Try an online Stroop test: ignore the word, choose the real ink colour and score as many correct answers as possible in 30 seconds.
Press Start to get the first challenge.
Reading is automatic; ignoring the written word is not.
Focus on the colour used to display the word.
The word usually names a different colour to distract you.
Choose one of the four buttons before the 30 seconds run out.
No. Answer with the visual colour of the letters, even when the word says something else.
Yes. Every error subtracts 25 points from the final score.
It is the interference that occurs when a word’s meaning and its ink colour do not match.
PinkyColor is inspired by the Stroop effect, a classic demonstration of selective attention. The brain tends to read words automatically, but here the correct answer is the ink colour rather than the colour named by the word.
The challenge lasts thirty seconds and works with a touchscreen or mouse. It is not a clinical test: it is an attention and speed mini-game for practising concentration and comparing results for fun.
