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These online variations of the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Color Perception Test are a bit of fun, often being cut down versions of the original full test, developed in 1943. The full test uses 85 caps. Online self-testing introduces several extra variables that researchers would reject out of hand. To obtain proper time series, we need consistent testing procedures.
Color discrimination is actually a very important skill, and a big part of the larger subject of sensory discrimination. As human beings get less intelligent as time goes by, researchers are seeing consistent results showing that color discrimination and the related areas of spatial perception and simple response times are falling significantly.
For those interested, average intelligence (termed 'g' for general intelligence) in the West has been falling for at least 170 years for a variety of reasons. So has the incidence of geniuses and macro breakthroughs, which peaked in the early-mid 1800s.
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