color aptitude test
Date: 1940-1950
Inventory Number: WJ1173
Classification: Psychological test
Subject:
Maker: American
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Dimensions:
closed box: 4.2 x 33 x 27.8 cm (1 5/8 x 13 x 10 15/16 in.)
chip: 3.3 x 3.8 cm (1 5/16 x 1 1/2 in.)
Description:
Gray flat rectangular box with hinged lid, most likely shop-built. Once fully opened, it displays four rows of 10 metallic chips per row, fixed to the box itself. Other chips are movable and stored in a specially made rack. The loose chips have a two letter coding written on the felt, related to the Inter Society Color Council system. On the side of the box, and on the rack, handwritten, it says: "set 7-B."
Signedunsigned
Inscribedbottom of box: Inter-Society Color Council / Color Aptitude Test
FunctionThis test was designed for color perception. The task was to arrange 40 color chips (in four separate rows of 10 chips) according to their different hues.
ProvenancePsychology Department, William James Hall, Harvard University.