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[RayRayTea]

That certainly helps to develop a feel for colours / give your eyes a nice workout and all, but Itten's book actually explains why it works like it works and turns the "feeling"/"I like or don't like" into exact science since it explains the principles behind the perception. By grabbing screesnhots from a movie all you get is results which are then hard to reproduce and the process is prone to frustration. (Although of course it helps to have a reference.)

Since the colours are never perceived in isolation, a food analogy probably isn't out of place :^) if somebody wanted to study a famous master chef's recipe... despite being an obvious requirement, would eating lots of his/her cakes be enough to understand the secret behind the fantastic cake?

[Jamie_D]

A interesting point, though i think of de constructed enough you can still learn a lot and get inspiration at the same time.

[undertech]

Fun color test to gauge your ability at distinguishing hues: http://www.xritephoto.com/ph_toolframe.aspx?action=coloriq

[easynam]

Fun color test to gauge your ability at distinguishing hues: http://www.xritephoto.com/ph_toolframe.aspx?action=coloriq

Is 4 good?

EDIT: Looks like its kind of average haha. I messed up a bit in the blue to purple.

[Oddball]

It said I got perfect. I'm guessing that's pretty good.

[undertech]

Can't get better than perfect.
Of course, the test is as much a test of your display setup as it is of your visual ability. I took the test on a very nice monitor, which helped me a lot.