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S-04 · Sublayer review

Hexcodle

A daily guessing game for colour: work out today's six-character hex colour code from a target swatch.

Our own felt model for the Hexcodle review, not the game's artwork

The review

Hexcodle takes the guess-and-feedback formula of the daily word games and points it at colour. You see a swatch and must type the six-character hex code that makes it, the kind web designers use, and after each guess every character tells you whether it is right, too high or too low.

It sounds technical and turns out to be oddly soothing: you start to see how red, green and blue mix into every colour on your screen. It is made by Hannah and Ekim, has an archive and a smaller mini version, and asks for donations rather than showing adverts.

A way in

Guess a middle grey first (888888); the hints then tell you which colour channels need to go up or down.

A place to stop

One daily colour and maybe the mini. The archive is there, but a colour a day is the design.

Before you play

  • You do not need to know hex codes; the game teaches them as you go.
  • Good for a coffee break.
  • Custom games let you set a colour for a friend.

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