Puzzle 101 - Colours
One type of puzzle I have used a couple times is using colour to represent a set of coordinates. When doing graphics work for websites, photos, etc. one of the most common ways of expressing colours on a computer is using the RGB colour system.
Without going too technical on you, each colour you see on you computer screen is made up of three parts, Red, Green and Blue. Each of these three parts have a value from 0 up to 255.
For example, a shade of blue might have a red value of 44, a green value of 57, and a blue value of 179. Or perhaps a red value of 77, a green value of 14, and a blue value of 241. Do you recognize a pattern in the two examples provided? :-)
So how do you find out what the RBG code is? By using a graphics program that is already on your computer; Paint for a PC, or Digital Color Meter for Mac.
Option 1 View a video I made showing how to do this. Click Here It will open in a new tab.
Option 2 Below is a short tutorial showing how to do this in Paint.
Step 1. Click the eye dropper icon, and then select the colour you want the RGB code for.
Step 2. Select the Edit Colour button.
Step 3. There is the RGB Colour code, ie part of the coordinates.
Here are a couple of my other puzzles that are based on this. One is here in Trenton, one in Calgary. Both are considerably harder then this puzzle though.
Similar puzzles to try:
Inside the Dugout - Calgary
Still Got The Blue(s) For You...
The Puzzle
While placing this cache, a couple snowmobiles went by along a makeshift snowmobile trail along the side of the road. It got me thinking that I'd like to buy one at some stage. While this isn't the colour scheme I'd go with, it does make a great puzzle. Add yes, you will have just a little bit of math to do to get the actual coordinates.
