Recognizing colors has become quite a challenge lately, courtesy of the infamous dress and other visual tricks. But it's always interesting when the limits of our eyes become a form of entertainment. The latest example is a color perception test that practically exploded across social media. In each level, there's a square with a lighter shade than the rest, and you have fifteen seconds to find it…
You have to admit: some of the 'tests' circulating on social media are lamentable. Personally, I don't care to know my ideal job in the Middle Ages (I would have died half a dozen times with my health issues), the kind of civilization that would form based on my way of thinking, the Game of Thrones character I resemble the most, or the city where I should have been born. My Facebook feed is bombarded with the results of these tests every day, a clear demonstration of how addictive procrastination can be. However... from time to time something appears that stands a step above the rest. Some of our readers may remember and still play the famous 2048, which generated all kinds of variants in a very short time. Now, the new and surely fleeting craze on social media is this color perception test.
Couldn't be simpler: click on the square that has a different shade than the rest. You have 15 seconds to choose, an error subtracts three seconds, and with each level the squares become smaller. The score is divided into different animals, and any mark above 25 points supposedly gives us hawk vision. I imagine the screens must have some influence on the final result (after all, some models can reproduce colors more accurately), but the rest depends on your eyesight. At the first pause, the most advisable thing is to look at a point other than the screen for a second or two, and the different square will manifest itself (in most cases).
What did the test tell me? It seems I'm a robot, something I already knew deep down (?) . As I mentioned above, I have some health problems, but my eyes haven't failed me (yet). Needless to say, this test has no scientific value whatsoever, and any doubts should always be cleared up with an ophthalmologist. Your vision is a resource of incalculable value, and it deserves all the care you can give it.
