Play corner · 4 to 8 years

Hidden in the dots

What is hiding in the dots?

Tap the shape you can see.

Play it together

Sit together in good light, screen brightness up and night mode off. Let your child tap the shape they see, or 'Only dots' if they see none. Every answer gets a star. A short note for you appears under the game at the end.

What it practises

Looking closely and finding a shape in a busy picture. That is all we claim for it. The real version,Find the Colour Twins, does the same job with things from your kitchen, and does it better.

For the grown-up · product suggestion

Liked finding shapes in the dots? Try the printed book

This game is drawn on a screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently. The printed dot book below is the kind eye clinics use. It hides numbers instead of shapes, so it suits children who read numbers, from about six. It is still a first look, not an answer: if plates are missed, book an eye check.

Colour Vision Test Book, 38 Plates

Not a toy. The dot picture book eye clinics use to check colour vision. Most plates hide a number, so it suits children who read numbers, from about six. Use it in daylight. Some buyers say cheaper prints are faint, so a missed plate means book an eye check, not a result.

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Questions parents ask

Is this a colour blindness test?

No. The pictures look like the dot pictures an eye doctor uses, but they are drawn fresh in your browser, and every phone and laptop shows colours a little differently. It is a game. Only an eye doctor or optometrist can check colour vision, with printed picture books.

Why does my child never hear right or wrong?

Some children cannot see the shape in some pictures, and that is not their fault. So every answer gets a star and the game moves on. A short note for the grown-up appears under the game at the end. If it suggests playing the real Colour Twins game, that is the better next step: real tokens and crayons look the same on every day.

Why are some pictures easier than others?

Some use blue on orange, which almost everyone can see. Others use orange on yellow-green, which red-green colour blind eyes can find hard. The first picture is always an easy one, so if a child misses the easy ones too, they are probably just too young for the game today.