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Color Match

A color word appears in a different ink. Ignore what it says — tap the ink. A wrong tap or a timeout costs a life, and every 10 correct answers the pace picks up. Watch the rule badge: later it flips to match the word.

  • Ink firstTap the swatch of the color the word is printed in. Keys 1–4 work too.
  • Three livesWrong tap or too slow: lose a life. A heart round gives one back.
  • Rule switchMedium and Hard mix in “match the WORD” rounds. Read the badge.

About Color Match

Color Match is based on the Stroop effect. Each round shows a color word printed in a different ink color, and your job is to tap the ink, not the word.

How to play

  • Tap the swatch that matches the ink the word is printed in. On Medium and Hard, some rounds switch to MATCH THE WORD.
  • A wrong tap or a timeout costs one of your 3 lives. Every 10 correct answers the clock speeds up, and a rare heart round gives a life back.
  • 2 Players splits the screen on one device: both see the same word, the first correct tap scores and first to 10 wins. Local matches are not ranked.

Controls

Tap or click a color swatch, or press 1 to 4. In 2 Players, Player 1 uses A S D F and Player 2 uses H J K L.

Good to know

Free to play, no account needed. Plays in any modern browser on phone, tablet or computer. Sign in to put your scores on the Color Match leaderboard.

More about Color Match

Color Match is built on a well-known effect in which reading a word interferes with naming its color. The word says one color, the letters are printed in another, and your habit of reading wins out unless you override it. The game rewards the skill of suppressing that automatic response and answering with the ink color instead.

The run is endless and sets its own pace. Every ten correct answers moves you up a level and shortens the time allowed for each answer. On Easy only the ink counts. On Medium and Hard a badge occasionally flips the rule to Match the WORD, which gives you a little extra time when it switches but punishes autopilot. As you level up, more colors join the palette and the swatches grow from four to six, with their positions reshuffled every round.

Scoring and progress

You earn 10 points per correct answer, with a bonus of 2 once your streak reaches 5 and 5 once it reaches 10. A wrong tap or a timeout costs a life and resets the streak. A personal best is stored for each difficulty, and the grade from S to D is based on your final score, with higher thresholds on Easy than on Hard. Easy gives you four lives, Medium and Hard three.

Common questions

Why is the timer getting shorter?
Every 10 correct answers starts a new level with a faster clock, down to 40 percent of the starting time.

How does 2 Players work?
Both players see the same word, and the first correct tap scores. First to 10 wins. Player 1 uses A S D F and Player 2 uses H J K L. It is not ranked.

What does Unlimited do?
It removes the answer timer so a round never times out. It is solo only, uses its own leaderboard and caps XP at 200.

Tips and strategy

  • Check the rule badge before every answer. When it says Match the WORD, the correct swatch is the one named by the text, not the ink.
  • Do not read the word at all on ink rounds. Look at the color of the letters and find that swatch immediately.
  • Swatch positions change every round, so find the color first and then move. A fixed finger habit will not work.
  • You can press 1 to 4 on a keyboard to pick a swatch quickly. That is faster than moving a mouse once you know the layout.
  • Keep the streak alive. The bonus points start at a streak of 5, and the clock tightens at every level, so one mistake costs both points and a life.
  • Watch for the heart round. It appears rarely after some time and gives you a little extra time to answer, and a correct answer restores a life up to five.

More advice in the Streaky guides.

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