Play This Game to Test How Well You See Color

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Assuming you're not colorblind, it's a pretty sure bet that you can tell the difference between, say, red and yellow. But if you had to pick a very specific shade out of a lineup of nearly lookalike purples, you might falter.

This is exactly what the game Kolor asks you do to, with the goal of assessing just how well you can see different shades of similar colors.

The timed quiz starts out easy enough. You simply need to match a shade out of a group of four very different hues.

Kolor

But even an interior designer or artist might feel less confident as Kolor gets more difficult. Eventually, you're asked to quickly select from a group of nearly identical shades — how identical, exactly, is determined by just how sharp your eye is.

Kolor

Kolor

Kolor

I certainly flailed as the game got harder and time sped up, but each error just made me want to try again. My high score is 612 (can you beat me?), and though there's no scale to judge that number against, it seems that most people score somewhere in the 500 - 600 range.

The game is fun even without any serious takeaway, but it's interesting how it proves that color is in the eye of the beholder — something to think about when you're fuming in the paint chip aisle because your husband can't tell difference between "robin's egg blue" and "periwinkle." Research shows that women are simply better at discriminating between different shades. Challenge your husband or son to a Kolor duel to see if this is true.

[via Apartment Therapy







From: Good Housekeeping US

By Lauren Piro