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Author Topic: What's your color IQ? Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-12-2010 10:49 AM                     I showed the X-rite test to one of my coworkers (who also does design work). She had a perfect score. Perhaps that's not surprising since X-rite says only 1 out of 255 women have color vision problems compared to 1 out of 12 men. Some of those color vision test products may be pretty useful in conducting job interviews for painters, designers, etc. One thing I find confusing about the test stats is that "highest score for your gender and age range" thing. I wonder if that's just counting how many people in my age group scored perfect/zero on that online test.  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 05-12-2010 11:38 AM                    Four for me on my laptop. Colors mixed up were in the blue-purple range - over the word "color" on the chart.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Worthing Master Film Handler Posts: 384 From: Hereford, UK Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-13-2010 10:53 AM                     Cheated  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 05-13-2010 11:19 AM                        I got a 12, but I did it in a big hurry. I guess I don't care really...to date, nobody has asked me "which of these is the bluest?" or whatever.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Smith Expert Film Handler Posts: 201 From: Youngstown, OH Registered: Jan 2010 posted 05-13-2010 02:13 PM                     Well, you don't need any sort of good color perception as a projectionist. You need good VISION, but you could do this job color-blind without any difficulties that I can think of. Now if you are a color TIMER (Grader) then it is a different story. Ironically, the best color timers (graders) turn out to be women who are carrying the recessive color-blind gene (the ones whose sons will be color-blind). Apparently they have two different blue receptors on their cones, a true blue and a color-blind blue. So they actually perceive two different blues, almost like the fourth color layer on Fuji films. They are considered tetra-chromats, whereas the best male color vision is only sensitive to three colors, making us at best tri-chromats.  |  IP: Logged Matt Johnston Film Handler Posts: 37 From: Fort Myers, FL Registered: Oct 2009 posted 05-13-2010 04:14 PM                     I gave up... I know I'm color blind. After guessing through it all I got 713.  |  IP: Logged Paul Mayer Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under! Posts: 3836 From: Albuquerque, NM Registered: Feb 2000 posted 05-13-2010 05:18 PM                        Neat test! I'm 55 and have lots of experience as a camera shader and video projectionist - both specialties require the ability to rapidly figure out color differences and match hues. My areas of low color discrimination appear to be in the green and blue-violet ranges. Got an "8" rushing through it with lots of daylight contamination in the room and an uncalibrated CRT monitor. I'd like to try this again in a dark room. Can't do anything about the monitor. Apparently it's a good thing I no longer do that kind of work! At least my color vision is good enough to still fly professionally, if I ever try to return to that kind of work.  |  IP: Logged Julio Roberto Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 938 From: Madrid, Madrid, Spain Registered: Oct 2008 posted 05-13-2010 05:30 PM                    Zero after 10+ minutes of serious look. Some of them trying to remember how to switch my monitor color from srgb to native Regarless, I only swapped two blocks after the change, so no bad. As said before, color "problems" on males are quite common, so don't worry about it. And LCD monitors are often notoriously off the mark anyway. Remember we all see, hear, taste and smell a little differently!!!! Some a lot Some people, mostly woman, may have four color receptors in their eyes and are capable of seeing colors the rest of us mortals can't. Richer color experience in observers with multiple photopigment opsin genes This reminded me of a recent article somewhere about seing "impossible" colors (like blueish yellow -- NOT green, but a yellow that is "bluish"). http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=seeing-forbidden-colors  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 05-14-2010 12:28 AM                        Post a PNG of blueish yellow. Can a computer do it?  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Worthing Master Film Handler Posts: 384 From: Hereford, UK Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-14-2010 06:31 AM                      |  IP: Logged Richard Hamilton Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1341 From: Evansville, Indiana Registered: Jan 2000 posted 05-14-2010 10:04 AM                     I got a head ache and looked at a porn site instead , now my hand aches.....ohhh, I forgot to say BOOBS!!!!  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Smith Expert Film Handler Posts: 201 From: Youngstown, OH Registered: Jan 2010 posted 05-14-2010 06:38 PM                     Sounds like some of the real IQs on here may be lower than your color IQs. And, no, 0 is not a good score for a regular IQ.  |  IP: Logged Ian Parfrey Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1049 From: Imbil Australia 26 deg 27' 42.66" S 152 deg 42' 23.40" E Registered: Feb 2009 posted 05-14-2010 07:16 PM                     Jonathan W.  |  IP: Logged Alastair Comrie Film Handler Posts: 28 From: Auckland, New Zealand Registered: May 2007 posted 05-16-2010 07:48 PM                     I got a 6 and apparently only suck at reds.  |  IP: Logged Jonathan Worthing Master Film Handler Posts: 384 From: Hereford, UK Registered: Apr 2001 posted 05-17-2010 06:27 AM                     quote: Jonathan Smith Sounds like some of the real IQs on here may be lower than your color IQs. I just scored 1085 Just think how high my real IQ could be.  |  IP: Logged

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