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Color Blindness Test

Ishihara-style plates hide a number in a field of colored dots. Read 8 of them and get a quick, just-for-fun check on your color vision in under a minute.

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Color Blindness Test

Can you spot the hidden number? These Ishihara-style plates hide a digit in a sea of colored dots — easy to read for typical color vision, but tricky if you have a red-green color deficiency. Read 8 plates, tap the number you see, and get a quick read on your color vision in under a minute.

🖥️ Use a bright, decent display (phone or laptop screens work best)

🔆 Turn brightness up and switch off night mode or blue-light filters (Night Shift, eye comfort, etc.)

👓 If you wear glasses, keep them on

⚠️ Not a medical color vision exam. Screen settings, night mode and lighting can change the result. For a real diagnosis, see an eye doctor (optometrist or ophthalmologist).

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This free color blind test uses Ishihara-style dot plates drawn fresh in your browser: a number hides among colored dots that match the background in brightness and differ only in hue. Each run shows 8 plates with new random one- or two-digit numbers, so you can't memorize the answers. Type what you see or tap "I can't see a number"; 7–8 correct reads as typical color vision, 4–6 as borderline, and 0–3 as worth a closer look. It is a just-for-fun screening, not a diagnosis: screen settings, night mode and lighting all shift the result, and only an eye exam with an optometrist or ophthalmologist can confirm a color vision deficiency.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q. How does this color blind test work?

    A. You read 8 Ishihara-style plates and type the number hidden in each one. The numbers (2–99) are randomly generated every run, and the number and background dots differ in hue rather than brightness.

  • Q. What does my color blind test score mean?

    A. 7–8 correct suggests typical color vision, 4–6 is borderline, and 0–3 means many numbers stayed hidden. A low score can come from a color vision deficiency, but also from a dim screen, night mode or glare, so retest in good light before reading much into it.

  • Q. Can it tell which type of color blindness I have?

    A. No. It gives a single score and does not separate protan, deutan or tritan types or measure severity. That takes an in-person exam with an optometrist or ophthalmologist, for example with printed plates or an anomaloscope.

  • Q. How common is color blindness?

    A. Red-green color vision deficiency affects about 8% of men and 0.5% of women of Northern European ancestry, and around 5% of East Asian men. It is usually inherited on the X chromosome, which is why it is far more common in men.