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Puzzle

Color Fill

Limited poursStrategic fillsCanvas puzzle
Level 1

Tap a section to pour the selected paint. Each color pours twice and matching colors can never touch. Keys: 1-6 paint, U undo, H hint.

Paint planner

Check touching sections and paint supply before a pour. Previewing uses no paint or points.

Choose a section and paint, then preview.

Dashed outline: chosen section. Dotted outline: touching sections.

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How to play Color Fill

You get a square canvas cut into sections. Your job is to paint every section.

  1. Pick a paint colour under the canvas. On a keyboard, press 1 to 6.
  2. Tap a section. The whole section fills with that colour.
  3. Two sections that touch can never get the same colour. If you try, the section shakes and nothing is used up.
  4. Each colour can be poured only twice. Plan so you do not run out.

Undo, hints and stars

You start with 3 undos. Clearing a level gives you one more, up to 5. Press Hint (or H) and the game shows a safe pour, but it costs 25 points. If no paint left can legally fill the rest, you are stuck: undo a pour to carry on.

Clear a level to earn stars. Make no slips and you get 3 stars. A slip is a refused pour or an undo. A hint or a replay counts as two slips. With 1 or 2 slips you get 2 stars. More than that gives 1 star. Early levels have spare pours. By level 10 you have four colours and no spare paint at all, and after that three board types repeat: six colours, five colours and four colours. Your best level and total stars are saved on this device.