About the Colours What's Missing? 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 in the Colours deck
The full deck, so you know what to watch for — 12 pictures: ❤️ Red🧡 Orange💛 Yellow💚 Green💙 Blue💜 Purple🩷 Pink🖤 Black🤍 White🩶 Grey🤎 Brown🌈 Rainbow
Study tip: link the first three — red, orange and yellow — into one ridiculous mental picture. Absurd images stick; lists don't. When a picture vanishes, replay the scene and ask what doesn't fit any more.
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 and memorise every picture on the board.
- After a few seconds the board hides and one picture is removed.
- Pick the missing picture from the answer choices.
- Each correct answer adds a bigger board. Three misses ends the game.
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.