What is Toon Tone?

Toon Tone is a color memory game that tests how well you remember cartoon character colors. Each round shows a grayscale character and asks you to recreate a specific color (body, hair, clothing) by adjusting three sliders rather than selecting from a palette. You get one guess per round, scored 0 to 10 on accuracy. A full run averages five rounds.

How to play Toon Tone

  1. Start with the question. It identifies the character, the exact part being tested, and the show it comes from.
  2. Use the three sliders to create your color: Hue (0–360), Saturation (0–100), and Brightness (0–100).
  3. As you drag, the swatch and the on-screen character update to show the current color.
  4. When you are ready, submit with the green check. You can make only one guess per round, after which the button locks.
  5. Check the feedback card to compare your HSB values with the target and see which channel was off.
  6. Finish all five rounds. Your run score is the average of the five round scores.

Scoring measures distance, not just correctness

Each round scores out of 10 based on how close your HSB triplet is to the target. A submission with perfect saturation and brightness but Hue off by 250 degrees still scores only 2.36 out of 10. The feedback card displays your values directly against the target values so you can see exactly which slider cost you points. The card also flags whether your answer sits away from what most players pick.

Game modes

Toon Tone offers four modes: Cartoons (the default curated pack covering Looney Tunes, Disney, Ghibli, anime, and Pokemon characters), Brands (iconic brand colors), Flags (national flag colors), and Community (player-created questions with a tool for adding your own).

Tips for better scores

Fix Hue first. Hue is the only channel that can be catastrophically wrong. A 250-degree Hue error tanks the score even when Saturation and Brightness are perfect.

Stop Saturation short of 100. Most cartoon palettes sit below full intensity. Pinning Saturation to the top is the most common way to lose a point.

Aim at the base color, not the shading. The question asks for the flat dominant tone the artist chose, not the darker line drawn over it.

Use the hint on round one if you are new. A hint narrows one slider and costs a point, but calibrating your eye early is worth more across the remaining four rounds.