Instructions
How to play Toon Tone
A daily color guessing game in four steps. No download, no sign-up, no payment — open the page, pick a show or a random mix, and start coloring.
- Read the prompt. Each round names a cartoon or anime character and the feature whose color you must recreate — for example, Pikachu's body or Mario's cap.
- Match the color. Drag the hue, saturation, and brightness sliders until your swatch matches the color you remember.
- Submit and score. Submit to reveal the target color, your ΔE (CIEDE2000) distance, and up to 100 points. A lower ΔE means a closer match.
- Finish five rounds. Complete all five rounds for a total out of 500, then share your result, study any color you missed on its character page, and build a streak.
How is the score calculated?
Your guess and the target are converted to CIE L*a*b* and compared with the CIEDE2000 formula, producing a ΔE distance. A ΔE near 1.0 is the smallest difference the human eye can usually detect. Points are max(0, 100 − 2 × ΔE) per round, so a near-perfect match scores close to 100.
Tips for a better score
- Start with hue, then refine. Most misses are hue misses — get the family right (red vs orange vs pink) before worrying about saturation.
- Brightness is usually too high. Cartoon colors are saturated but rarely max-bright; if your swatch glows, drag the B slider down ten points.
- Study the misses. Every reveal links to a character page with the exact hex, RGB, HSB, and a tints-and-shades palette. Five minutes there carries into the next game.