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Given the lack of research on racial microaggressions in therapy, this study examined the impact of a respondent's race, therapist's race, and color-blind attitudes on the perception of a racial microaggression (RM) in a therapy dyad through an analogue study. Participants (N=231) aged 18 and older read a clinical vignette that included a RM with a photograph of either an ethnically-matched counseling dyad or cross-racial counseling dyad. Following this, participants rated the frequency and impact of the RM and their color-blind racial attitudes. The 2x2 Between Groups Analysis of Variances (ANOVAs) revealed no significant main and interaction effects for White versus racial/ethnic minority (R/EM) respondents or for the ethnically-matched versus cross-racial therapist dyads. Results suggest that R/EM and White respondents were both likely to perceive a racial microaggression for the Black and White therapist vignettes. The simultaneous multiple regressions revealed no significance for the model on the perception of a racial microaggression by impact and frequency. Color-blind racial attitudes was found to account for 20% of the variance in predicting the perception of a racial microaggression by impact. The results suggest the complexity of measuring a racial microaggression and warrant further investigation into understanding racial microaggressions as a process.