Fewer than 1% people get all answers right on this color perception test. Do you have what it takes to spot the different hues?
Most People Can’t Pass This Color Perception Test—Can You?
Updated on Jul. 17, 2025
Every single day, human eyes process thousands of colors. From bright red and orange flowers to yellow bees and the blue sky, nature is awash in brilliant hues. But did you know that the way you see the green of the leaves on trees might be slightly different from the way someone else sees it? Yes, it’s true. Everyone sees and perceives colors differently, the exact magnitude of which can be discerned with the help of a color perception test.
If you think your vision is sharper than others’ (or just love visual challenges like optical illusions), give this difficult color perception test a go. Fewer than 1% of people can get all of the answers correct.
Read on to find out how the test works, how to take it and how your color-perception skills stack up against the masses.
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How does this test for color perception?
Lenstore UK created an interactive online test with 10 questions to see how well people can perceive color. Quizzes, games, visual puzzles and brainteasers have long caught the eye of internet surfers. This test, however, works a little differently. It tests people’s ability to differentiate between multiple shades of the same color.
It’s not as easy as it sounds! You’ll need to pick the correct shade among the given options, all of which look pretty similar. Prompts will ask you to point to the lightest shade of pink, for instance, or drag and drop the right missing color into a gradient.
How do most people score on the color perception test?
After testing the eyes of 2,000 U.K. residents, Lenstore found that the majority of people (24.1%) scored 6 out of 10 on the color quiz. A teensy percentage of people (0.2%, to be exact) either got none or all the questions correct, but most could accurately answer five to six of them.
Here’s the full breakdown:
- Zero right answers: 0.2% of respondents got this result
- One right answer: 0.3%
- Two right answers: 2.2%
- Three right answers: 7.4%
- Four right answers: 13.7%
- Five right answers: 23.4%
- Six right answers: 24.1%
- Seven right answers: 17.4%
- Eight right answers: 9.1%
- Nine right answers: 2.0%
- 10 right answers: 0.2%
Do certain people have better color perception than others?
While analyzing the results, Lenstore discovered that women perceive and differentiate colors better than men. This made it clear which demographics have the strongest color perception. The average score on the test for women was 57.7%, and the average for men was 53.8%.
How can you take the color perception test?
If you’re up for the challenge, take the color perception test below and see what results you get.
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Source:
- Lenstore UK: “Colour is in the Eye of the Beholder”
