Culture trivia
Name a colour
Everyone has a first answer to “Name a colour”. The game is about the second, the third and the tenth: 117 answers are accepted, ranked by how rarely people think of them.
The obvious answers
Say one of these and you stay near the surface, with 10 points.
- Red
- Blue
- Green
- Yellow
- Black
The next answers people reach for
A step further down, worth 25 points each:
- White
- Purple
- Orange
- Pink
- Brown
- Grey
- Violet
- Gold
- Silver
- Turquoise
- Navy
- Beige
- Cyan
- Magenta
- Maroon
How deep does “Name a colour” go?
| Level | Accepted answers | Points |
|---|---|---|
| The Tip | 5 | 10 |
| Below the Surface | 15 | 25 |
| The Deep | 50 | 50 |
| The Abyss | 46 | 85 |
| Below the Iceberg | 1 | 100 |
The Deep holds 50 answers starting with A, B, C, E, F, I, J, K, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, U and V. The Abyss has 46 more, and one legendary answer waits below them all.
Inside the answer list
- 117 answers in total, 15 of them longer than one word.
- Shortest: “Red”. Longest: “International Klein Blue”.
- C, B and P are the most common first letters; together they start 31% of the answers.
- 6 answers can be typed more than one way: “Navy blue” counts as Navy.
Getting below the surface
- Start with C: 16 of the answers begin with it.
- Red, Blue and Green are safe but shallow. Aim past them.
- Art movements and architectural styles have many lesser-known names.
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Quick answers
- What do most people say for “Name a colour”?
- The usual first answers are Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and Black. In Icillion they are worth 10 points each, the least of any level.
- How many answers are there to “Name a colour”?
- 117 in all: 5 on The Tip, 15 Below the Surface, 50 in The Deep, 46 in The Abyss, and a single legendary answer Below the Iceberg.
- Which answers to “Name a colour” are the shortest and the longest?
- The shortest accepted answer is “Red” and the longest is “International Klein Blue”.
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How deep does your knowledge go?
Seven prompts a day, twenty seconds each. Obvious answers float on the tip of the iceberg; rare ones sink all the way to the trench.
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