How to Play the Colour Guessing Game — Complete Guide

This guide covers everything you need to know about Dialed.gg, the color guess game where you memorize the color and try to recreate it. Whether you're here for a quick round or want to master the scoring system, we've got you covered.

Step 1: Memorize the Color

When you start a round, you'll see five colored squares displayed simultaneously. Your job is to study them — really look at each one and try to memorize the exact color.

What you're looking for in each color:

• Hue — What color family is it? Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple?
• Saturation — How vivid is it? Is it a rich, punchy color or a muted, grayish tone?
• Brightness — How light or dark? Is it a deep, dark shade or a bright, light one?

In Easy mode, you get 45 seconds and the HSB values are displayed under each swatch — so you can memorize color values numerically. In Hard mode, you get just 20 seconds with no numbers. Pure visual memory.

Pro tip: Don't try to memorize all five perfectly. Focus on the hue first. Remembering "it was a warm orange" is worth more than getting brightness exactly right.

Step 2: Guess the Colour Using HSB Sliders

After the memorize phase, you'll recreate each color one at a time. The colour guesser interface gives you three sliders:

• H — Hue (0–360°): Rotates around the color wheel. 0° is red, 120° is green, 240° is blue.
• S — Saturation (0–100%): 0% is completely gray, 100% is maximum vividness.
• B — Brightness (0–100%): 0% is black, 100% is the full brightness of that hue.

A large preview square shows your current selection in real-time. The saturation and brightness slider gradients update dynamically based on your current hue, so the sliders themselves act as visual guides.

When you're satisfied with your color guess, click Next. After all five colors, you'll see your results.

Step 3: Understanding Colour Matching Scores

This isn't a simple "how close were the numbers" check. The colour matching game uses real color science to score your performance.

The Scoring Pipeline

1. Color Space Conversion — Both your guess and the target are converted from HSB to CIELAB, a perceptual color model where equal distances correspond to equal visual differences.
2. Delta E Measurement — The straight-line distance between the two colors in CIELAB is calculated. This is a standard unit in color science.
3. S-Curve Mapping — The distance is converted to a 0–10 score using: score = 10 / (1 + (dE / 38)^1.6)
4. Hue Recovery — If you nailed the hue (within ~25°), you recover some points lost from saturation or brightness errors.
5. Hue Penalty — If hue is off by 30°+ on vivid colors, you lose extra points.

Five rounds, 0–10 each, maximum 50 points. This system means the color guess game rewards remembering the right color family above everything else.

What the Scores Mean

Score Range	What It Means
9–10	Nearly perfect. You can practically memorize the exact color.
7–8.9	Excellent. Right color family with minor HSB drift.
5–6.9	Decent. You got the general area but details slipped.
3–4.9	Rough. Color family is in the ballpark, but it's a different shade.
0–2.9	You guessed a completely different color. Happens to the best of us.

Easy vs Hard Mode in the Color Guesser Game

Pro Tips to Match the Color Like a Designer

1. Hue first, always. In the color guess game, identifying the color family (hue) is worth the most points. Start with the H slider.
2. Use relative comparisons. Don't memorize "S=67." Instead, think: "it was quite vivid but not maxed out." Your brain stores relative impressions better than numbers.
3. Watch the slider gradients. The Saturation and Brightness sliders update their gradients based on your current Hue. Use them as visual guides to match the colour.
4. Dark vs light is easier than saturation. Most people can guess the colour brightness fairly well but struggle with saturation. Pay extra attention to how "punchy" versus "muted" a color was.
5. Don't overthink. Your first instinct for hue is usually close. Spending too long second-guessing often makes you drift further from the memorize the color you started with.
6. Practice the Daily Challenge. Playing the same five colors as everyone else lets you compare strategies and calibrate your color match skills.

Guess the Color Game Modes Explained

Solo Mode — Color Guess at Your Own Pace

Random colors every time you play. Choose Easy or Hard. No leaderboard pressure — just you trying to match the color game challenge.

Daily Challenge — The Global Color Test

Every day at midnight UTC, five new colors are generated. Everyone on Earth gets the same colors. You get one shot. Your score goes on the global leaderboard. This is the ultimate colour guessing game challenge.

Multiplayer — Colour Matching Game with Friends

Create a room, share the link. Everyone sees the same five colors simultaneously. After all players finish, scores are compared. Find out who can really guess the colour best among your friends.