100 Pics isn’t exactly the easiest game in the world. It doesn’t help that, after the 50th picture or so, they start to just make things up. Don’t believe me? Here are some examples from the “Colours” level that 100 Pics more than likely invented:
1. Heliotrope
False. It’s pink. If you want to be a connoisseur about it, dark pink. But don’t you dare pretend heliotrope is a real thing.
2. Byzantium
Otherwise known as the great city of Constantinople. Or that movie about vampires. Neither of which were purple. Which is what this color is. It’s purple.
3. Thistle
I want you to look at this square. I mean it, really take some time to inspect it. Was there ever a moment when staring at this square that you thought “Oh yeah, definitely thistle.” Right, that’s what I thought.
4. Carmine
After learning that this color was considered “carmine”, there was a moment when I wondered if there was a connection between this deep, bloody color and the relatively large number of Mafia characters named Carmine. Then I realized such a connection was pointless because carmine isn’t a real color.
5. Taupe
No, actually a taupe looks like this:
As you can see, this friendly, European mole is not, in fact, the color square above.
6. Verdigris
To be fair, it was perfectly reasonable for 100 Pics to use this color. I just wish they would call it blue.
