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Register your color IQ score here after reading the thread:

  • Score 0 ~ 9

    Votes: 142 47.8%
  • Score 10 ~ 19

    Votes: 67 22.6%
  • Score 20 ~ 29

    Votes: 32 10.8%
  • Score 30 ~ 39

    Votes: 12 4.0%
  • Score 40 ~ 49

    Votes: 12 4.0%
  • Score 50 ~ 59

    Votes: 3 1.0%
  • Score 60 ~ 69

    Votes: 5 1.7%
  • Score 70 ~ 79

    Votes: 2 0.7%
  • Score 80 ~ 89

    Votes: 2 0.7%
  • Score 90 ~ 99

    Votes: 6 2.0%
  • I don't intend to take the Color IQ test.

    Votes: 14 4.7%

  • Total voters
    297

Tesselator

macrumors 601
Original poster
Jan 9, 2008
4,601
6
Japan
My friend was just bragging about his score 4 over his GF a professional color correcting proofer who got a score of 8. I've been calibrating monitors by eye since color TVs 1st became available. Yeah, I'm damn old! :D I also worked in the video industry extensively and with CGI. Anyway I got a score of 0. YAY! \(-.-)/

"Based on your information, below is how your score compares to those of others with similar demographic information.
Your score: 0
Gender: Male
Age range: Above 70
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1305
0 ( Perfect Color Acuity ) __________ 99 ( Low Color Acuity )"​


Anyway, the highest score is 0 and the lowest is 99. Where do you score?

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

AdvocateUK

macrumors regular
Jan 10, 2008
185
45
Billingham, United Kingdom
Woohoo!

Based on your information, below is how your score compares to those of others with similar demographic information.
Your score: 0
Gender: Male
Age range: 30-39
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1324
 

crazyrog17

macrumors regular
Jan 13, 2009
193
2
Michigan
I need to calibrate my monitor, but 7's not as bad as it could be, right? =D

Your score: 7
Gender: Male
Age range: 20-29
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520
 

lannister80

macrumors 6502
Apr 7, 2009
490
17
Chicagoland
Not too shabby, considering I did it quickly. My error bars were all in a row, and almost the way to the "right" (purple-pink transition area) of the color graph.

* Your score: 8
* Gender: Male
* Age range: 20-29
* Best score for your gender and age range: 0
* Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520
 

phaedarus

macrumors regular
Dec 27, 2008
165
7
* Your score: 12
* Gender: Male
* Age range: 30-39
* Best score for your gender and age range: 0
* Highest score for your gender and age range: 1324

Does it make a difference how well your monitor is calibrated or is it dependent on just how well you can associate blocks of colour regardless of how they appear on your monitor?

This is the world's worst calibrated monitor (with purple colour casts) but it's a throw away from an eMachine.
 

splitpea

macrumors 65816
Oct 21, 2009
1,133
395
Among the starlings
* Your score: 4
* Gender: Female
* Age range: 20-29
* Best score for your gender and age range: 0
* Highest score for your gender and age range: 43668

I'm pretty happy with that, and could perhaps have done even better without the sun shining in my eyes.

I hand-calibrate my monitors (can't afford a Spyder), and find the process immensely frustrating -- not because I can't get it close (my images always print true to color), but because I can see the most subtle differences in color in those little apple squares and can never get them to entirely go away.
 

J the Ninja

macrumors 68000
Jul 14, 2008
1,824
0
Your score: 44
Gender: Male
Age range: 20-29
Best: 0
Highest: 1520


Meh, ok I guess. I had to use a TN monitor, so I blame that. :)
 

VirtualRain

macrumors 603
Aug 1, 2008
6,304
118
Vancouver, BC
Even on my crappy Dell monitor at work where the blocks all look the same, I was able to score a 9. I'm curious to see if I can score better on my Apple display at home later.
 

Transporteur

macrumors 68030
Nov 30, 2008
2,729
3
UK
Your score: 7
Gender: Male
Age range: 20-29

Monitor is not calibrated but I doubt than I would have scored better if it was. ;)
 

spinnerlys

Guest
Sep 7, 2008
14,328
7
forlod bygningen
Based on your information, below is how your score compares to those of others with similar demographic information.

Your score: 997
Gender: Male
Age range: 20-29
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520

I just pressed okay, didn't change a thing, just to see what would come out.
I will try later with my better monitor.

