Colour Clue online

One colour on a grid of ninety-six, a one-word clue, and everyone drops a pin. Close counts.

Players: 3–10 players
Length: 20–40 min
Difficulty: Easy
Energy: Calm, on your own screen
On a video call: Works well
Type: Word · Guessing

About Colour Clue

Play Colour Clue online for free with 3–10 players. One colour on a grid of ninety-six, a one-word clue, and everyone drops a pin. Close counts. Create a room, share the code, and play in a browser with no signup or download.

What playing it feels like

Words, clues and guessing what the others are thinking.
Mostly quiet: the action happens on each player’s own screen.
Plays well on a video call — the talking happens on camera and the app does the rest.
Nothing to explain. Start it and go.

Good for

Groups of 3 to 10
A proper evening rather than a filler
A video call, with everyone on their own screen

Maybe skip when

You only have ten minutes

Colour Clue is the party game where everyone discovers they see colour differently. One player is dealt four colours from a grid of ninety-six and picks one in secret. They give a one-word clue — "flamingo", "avocado", "bruise" — and everyone else drops a pin where they think it is.

Then a second clue, of up to two words, and a second pin each. A pin right on the colour scores three, next to it two, two away one; the clue-giver scores for every pin that lands close, so a clever clue pays twice. The arguments about whether "ocean" is blue or green are the game.

Every cell has a coordinate as well as a colour, so the grid can be read and talked about without seeing colour — and clues cannot be coordinates: no numbers, no single letters. The cue-giver rotates until everyone has given clues.

How to play Colour Clue

1Create a room and share the code. Colour Clue is for 3 to 10 players.
2The cue-giver is dealt four colours on their phone only and picks one.
3They give a one-word clue. Everyone else drops a pin on the grid — tap a colour, then drop the pin.
4The cue-giver adds a second clue of up to two words, and everyone drops a second pin somewhere new.
5Reveal: a pin on the colour scores 3, next to it 2, two away 1. The cue-giver scores 1 for every pin within one. The seat rotates; highest total wins.

Colour Clue FAQ

Is Colour Clue like Hues and Cues?

It is the same kind of game — a colour grid, a clue and pins scored by distance — with its own grid, its own scoring and its own name. If your group likes colour-guessing games, it will feel familiar in one round.

Can colour-blind players play?

Every cell has a coordinate (A1 to H12) shown on the axes and read out by screen readers, and the answer is always given by coordinate. A player with a colour-vision difference can play and follow every round — though, like everyone, they will see some colours their own way.

What counts as a clue?

One word the first time and up to two the second. No numbers and no single letters, because those would be coordinates rather than clues.

How is it scored?

A pin on the colour is 3 points, a neighbouring cell 2, two away 1. The cue-giver scores 1 for every pin within one cell of the colour, across both rounds of pins.

Can I see where others put their pins?

Not while they are deciding. After the first round of pins they are shown, so your second pin can learn from the room — as at a real table.