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What's your Hue IQ?
Ever wondered how accurately your eyes can see the subtleties of color? Find out by taking this quick test. Drag and drop colored squares in each of four rows according their hue, then submit the results for calculation. The lower your score, the better your eyes discern color.
The test indicates which hues you see best and also lets you compare your results with others in your gender and age range. I wasn't too thrilled when I got a 61 until I found out someone scored over 1,000. Wow.
For most people, this is just a fun little time-waster (or a way for you super-competitive types to beat up on your pals -- "Dude, I see olive-green better than you!"). For anyone in Web or graphic design, however, it might be an interesting little test to see how your eyes measure up.
The test indicates which hues you see best and also lets you compare your results with others in your gender and age range. I wasn't too thrilled when I got a 61 until I found out someone scored over 1,000. Wow.
For most people, this is just a fun little time-waster (or a way for you super-competitive types to beat up on your pals -- "Dude, I see olive-green better than you!"). For anyone in Web or graphic design, however, it might be an interesting little test to see how your eyes measure up.
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chrisaroz said 12:21PM on 9-16-2008
That made my eyes cross!
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Cirdain said 12:25PM on 9-16-2008
I got 92
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Kevin Archibald said 12:34PM on 9-16-2008
Uhhh... i just pushed submit without changing anything and got a 888?
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blazel.email said 3:47PM on 9-16-2008
8 and I'm 14.
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Dan said 12:34PM on 9-16-2008
I got an 8, and the bars were the same level across the entire spectrum.
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john said 12:45PM on 9-16-2008
141, but...I am very colorblind.
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rawker said 12:48PM on 9-16-2008
i have perfect color vision..
i got a 0
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bervo said 11:09PM on 9-16-2008
as did I
bervo said 11:20PM on 9-16-2008
here is proof
http://drop.io/huetest/asset/huetest-2
sockatume said 12:44PM on 9-16-2008
I suspect that the results will say more about the quality and colour calibration of users' monitors than their actual eyesight. I'm sure as heck not going to attempt the test on this laptop of mine, and my desktop monitor is on the wrong continent.
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SAGExSDX said 12:47PM on 9-16-2008
initial test i got a 4. i agree with sockatume in that it seems that monitor quality plays a large part into how well someone does on this exam. when i design webpages i have to do a check on multiple monitors to make sure it isn't just my screen that has enough contrast
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Ryan Carter said 12:52PM on 9-16-2008
I got a 4, but I spend a lot of time looking at colors as a web developer and graphic designer. Cool test.
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Schwinn said 9:51AM on 9-17-2008
Got a 4, as well...
I wonder if LCD screens help/hurt on this test? I could swear I could see some distortion in the colors (maybe my mind was making it up)... I'm gonna ask them to add another parameter for LCD/CRT in the final classification quiz...
Steven said 12:57PM on 9-16-2008
I got a 19...
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Insomnic said 12:57PM on 9-16-2008
I got perfect as well (zero).. and I have a crap monitor.
The trick I learned a long time ago to help with color checking was to actually view the colors in a blurry state. If you squint a bit to make the color swatches blend you can see the differences a little better.
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Felipe said 2:20PM on 9-16-2008
yea, i can tell things apart alot more better without my glasses
Evan said 1:00PM on 9-16-2008
452...
I am incredibly colorblind.
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Nicholas said 1:06PM on 9-16-2008
I got a 4.
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JRead said 1:13PM on 9-16-2008
I got a zero ("You have perfect color vision!") - but I am using a recently calibrated monitor. What's amusing to me is that I just switched from an x-rite calibration device to a datacolor one... the x-rite DTP94 was old and wouldn't calibrate LCDs properly.
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Sean H. said 1:42PM on 9-16-2008
Perfect score here.
I might retest with an uncalibrated monitor at home and compare the results.
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