Pour Hergé
We know these characters so well that we recognise them at a glance. For me, at least, it isn’t their shape that registers but their colours. Each one has a unique colour signature, so even reduced to something this abstract, we still know who they are. What a genius Hergé was.
The thinking
from the planningI didn’t intend for this to be a game but found the idea irresistible. I figure if you’re going to do something digital you may as well make it properly interactive. And I had to include the percentage breakdown for the maths geeks. Now you know that Tintin is 36% plus fours.
- Colour by percentage and orderEach band is a percentage of the colour used on the character, from shoes to hair or hat (or tiara).
- How long does it take to recognise a character purely from a combination of colours?The pouring speed needs to be fast enough to make it challenging.
- Characters not speedThe pouring speed remains constant. The number of characters increases the difficulty.
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