Test your hue detection abilities

This is a neat little online quiz that tests your ability to differentiate subtle differences between gradations in color. If you're a designer this should especially interest you.

Try it out (made by X-Rite)

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Cainã Nunes's picture
Cainã Nunes (not verified) 10/04/2008

im pretty pround , i score 57

Anonymous's picture
Anonymous (not verified) 10/03/2008

oh yeaaahh.. i got a ZERO!!

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Angelique (not verified) 09/23/2008

i tried it again, and oh my gosh.. 34
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BogDinamita 09/23/2008

I managed to get 25. Yes, the worst score so far on these comments.. but hey, it's 1am, I'm a little bit intoxicated and I've never taken a proper art class in my life.

Oh, and for people who are complaining about their monitors, it's proven that CRT monitors have more consistent colour calibration than LCDs, despite not being as bright and eye friendly as their LCD counterparts.

Sometimes it helps tilting your monitor down a little bit to increase the contrast. Though it could be classed as cheating...

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WillMorgan (not verified) 09/23/2008

Got a 4 on the first try.

Now I need to blink for a little bit.

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Stacy (not verified) 09/22/2008

boy oh boy i never wanna do that again lol .. yesterday night i drove 1000 km on Autobahn without stopping but it didn't hurt as bad as this lol
scored... don't know what i scored cause it gave me an error! X(X(

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BogDinamita 09/22/2008

0 at first try:) need to show that site in Poland :)

GPNS 09/22/2008

I scored 16... could have done better... :-(

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Santhos Webdesign (not verified) 09/22/2008

For all you people blaming your monitor, I've got a nearly 7 year old Dell CRT monitor that's about to give out and I scored a 0 both tries! No excuses!

xD

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Anonymouse (not verified) 09/21/2008

That doesn't have anything with your ART classes. Oh gosh, how some people are stupid. I never been to an art class in my life and I got a zero. So if you think your art classes helped you with this, you are moron.

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Anonymous (not verified) 09/21/2008

i scored 3 :]
tryin to get zero..............

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Girish 09/20/2008

nooooo

score 19 !!

i'm bad

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eXiD 09/20/2008

yay I got 0.

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SE7EN (not verified) 09/20/2008

0 at first try.
Thank you, Eizo!

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iog (not verified) 09/19/2008

second try, perfect score :) . i feel better now :D

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jmgarrido 09/19/2008

got 7.
not good, not bad :)

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jmgarrido 09/19/2008

Got 4!!
but i think i can get a 0! XD

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Julia (not verified) 09/19/2008

I scored an 8. I actually thought I'd do worse. I'm not very good with colors.

I messed up most with the blue range, and blue is one of my favorite colors. Coincidence or conspiracy? You decide.

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Paul Johns (not verified) 09/18/2008

13 here! almost color blind.

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Duda (not verified) 09/18/2008

Got a 4 - the blue to violet segment was my weak spot. I had to keep closing my eyes and looking away from the screen, though - that's a tough one on the eyes!

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Kelly (not verified) 09/18/2008

I scored a 12.. damn! i'll keep trying.

Thanks everyone for posting your scores!

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Francisco 09/18/2008

* Your score: 0

XD thats good, i've got Zero

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filipe soares (not verified) 09/18/2008

Scored 6 =S

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Yamashii (not verified) 09/18/2008

I got a 0, first time! Painting color theory finally paid off. lol.

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Emily Bunnell (not verified) 09/18/2008

19, too bad

Al's picture
Al (not verified) 09/18/2008

yeah!!
I scored 8

it's good, i'm an amateur...

^)~

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Abner (not verified) 09/18/2008

Ohh!
I scored 11, at the first time!
I had one mistake only! I'm proud!!

Nice site, nice test, and congratulations to all that scored 0! Yeaah!

Vivian 09/18/2008

14 my screen sucks :(

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craZed (not verified) 09/18/2008

i looked at it too long the second time just to see if i could get zero twice in a row...ended up getting a 4 the 2nd time.

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gshaw 09/18/2008

ZEro. Anything else would be a shame. :)

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Yokko (not verified) 09/18/2008

I got 7 haha

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eMePetr3is 09/18/2008

it was fun quiz.i got 14.like amix i'll blame the monitor too..lol..

putera_aladin 09/18/2008

Wooohooo, my first try and got a zero. :)
Damn, I'm so proud. :D

Oh by the way nice site. :) Love the interviews and the tutorials!

Anon's picture
Anon (not verified) 09/18/2008

Yay, I got Zero!

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David Perel (not verified) 09/18/2008

Scored 0 )

Dmitry's picture
Dmitry (not verified) 09/18/2008

scored 4 @ first try ... im proud :P

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The Chris (not verified) 09/18/2008

I just can't believe this! I scored 0, the perfect score and it was the first time I took the test! And no, I didn't cheat :-P

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Jochen Van de Velde (not verified) 09/18/2008

I got 7 and puked :) Really cool...

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abduzeedo 09/18/2008

3 :-D

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cvioletterun (not verified) 09/18/2008

D'OH!

I scored 15 at the first try on a terrible monitor. But still, near the perfection :)

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zapinek (not verified) 09/18/2008

I scored a 4 somehow! Nice.. I really like this test, nice post A!

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Matthew Johnson (not verified) 09/18/2008

Wohoo, 0

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Moulde (not verified) 09/18/2008

hahaha very cool i got 12 xD

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Black Hood (not verified) 09/18/2008

7 :D

Really made my eyes fuzzy though...

stevebo 09/18/2008

i scored 11 !
nice quiz, dmn!

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webarmando@terra.com.br (not verified) 09/18/2008

Got 12.... The blue section fucked me up :(

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HamBoneZ 09/18/2008

I got 20 point

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zaheto (not verified) 09/18/2008

I'll just blame the screen :(

Amix 09/18/2008

0 :)

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Charles (not verified) 09/18/2008

I got 12! :o

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K3v 09/18/2008

All those art classes in college helped after all. And to think I always hated doing these with by hand with paint. A zero.

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Phil Brangers (not verified) 09/18/2008

I scored 0, which automatically makes this a cool and fun quiz ^_^

(Oh and you did it, you pulled me out of lurker mode and made me actually comment :)

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Remco (not verified) 09/18/2008

I scored a 0

www.abduzeedo.com

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Cameron 09/18/2008

darn it...i think i scored at least 8...but after finishing it the page gave an error :(

check out my work http://freeartisticphotos.com

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husac 09/18/2008

Hmmmmmmm... internal server error, please try again later...

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Maurits (not verified) 09/18/2008

it said that i have a perfect color vision!
wow! it sure is fun!

:D

lordCovenant 09/18/2008

well...i am slightly color blind (so that's my excuse) but i got an embarrassing 37!

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Colin Stein (not verified) 09/18/2008

Damn! I did 8!

By the second row I was dizzy.

Martin 09/18/2008

I got an 8 and my mistakes were in the red/orange area.
Thanks for posting this!

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Ryan O. Hicks (not verified) 09/18/2008

i scored 0

nmb_singh 09/18/2008

I also scored 4! (^_^)

bintek 09/18/2008

Meh, I scored 7 :S, although I may have scored lower with a better screen, I think this ones had it. I hope the next MacBook Pro refresh includes LED back lighting.

collide007 09/18/2008

I scored 4! :D
And you?

Zim 09/18/2008

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