Daily color games: match, mix and remember a shade

Daily colour games give everyone the same shade or set of colours each day and score how close you get. Some ask you to match a colour you can see or name, some to rebuild one from memory, and some to spot a tiny difference between tiles.

The games

The games here split into three kinds. Matching games show or name a colour and ask you to recreate it. The Daily Hue hides one colour from an artwork and gives you sliders and five guesses; Hued names a colour (a famous one like Carolina Blue, or an everyday thing like a wet floor sign) and gives you three; Close Hue names a colour and asks you to dial it in; Logohue asks for a brand's exact colour from a black and white logo; and Flag Fill and GeoPaint ask for the exact shade of a flag's stripe.

Memory games are harder. Dialed's colour round shows five colours and asks you to rebuild each afterwards, Afterglow flashes one colour at a time, and Colorecall shows two coloured shapes for five seconds and asks for one of them back. Remembered colours drift toward a typical red or blue, so these reward paying attention to brightness and saturation, not just the hue.

Perception games test your eyes in the moment. Hueman shows a grid in the day's hue with one tile a shade off and shrinks the difference each level; Puzzmo's Hue Complete Me and HueSort ask you to put scrambled tiles back into a smooth gradient.

If you want one game to start with, pick Hued or The Daily Hue for a gentle match, Hueman for a quick test of your eyes, and Colorecall once you want a real challenge. Most of them take a minute or two, so they pair well with a word or logic daily.

Questions

What is the hardest daily colour game?

Memory games are usually hardest, because remembered colours drift. Colorecall, which asks for a colour after showing two at once, and Dialed's colour round are the toughest here.

Are these games the same for everyone?

Yes. Each gives every player the same colour or set of colours that day, so scores can be compared.

Do I need to know hex codes?

No. Most use sliders or a colour picker, though Hued and Flag Fill also let you type a hex code.

Is there a colour game about flags?

Yes. Flag Fill asks for the colour of one missing section of a flag each day, and GeoPaint asks for the main colours of five flags.

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