Colour by Number
Fill in the colours, number by number
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Saerok is a brain-training playground where games that help with early dementia and mild cognitive decline are free to play. It works on a computer, a tablet or a phone, and if the screen is hard to use you can print the puzzles instead.
Five levels
- 1. First steps — Very large areas · 4 colours
- 2. Gentle — Large areas · 5 colours
- 3. Easy — About 30 areas · 6 colours
- 4. Normal — About 40 areas · 8 colours
- 5. Hard — About 50 areas · 10 colours
Scoring
| Level | Level 1 first steps (4 colours) · 2 gentle (5) · 3 easy (6) · 4 normal (8) · 5 hard (10) |
|---|---|
| Coloured | Up to 700 · in proportion to areas coloured (700 if you colour them all) |
| Accuracy bonus | Up to 200 · minus 20 each time you pick the wrong colour |
| Time bonus | Up to 100 · there is no time limit, and going slowly still scores |
| Hint penalty | Minus 30 for each hint |
| Level bonus | Normal +100, Hard +250 (when fully coloured · no bonus on levels 1–3) |
| Top score | Levels 1–3: 1,000 · Normal: 1,100 · Hard: 1,250 |
| Free colouring | No numbers, no score. Nothing is recorded |
I went looking online for puzzles for my mother, who lives with dementia, and found it far too hard to find good ones — so I made these for her. I am putting them here in the hope that they help someone else too.