About the Colours Odd One Out Game
Red, blue, green, yellow and more — our colours memory game is a brilliant early-learning tool for toddlers and preschoolers. Bright, bold and simple, it helps little ones recognise and name their colours while training their memory.
What's on the Colours board
The tiles in play — 12 in all, one of which keeps being the odd one out: ❤️ Red🧡 Orange💛 Yellow💚 Green💙 Blue💜 Purple🩷 Pink🖤 Black🤍 White🩶 Grey🤎 Brown🌈 Rainbow
Study tip: the odd one out is chosen by difference, so learn the board as groups. If you know the first three tiles — red, orange and yellow — belong together, anything that breaks that set stands out instantly.
How to memorise a learning deck
Learning decks — letters, numbers, colours — are the ones to play with your voice. Say each item out loud as you study the board: the label, not just the symbol. Spoken repetition loads both the visual and the phonological memory systems at once, which is exactly the double-encoding classroom practice relies on.
Test recall by naming, not just matching. After the board hides, ask "which letter was next to the butterfly?" — questions like that force retrieval, and retrieval is what turns a quick game into actual learning. Matching alone can be done on autopilot; naming cannot.
How to Play
- Press Start. A grid appears — almost every tile shows the same picture.
- Scan the grid for the one tile that is different.
- Tap it before the timer runs out.
- Each round adds more tiles and less time. Three misses ends the run.
Fun Facts About Colours
- The human eye can distinguish about 10 million different colours.
- Blue is the world's most popular favourite colour.
- Colour blindness affects about 1 in 12 men.
- The colour pink was historically considered a shade of red until the 17th century.
Learning deck questions
Can these decks help with reading and counting?
As practice, yes — matching uppercase to pictures and saying letter names and numbers aloud reinforces what phonics and counting lessons teach. They are a supplement to teaching, not a replacement for it.
Which board should a five-year-old start on?
Easy — six pairs. The win rate matters more than the challenge at this stage: a child who beats the easy board three times will march to medium on their own, and one who loses hard boards twice will not.