How good is your colour perception? cont to gamut pointer discussion

[Mark von Kanel]

To continue on with Dave's thread about colour gamut and our perception of it, I thought you all might be interested in this. I came upon it when researching how to get consistent colour reproduction throughout my work flow. A webinar i watched recommended a shot of an x rite colour checker to get the colour correct in post, then of course a calibrated monitor and custom print profiles. and it all actually works! i do get consistent realistic colours WUHOO!

Whilst researching the colour checker i came across this little test.....

http://xritephoto.com/ph_toolframe.aspx?action=coloriq

So i thought what the hell, i spend all this time trying to get my colours accurate and im not even sure that i can see them so i took the test.... i did it on a calibrated monitor im male age 49 my result was a score of 12 which is actually quite good. The lower your score the better and scores in my age/sex ranged from 0 (the best) to 1500 (the worst ) so at 12 im happy

Go on take the test! and let us know your result dont forget to tell us if your monitor is calibrated or not (age and sex optional )

[dje]

31 , male 60-69 done quickly without reading glasses

[Stagecoach]

15, male 61. Non calibrated monitor

[Mark von Kanel]

its quite interesting isnt it? is you monitor calibrated dave?

[dje]

No it's not Mark

[Downrigger]

14: Male, 68. Mac was calibrated 6 months ago. Interesting.

[chauncey]

I was gonna cheat and run it thru PS...too much of a PITA...wound up with 12 for over 70 y/o.

[Mark von Kanel]

LOL didnt even know you could do that!

[Glenn NK]

Well that was challenging - crappy non-calib ThinkPad laptop monitor.

OK, I'm a bit older than most here (74 in August.)

Score = 8. Can't believe that someone in this age group scored 0 (perfect). Wow.

I wonder if age really has much to do with it because it has nothing to do with visual acuity?

Glenn

[Black Pearl]

Rather impressed with that:

Your score: 0
Gender: Male
Age range: 42

Three year old iMac - calibrated by eye and blind (though possibly not) luck.

[gregj1763]

25
male
51
Calibrated by eye so I don't reckon it's correct judging by my score

[davidedric]

65
male
15
probably explains why my pp is a bit poor

Dave

[tao2]

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Factory calibrated Dell 2410

Ah'm 62

PS ah reckon one of the greens in the third row is a ringer tae confuse....

[Stagecoach]

Out of interest undertook the test again in natural diffused light,

Score - 4, Natural light, Non calibrated monitor.

Score - 15, Dark room incandescent lighting, Non calibrated monitor.

Not sure of the relavence or was I just being more careful?

Grahame

[Richard Lundberg]

I doubt that calibration has anything to do with it.

[dje]

I doubt that calibration has anything to do with it.

No I wouldn't think monitor calibration would have much influence on this test either - it's measuring the eye's ability to distinguish between slight differences in hue rather than any absolute values.

This reminds me of trying to pick colours on a paint colour chart - there are so many different shades that it becomes very frustrating. But then interior design has never been my forte !

Dave

[Mark von Kanel]

sees worthy of note the photographers as a group seem to have good colour perception ! highest score here so far being 62 i think but if you shoot b & w who cares eh Donald?

[gregj1763]

Ok, had another go tonight because I like a challenge and improved by one point to 24 asked my wife Cindy to have a go, below is her result.
Ps, I'm a painter by trade, I can put the colours on just not in the right order

[Neilmac50]

Tested with a 2011 uncalibrated Apple MacBook Pro 15 inch, male age 54 , result 12 under late afternoon natural light.

[Mark von Kanel]

Guess youll be getting you wife to tell you which order to put them on then Greg