8 here.

Fun. Scored an 8 with problem areas in the light green/blue and light lavender/pink.

Wow! I got a perfect score!!! (zero) : ) That was FUN!

Another perfect score---zero! I found the mauve/lavender shades the most challenging, but the others were easy. I am showing this to DH who believes that I make up differences in paint colors when there's really no difference. This will show him, lol. Thanks :-)

20 which was better than I expected. I think I could have done a bit better but I ran out of patience. I think I had one tile out of place by several spots in the green blue range and then I had a concentrated spike in the pinks where patience for shuffling them to get it perfect ran out.

I wonder if there is a reason so many of us stumbled on the blue greens. It felt like something didn't quite fit right there - perhaps something wrong with the test or just a perception problem area for a lot of folks?

I also had trouble in that green/blue range.

Got a zero...very surprised. Have always thought I wasn't very good at color. Tempted to do it again to see if I get the same result. Maybe I should quit while I'm ahead.

I got a perfect zero, too!

I love this test, because it validates me in a lot of conversations I've had with my DH.
I'm going to ask him to take this test sometime...I'll be very interested to see how he does.

I got a perfect zero too.

I can SEE colors just fine. Knowing how, where, and when to use them is a whole other ball of wax!

I tried this test the last time someone posted it. My score this time was probably not much better (193).
I'm actually really good with color but cannot do this test for the life of me, thanks to a very tiny visual field. Was fun to try though :)

I scored 11 and was surprised. It looked PERFECT to me :)

I'm amazed, I got a perfect zero -- feeling very proud for some reason; but choosing the RIGHT color -- very different story.

i scored a 0 too... but, i knew i saw colors well... it would be a hoot to see how my hub scored! (doubt he would have the patience to do it...)

Yipes.
8 here.
And my trouble was all in that bottom rose-peach spectrum.
My story is, I blame impatience by the last row.
I'm stickin' to it.

12 with some trouble in the blue-y green area.
I wonder if monitors and graphics cards might not have something to do with the blue-green weakness that several of us had.

I got a 4, which is not bad for a male in my age group, I guess.

Everyone has a different monitor and monitor settings - a test like this on the Internet on monitors that are not professionally calibrated (not to mention computer monitors are limited in the colors they can produce) is pretty useless!

Does that mean you got a really high score? :P

0 here. My Powerball numbers were losers so I guess I'll have to be content with this numerical triumph.

14 for me, but I just had cataract surgery yesterday so I'm hoping I'll do better in a few days and after I get the other eye fixed. DH scored 0! I thought I had much better color sensitivity than he.

I cheated (a little) and took it twice. The first time I got a 21, with issues in the blue/green area. The second time I got a 4 and scored perfectly with blues and greens. Does that mean it's an issue with concentration rather than accuity? Anyway, it was a fun test.

I got a 18. It still looks perfect to me. My problem was like many others, in the blue-green section.

This post was edited by dody40 on Sat, May 25, 13 at 9:09

Robin, congratulations on your new eyes.
I've had both done in the last couple of years, and am not nearsighted for the first time in my life. Whoopee!

But because my eyes were so different, the implanted lenses are a little different, and it has affected my color perception a bit. My right eye sees a tiny but perceptibly warmer tone than my left. Maybe that's why I had trouble with the peach-to-pink spectrum?

Bronwynsmom- so your saying you look at life through rose colored lenses? and are truthful :D Perfect!!

I took it first on my ipad and got a 4, then I took it on my nook color and got a 58 and then on my cheap laptop and got 19 so
I do think monitors are key and all are not created equal ;).

0 for me too. Color variances fascinate me, always have. Will try to get DH and DS to take it too. I just sent the link to DDs, I'm sure they will do better than the guys!
Fun little test, thank you!

Regarding the prior points made of different monitors etc. making the test useless, I suspect it wouldn't matter, as regardless of how the colors show, they will still be different from one another by the same degrees of difference and would still be distinguishable from one another to line up in an order....

Peegee, try taking the test again on a different monitor and see if your results are the same. Mine differ each time and the worst was on my lowest resolution monitor but I am curious to see if others have the same experience. It is the only way to know if it is an valid test type.
edited to add a link about PC specifications for the munsell test. My nook color resolution does not meet the requirement of 1024x768 for it is 1024x600 so it does seem that monitors do matter.

