Color Sequence

How to play Color Sequence

Color Sequence is a memory game of lights and sounds. The disc has four pads: a green triangle, a red circle, a yellow square and a blue diamond. Each pad has its own shape and its own musical note, so you can follow the pattern by colour, by shape or by ear.

Goal

Repeat the longest pattern you can. Your score is the number of steps in the last pattern you copied without a mistake. Your best score for each speed and mode is saved in this browser.

Turn by turn

1. Press Start in the middle of the disc, or press Space.
2. Watch and listen. The game lights up one pad.
3. Press the same pad. Click or tap it, or use the keys 1 2 3 4 (also Q W A S, which sit on the keyboard like the pads on the disc).
4. If you are right, the game plays the whole pattern again with one new step at the end. Copy it all, from the first step.
5. Each round the pattern is one step longer and plays a little faster.

Mistakes and strict mode

In normal mode you have three lives. If you press a wrong pad you lose a life, and the game shows the same pattern again so you can try once more. In strict mode there are no second chances: one wrong press ends the game. Strict mode keeps its own best score.

Speed and pausing

Pick Easy, Medium or Hard to set how fast the lights play. There is no time limit while you answer, so take a breath if you need it. Press P or the Pause button to stop; the pattern replays from the start when you go on. The game also pauses if you switch tabs.

End of the game

The game ends when you run out of lives. You see your score and your best score. For more memory fun, try Memory Match.

Strategy tips

• Use more than one sense. Say the colours or shapes in your head and listen to the notes. A tune is easier to remember than a list.
• Chunk the pattern. Group the steps into short bits of three or four, like a phone number: "green-red-red, blue-yellow".
• Only learn the new step. Each round adds just one step at the end. You already know the rest, so focus on the last light.
• Do not rush. There is no timer for your answer. A calm, steady rhythm leads to fewer slips than racing.
• Practise on Easy, then go strict. Slow playback helps you build the habit. Strict mode is the true test once you can reach 15 steps.