What’s Your Color IQ? A Fun Pantone Paint Color Quiz
By Kylie
November 22, 2024
How Well Do You See Color?
I was browsing through Facebook the other day and came across a post about a Colour IQ Test, so of course, I had to take it. I scored 0, which, unlike the other types of IQ tests I’ve taken, bodes well for my ego.
How long does it take? Just a few minutes.
What’s the point?
You’ll discover how well you see undertones. They (whoever ‘they’ are) state that ‘1 out of 12 men have some sort of color deficiency’, and I have to agree with them. I’m amazed at the number of times I’ve been to a client’s house and said to the main man, ‘What do you think?‘ and he says, ‘Don’t bother asking me; I’m color blind.‘ Enough said.
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I only wish this test included details on what it meant if you were ‘within a certain range of numbers’. So, just so you have some guidelines on which to base your number, here’s how I classify things…
0-10 Color Genius
11-30 I may not hire you to help me pick colors, but I still like you
31-50 One of your eyes might be slightly crossed from the other (which I can make fun of as I was born this way)
51-70 Are your socks even matching?
70+ Would you like a straw and funnel with that wine bottle?
Like Tim (my hubby), this is just for eye candy…
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So, all of that being said, let’s get on to the test—I’d love to hear about your results, and they better not be better than mine!
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Comments
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I Scored a Big Fat ZERO!!!
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I wouldn’t want to take an everyday IQ test at this point, my abilities are on the wane, but, I’m a zero here, a color genius.
Thank you so much, that was fun! -
2- I thought I’d do lower because some combinations and mispairings just irritate me.
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I scored a ZERO!
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ZERO~ No wonder I see color differences that others don’t always see! (This is both a blessing and a curse) haha.
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