Comments on: Dr. Boardman’s Color Conundrum

By: ColorBlindMan

ColorBlindMan — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:19:39 +0000

Why do people hate colorblind people so much?

By: PaulBo

PaulBo — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:06:21 +0000

Hey all, thanks for the suggestions and positive feedback!

It hadn’t occurred to me that people might be interested in buying these. I thought that anyone interested in it would also be prepared to make one ;)

I’ll get round to posting a schematic to make life easier for those interested.

By: Curtis Ruck

Curtis Ruck — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:41:29 +0000

So, I want one. Actually, i’d buy 10 were they available. I’d buy 10 and give them as gifts over the next few years to nieces/nephews.

So, whenever i can buy one please update this page with where.

By: pwsome

pwsome — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:17:16 +0000

@jeff-o – bah! Beat me to it.

Looks like a pretty cool game. Too bad I’m somewhat colour blind, although I can sometimes match up colours if they’re next to each other…

By: blizzarddemon

blizzarddemon — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:57:49 +0000

This would be a great device to teach art students about the importance of color matching. Too many of them don’t have a strong awareness of the subtle differences between colors.
Great work!

By: private

private — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:51:40 +0000

very nice project.
but it’s just me or there is no schematic? :(

By: CapitalC

CapitalC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:49:12 +0000

I remember a station at the local science centre where they had an RGB mixing game (on a CRT). It was to test your colour perception and matching abilities. I don’t recall if it required 100% accuracy as not all kids can tell if a colour is of by 1 step or not.

This is a great and totally marketable idea!

By: jeff-o

jeff-o — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:17:27 +0000

Very cool. He spelled “colour” wrong though. ;)

By: M4CGYV3R

M4CGYV3R — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:02:08 +0000

I don’t know if I could justify building one, or if it would be remotely as fun after the hassle of coding and wiring it up, but I have a strong urge to play with that thing.

I think it would be a good tool to teach people about RGB color mixing as well. I’m starting my senior year of a CS BS degree and it still shocks me how many ‘experienced’ C++ coders in my classes still can’t even guess at an RGB color value, or even figure it out from the hex values.

By: mesoiam

mesoiam — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:48:14 +0000

This would be great for training lighting designers, I do a lot of theatre lighting but I’m still useless at making the colours I want from RGB.

By: error404

error404 — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:37:16 +0000

Awesome! Looks like he could use a bit of gamma correction, but the idea is just brilliant, and so is the final product.

By: Mr. Twister

Mr. Twister — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:49:08 +0000

@Michael Bradley: are you in fact the son of Milton Bradley? Careful Paul..make sure Bradley cuts you in. Nice game. The artwork is great.

By: Michael Bradley

Michael Bradley — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:28:56 +0000

I think this is great. A great tool to teach many things, its an intro project to uControllers, and a great project to teach color theory. And its wrapped up in a nice carnival type arcade game. love it!

By: scotting

scotting — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:34:45 +0000

Now all he needs for a true game is a countdown timer that starts after the first dial is twisted. 3 levels of difficulty of course!

Awesomely good stuff

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:55:46 +0000

@Ruxias

Why not make one? That’s what this site is all about.