Here is a link that might be useful: specifications for munsell test

This post was edited by roarah on Sat, May 25, 13 at 10:56

Roarah, I wanted to try this on my iPad, but when I go to the test, I'm unable to move the blocks. Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong? I have the iPad 2nd Gen running Safari as browser.

Fun2be here I just move the block that is underneath the bar I am working on and placed it where I wanted it and then another color pops under to move... I did not do anything special just moved the block that was on its own. Good luck.

For me, this is a test of my patience more than anything. I think I will retry it when I have a proper mouse plugged in. (Drag and drop with a touch pad is a pain.)

how about this video on color

Here is a link that might be useful: Its all in your mind

My score was 7 with issues in blue/green discrimination and was better than I thought it might be. However as I was taking it I thought I'd like better lighting but was too lazy to move my laptop. Perhaps daylight would make it easier? Or not... doesn't really matter, we each see what we see and like what we like when it comes to color.

I did this test a couple of years ago but this time did it much more quickly and scored better. That may be the key, to just quickly scan and move the tiles without thinking too much about it.

Just tried again and got a 4 I think that is what I scored last year.

Took this test years ago, probably when my eyes were 'younger'~ of course I can't remember my score. When I took it this time I got a 24. I waited a few minutes and took it again and got a 20. I think it's a question of patience more than anything else. ;o)

My score was four. Says my errors were in the light blue/green range. It was fun!

I did get my husband to do it. He got a 75, which really is not bad, considering his age group and the fact that men often have more trouble seeing certain colors anyway. His brother is also color blind, so it runs in their family.

I gave up because every time I tilted my monitor on my laptop the colors looked different. I scored a 23 and I knew they weren't right. I'm going to try the ipad and see if there is a difference.

I got a 15, with all of the little bars showing problem areas completely level (and low) along the bottom.

No area was worse than the other.

I wonder if that's due to my screen (oldish, small screen laptop) or just previously good color discrmination aging (I'm 63) evenly along the whole spectrum. Or maybe ambient differences, too?

I've always fancied myself as being very adept at seeing slight variations of hue.

I've done this test before and had different results: single digits once or twice, and once, 54!

L.

I haven't read the other posts, sorry!, but I think there are so many variables that it's almost pointless- if you are getting a lowish score.
In college, we had a similar type of project but we created all the squares with paint. A hands on, in front of you paint color will always read differently than anyone's monitor/computer.

I thought I nailed it but only got a 14. I had a hard time with blues and greens.

CLBlakely - thanks for that link; it was thought provoking. I wanted to click on some of the related links, especially the videos done by the blind guy, but I was afraid I would spend the whole morning watching them.

My son told me about it and he refused to take the color test. LOL

I got a 4. The blues/greens got me!

If you liked doing the Color Discrimination Test, you will like the App Blendoku

got an 8, old lady with astigmatism can't tell blue-greens!
that was fun!

bronsynsmom, I just had one eye done; other to be fixed in a couple of weeks. Interesting point you make about the color-perception difference. I just bought a dress I'm considering returning -- too red for me. Maybe I should wait until I get my other eye!

I got a score of 8, with blue green being the issue. And I agree that the tilt of my screen affected my choices. I suspect size of screen might also-- I used a little 11" netbook without zooming, and tried to just go as quickly as I could starting from the left side without taking the time to second-guess. That was interesting to try.

yikes, i scored 28 the first time, 7 the next...using my 13 inch macbook air

i had to make the boxes bigger, the colors were 'blending'/blurring? too much on the original setting

blues and greens were also the most problematic for me

I scored a 4, which I was pretty proud of. My errors were in the blue/ greens. Interesting so many really acute posters had problems in this area.
My 17 year old dd scored a perfect 0. Now she is holding it against me, because her color vision is so much more perfect than mine! She wants to make all future decorating decisions, but I say no, because I have learned, not through formal training but through experience, how to work with color.
I've always felt I had above average color perception. If colors in a room are off, it actually makes me feel ill. I can mix things up, and it may take a while to find the right balance, but I always come up with something pleasing.

3.

Way better than when I tried it a while back. I don't remember my score but it was awful. Depressing.

My 3 errors just now were in blue green as some others have said... maybe it is a monitor thing? DH and I both thought something wasn't quite right in the middle of that row, but we couldn't fix it.