🎨 Color Match

How to play

This is a Stroop test. A colour word appears in large letters, but the colour the letters are painted in is chosen separately from the word, so the two usually disagree. The instruction line says which of the two the round is asking about, and you answer with one of four coloured buttons before the timer bar empties.

• Start button — resets score and streak and serves the first question.
• Four colour buttons — click or tap the one that matches the answer. Each is filled with its colour and labelled with its name.
• Instruction line — read it every round. One version asks for the word that is written, the other for the colour the letters are drawn in, and it switches at random.

Scoring

A correct answer is worth 10 points plus 2 for every answer already in your streak, so the second in a row gives 12 and the third 14. A wrong answer, or letting the eight second timer run out, resets the streak but never subtracts points. Best tracks your highest score. There is no game over: the next question arrives about a second later and the run continues until you leave.

Tips

• The streak bonus is where the points are, so slow down slightly rather than risk breaking the chain.
• Look at the instruction line before the word. Deciding what is being asked first is what stops the conflict catching you.
• When the question wants the colour of the letters, focus on one letter and judge its colour without reading.
• Eight seconds is generous. Spend the first second parsing the instruction rather than reaching for a button.

Frequently asked questions