What I find odd, is that I can score 997 points if the lowest (highest) is 99 points. Also why can 1520 be the highest score?

I may not be to bright today, so please excuse those questions.

I calibrated cameras for a while, but that was with the help of a waveform monitor, as I quite don't trust my colour perception ( I wear glasses and have two different eyes).
 

phaedarus

macrumors regular
Dec 27, 2008
165
7
Based on your information, below is how your score compares to those of others with similar demographic information.

Your score: 997
Gender: Male
Age range: 20-29
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520

I just pressed okay, didn't change a thing, just to see what would come out.
I will try later with my better monitor.

What I find odd, is that I can score 997 points if the lowest (highest) is 99 points. Also why can 1520 be the highest score?

Perhaps the position of the colour blocks are randomized upon loading the web page which would account for different results.
 

alphaod

macrumors Core
Feb 9, 2008
22,183
1,245
NYC
  • Your score: 19
  • Gender: Male
  • Age range: 20-29
  • Best score for your gender and age range: 0
  • Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520

It's alright to me. I have -7.75 correction lenses, and that's doesn't even correct my vision the whole way. :eek:
 

macfeast

macrumors newbie
Jun 28, 2009
3
0
Sydney, Australia
* Your score: 0
* Gender: Male
* Age range: 30-39
* Best score for your gender and age range: 0
* Highest score for your gender and age range: 1324

Quite surprised I got this score.
 

Tesselator

macrumors 601
Original poster
Jan 9, 2008
4,601
6
Japan
Your score: 44
Gender: Male
Age range: 20-29
Best: 0
Highest: 1520


Meh, ok I guess. I had to use a TN monitor, so I blame that. :)

I'm on a TN monitor too. :) ($200 24 inch dual LG "L246WH" to be precise.)

Not too shabby, considering I did it quickly. My error bars were all in a row, and almost the way to the "right" (purple-pink transition area) of the color graph.

* Your score: 8
* Gender: Male
* Age range: 20-29
* Best score for your gender and age range: 0
* Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520

Yup! That's as good as my friend's GF who is a professional color correcting proofer! ;)

* Your score: 12
* Gender: Male
* Age range: 30-39
* Best score for your gender and age range: 0
* Highest score for your gender and age range: 1324

Does it make a difference how well your monitor is calibrated or is it dependent on just how well you can associate blocks of colour regardless of how they appear on your monitor?

This is the world's worst calibrated monitor (with purple colour casts) but it's a throw away from an eMachine.

It may matter if the calibration diminishes the ability of the monitor to display certain color contrast ranges. I think the test creators selected colors in the middle of most color and monitor profiles in order to eliminate that kind of error as much as possible.

I understand that they are randomized, but why is there a lower score (997) than on the scale (0 - 99)?

Yeah that's weird. I understand that you just clicked GO without arranging anything but like you, I think it should have given you a 99 or a 97 or whatever and not a 997. Odd. Oh well, let us know what you get when you take it for real.
 

Bostonaholic

macrumors 6502
Aug 21, 2009
439
0
Columbus, Ohio
Based on your information, below is how your score compares to those of others with similar demographic information.
Your score: 0
Gender: Male
Age range: 20-29
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520
 

observer

macrumors member
Jan 26, 2007
82
0
Your score: 45
Gender: Male
Age range: 60-69
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1305

I guess I won't be changing professions.
 

Dark Dragoon

macrumors 6502a
Jul 28, 2006
844
3
UK
hmm well I got lower than 99...
I did try but it seems that partial colour blindness doesn't help :rolleyes:

Your score: 164
Gender: Male
Age range: 20-29
Best score for your gender and age range: 0
Highest score for your gender and age range: 1520
 

emt377

macrumors member
Oct 12, 2008
65
0
I got 4, this is on my 2006 MacBook Pro, calibrated with a Monaco Optix XR. All four errors are in the cyan range (blue-green crossover), so I suspect the panel can't differentiate them well due to a constricted gamut. I'll have to try it on the Mac Pro; I'm sure that will be easier due to the much larger gamut and a panel with a brand new backlight.
 

fungus

macrumors regular
Sep 30, 2008
213
2
@unclefungus
* Your score: 0
* Gender: Male
* Age range: 30-39
* Best score for your gender and age range: 0
* Highest score for your gender and age range: 1324

Suite :cool:
 
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