A few days ago I released the F-M 100 Hue Color Vision Deficiency Test on Colblindor. Since then many people have taken the test which makes it possible to give you some added value on the test.
From today on you can also compare your result with “the rest of the world”. In the last tab of the test you will be able to see two diagrams: the first shows you the overall contribution of the different types. Your will be shown with an orange circle.
The second diagram below is all about the severity. Again your total error score is highlighted with an orange bar. This diagram shows you how others did in this test and if you are on the “better” or “not that good” side when it comes to see colors.
I hope you enjoy this added value and of course the whole F-M 100 Hue Test. If you have any questions or further suggestions, don’t hesitate to contact me.
This test is a very typical arrangement or also called hue disrimination test. It is based on 88 distinct hues (and not 100 as the name suggests) which are mixed randomly in four batches of 22 plates. Your task is to order them in a way that the colors appear to change gradually in steps from left to right. When you are finished a calculation can be done based on the misplacements of the plates.
On the left side you can see a sample error score diagram. Each plate error score is shown and an overall total error score (TES) will be calculated. Based on this information the severity and type of your color vision deficiency can be deduced.
Unfortunately until now online color blindness tests are not that reliable. I am quite strongly red blind, which is not always shown by the test result. And my wife did the test and got quite a high TES—but she is definitely not color blind! This can be caused by ambient light conditions, different monitor settings and the setup of RGB color space. Hopefully we’ll soon get some sort of computer based color vision test which can also guarantee some reliable results.
You can restart the test as many times as you like. You can also compare your results with “the rest of the world” and wou will get some detailed diagrams of your test data.
The F-M 100 Hue Test is the third color blindness test which you can try out right here on Colblindor. Stay tuned for more color blindness tests and tools in the future and subscribe to my feed or email newsletter.