How to Play Toon Tone
The Goal
You'll see a colorful character and be asked to recall the exact color of a specific part — like their hair, shirt, or skin. The color is then hidden, and you use three sliders to recreate it from memory.
Understanding HSB
Instead of Red-Green-Blue, Toon Tone uses the HSB color model — Hue, Saturation, and Brightness. This matches how humans naturally think about color.
Hue (H) — 0° to 360°
The position on the color wheel. 0° is red, 120° is green, 240° is blue.
Saturation (S) — 0% to 100%
How vivid the color is. 0% is gray, 100% is the purest color. Cartoon colors are usually 65-85%.
Brightness (B) — 0% to 100%
How light or dark. 0% is always black, 100% is the brightest version of the color.
Game Rules
- Each game has 5 rounds
- You have 30 seconds per round to adjust your sliders
- A live preview shows the color you're building in real time
- Hit Submit when you're satisfied with your guess
- Each round is scored from 0.0 to 10.0
Scoring
Your score is based on how close your guess is to the target color:
- 50% Hue accuracy — getting the right color family matters most
- 25% Saturation accuracy — how vivid you made it
- 25% Brightness accuracy — how light or dark
Near-perfect matches score dramatically higher than "close enough" — precision is rewarded.
Hints
Stuck? Use a hint to narrow the slider ranges. This makes it easier to find the right color, but costs 1 point from that round's score. Use hints wisely!
Want to know more? Read about Toon Tone.