, and scored 4 also. And, my problem, was also in the aquamarine spectrum.
Dewi Sant
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4 also here. Also in the third row (won't try to give that a name) ... so what gives? Can't be us, must be the software
Blimey! Never thought of that - it MUST be the software, no other explanation for it
grebeman
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- Barrie
Blimey! Never thought of that - it MUST be the software, no other explanation for it
There is an explanation, 10% of the male population suffer from blue/green colour blindness, as indeed I do, again it nearly blew my career as an electrical engineer out of the water before it even started.
Barrie
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- Timothy Williams
I got a 2. I'm ok with that.
Bollie
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My Results
Score: 0
- Gender Male
- Select Age Range 60 - 69
- Best Score for your Gender 0
- Worst Score for your Gender 1700045439
Not bad.
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- Seattle, WA, USA
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- Keith
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Scored a 12. Expected to do worse.
I've been aware of abnormalities in my color perception since I was a teen. I believe my affliction is deuteranopia, although I've never bothered to get an official diagnosis.
It makes this a difficult/frustrating hobby at times.
- K
Richard
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- Marlow, UK
Score = 0
I shall use this as ammunition the next time I get in a futile argument with my girlfriend about whether a thing is pink or orange or some other [deleted] colour.
-R
I shall use this as ammunition the next time I get in a futile argument with my girlfriend about whether a thing is pink or orange or some other [deleted] colour.
-R
William Lewis
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- William Lewis
Oh, I already know my red green is bad. I wasn't able to go to Army flight school because of it. This test is just so much "what???" on my monitor. I could probably get my best score by simply hitting the score button without moving anything 
And, yeah, that is one of the reasons I prefer black and white; shades of grey work just fine with my eyes
edit: ok, tried it, got 20
And, yeah, that is one of the reasons I prefer black and white; shades of grey work just fine with my eyes
edit: ok, tried it, got 20
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- Seattle, WA, USA
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- Keith
Yeah, that definitely doesn't increase my confidence inn this site's statistics/ methodology. But I think the worst score of some 1.8 billion, makes me even more dubious. On that scale, my 12 seems pretty good.
- K
