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I scored 0 -- Perfect! -- on a HP Monitor.

JB
 
Its all very well these single figure scorers gloating over their abilities, but what can those of us that are colour deficient do to improve our performance?

I often find fellow club members mentioning some red feature in an image that I just do not see. Hence I am obviously missing vital compositional pointers.

I also notice that when we have a club day out and produce an AV of our images that those with the 'eye' could just as well have gone somewhere different to me, I just don't see their scenes.

You might suggest going for monochrome, but it just does not appeal.

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Scored 8 and with probably the oldest eyes so far in this thread – well pre-WW2. I’ve never attached too much importance to nuances of colour in photographed images (including SRGB versus RGB) because colours change with the lighting conditions. Who knows what the light conditions were when the shot was taken?
 
Michael W00d said:
Scored 8 and with probably the oldest eyes so far in this thread – well pre-WW2. I’ve never attached too much importance to nuances of colour in photographed images (including SRGB versus RGB) because colours change with the lighting conditions. Who knows what the light conditions were when the shot was taken?
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It only helps you if you are trying to match colors between two prints or between your monitor and your prints. On the practical side, textures can affect the perception of color and the difference between a few squares don't matter.

However, it can help you avoid marital arguments when trying to match paint to a swatch of something or another!!
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BobMdps said:
I often find fellow club members mentioning some red feature in an image that I just do not see. Hence I am obviously missing vital compositional pointers.
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These missed colors may or may not be vital to those that see them; but they are not vital to you, and you are not alone. Make photos that appeal to you, and seek feedback from those around you (who are not color vision deficient) that may spot something you missed that might be important. I often ask my son and/or my girlfriend to comment on photos I've taken, and I find that I'm more critical than they are in spite of my 85 score.
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I also notice that when we have a club day out and produce an AV of our images that those with the 'eye' could just as well have gone somewhere different to me, I just don't see their scenes.
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Everyone has different aesthetic sensibilities, and not seeing a relatively small percentage of the colors contributes to your own unique vision. There's nothing wrong with that, and if 2% of the population sees things the same way you do, that's still millions of people, so you are not alone and there might be a wider audience that shares your vision than you are aware of.
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Got 23 myself! (on a non calibrated Imac) not bad, not great. I do agreee ith you about the ordering, you see it is not rightt but can't get it right !
 
Easy zero. I didn't time myself, though I suspect 3.5 - 4 minutes. The old Dell CRT can still cut the mustard.
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Shimbabwe
 
Scored 3 with an old and cheap LCD monitor and hasty work - so I guess I have to be quite satisfied with my...monitor. Had plans buying a better one, but now I can save that money - hooray! Should only wish my brain worked as well as my eyes...
 
...to resolve the test as best you can.

The first time I did it I though I had it pretty well sorted but scored 35.

Realising how sensitive the test is I redid it taking time and care to resolve each row as best I could to run in sequence and scored 4. I was also using a different machine (new Dell Studio laptop).

Interesting...so to get a true reading on what your eyes and brain are seeing...take time to get it looking as good as you can... and use a good screen.

Cheers,

Paul

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"0" on 5 year old uncalibrated HP laptop.
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I don't see how calibration would matter that much. It's not about determining absolute color, only differnt colours on the same monitor. It doesn't really matter if your monitor is too blue or green only that it can cover he entire range and show subtle differences
 
I couldn't get a score better than 30 on my Dell laptop with calibrated display and figured I had old eye's.

I just got an NEC 2490WUXi2 monitor with SpectraView hardware calibration and now I can get a perfect score every time. This is one great monitor and I highly recommend it!

Cheers,

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