Mini Games
Follow the Colors
Watch the 4 colored buttons flash in sequence, then repeat the exact order. Each round adds one step.
How to Play
- The buttons flash a color sequence, starting with 3 colors.
- When it stops, tap the same colors in the same order — there's no time limit.
- Get it right and one more color is added to the end. One wrong tap ends the game; the longest sequence you repeated is your score.
Your Best
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Try to beat your personal best!
Ranking
| Rank | Nickname | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Nickname | Score |
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- |  You | - |
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Follow the Colors is a free color sequence memory game. Four buttons — red, yellow, green and blue — light up one after another, and you tap them back in exactly the same order. It's the same idea as the electronic memory toys of the late 1970s, playable right in your browser with no sign-up.
Every game starts with a sequence of 3 colors. When you repeat it correctly, one new random color is added to the end of the same sequence, so the pattern grows by one step each round. Colors can repeat, the flashes stay at the same speed throughout, and there's no time limit while you tap. One wrong tap ends the game, and your score is the length of the longest sequence you repeated in full — the number that goes on the live leaderboard and into your challenge link.
How much can short-term memory hold? Psychologist George Miller's well-known 1956 paper put it at roughly 7 ± 2 items, while later research (Nelson Cowan, 2001) suggests closer to 4 chunks when you can't rehearse. That's why two tricks help: say each color's name in your head so the sequence becomes a spoken rhythm, and group long sequences into chunks of 2–3 colors. Focus, fatigue and screen size all affect the result, so treat your score as a game record rather than a memory test.
Frequently Asked Questions
Q. How do you play Follow the Colors?
A. Watch the four colored buttons flash, then tap them in the same order. The first sequence has 3 colors, and each correct round adds one more to the end.
Q. How is the score calculated?
A. Your score is the length of the longest sequence you repeated without a mistake. One wrong tap ends the game, so if you miss the very first 3-color sequence, your score is 0.
Q. Does the game get faster?
A. No. The flash speed stays the same and there's no time limit for tapping — only the sequence gets longer.
Q. How many colors can most people remember?
A. There's no official average for this game, but classic research puts short-term memory span at about 7 ± 2 items (Miller, 1956), or around 4 chunks by newer estimates (Cowan, 2001). Naming the colors and grouping them in 2s or 3s usually helps you go further.