Matcher: Color Matching Game
Same fruit, different shades. Drag each one onto its exact color twin and clear the board.
Pick a difficulty
0/1000
Nicely matched!
- Red-green pairs
- Blue-yellow pairs
Some shades hard to tell apart? Screens and speed play a big part, and this is a game, not a test. If colors like these often look the same to you, the free color blind test takes about three minutes.
How to play
- Choose easy (3 pairs), medium (6 pairs) or hard (10 pairs).
- Every level uses one fruit, so only the color tells the pairs apart. Drag a fruit onto the one with exactly the same color. You can also tap one fruit and then the other.
- A wrong join costs 10 points, so compare the shades before you drop.
- Clear the board quickly for a time bonus. If you can’t tell the colors apart, press “Skip level”.
- After 10 levels you get your score out of 1000.
Why the shades are hard to match with color blindness
The colors on a board come in groups of three shades. Inside a group, the shades differ only in the signal of one of the eye’s three cone types, the same idea our test plates are built on. With typical color vision the three shades look clearly different. If that cone type is missing, they produce the same signal and look alike. If it is weaker, they look closer together than they do to other people.
On medium and hard there are two or three groups. The groups themselves are far apart in color and brightness, so most people can sort the fruits into groups. The hard part is finding the right twin inside a group. Hard also has one pair in a color of its own, to fill the board. Later levels bring the shades closer together.
It’s a game, not a test
A low score doesn’t mean you are color blind, and a high score doesn’t rule it out. Screen quality, brightness, night mode and how fast you play all change the result. To screen your color vision, take thecolor blind test. For another quick game, try One Spot or Hop On.
Frequently asked questions
How do you play Matcher?
Pick a difficulty. Each level shows one kind of fruit in several colors, two of each. Drag a fruit onto the one with exactly the same color to join them, and clear the board before the time runs out. A game is 10 levels.
Can I play without dragging?
Yes. Tap one fruit and then tap its partner. With a keyboard, move between fruits with Tab and pick with Enter or Space.
How is the score worked out?
Each level is worth up to 100 points: 60 shared between the pairs you join, plus up to 40 for the time left when you clear the board. Every wrong join costs 10 points. A perfect game is 1000 points.
What if I can’t tell the colors apart?
Press “Skip level”. You keep the points for the pairs you already joined on that level and move on to the next one.
Why is Matcher hard with color blindness?
The colors come in groups of three shades. Inside a group the shades differ only in the signal of one cone type. If that cone type is missing, the three shades look the same, so pairs can’t be told apart by color. Hard adds one pair in a color of its own. If it is weaker, the shades are closer together. Eight levels use red-green differences and two use blue-yellow.
Can Matcher tell me if I’m color blind?
No. It is a game. Your screen, its brightness, the room lighting and speed all change the score. If the shades often look the same to you, the free color blind test on this site is the better next step, and an eye care professional can give a diagnosis.