How to Solve a Paint-By-Numbers Puzzle
Paint-by-number puzzles were invented by Tetsuya Nishio and Non Ishida in Japan. They are logic puzzles that, once solved, reveal a hidden picture. You can find these puzzles in puzzle books, on computer programs or online. The following steps will show you how to solve paint-by-numbers puzzles.
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Instructions
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Find a paint-by-numbers puzzle to solve online or find a paint-by-numbers puzzle book. You can play this puzzle on some websites for free.
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Understand that the puzzle consists of a grid with one or more numbers on the left side of the grid on each row and one or more numbers at the top of the grid on each column. These numbers represent the spaces that should be shaded and the spaces left white in each space in the rows and columns.
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Know that the numbers represent how many boxes in the grid will be shaded consecutively in the row or column and where the white spaces that separate these consecutively shaded boxes. For example, if a row has the numbers 4, 2, 3, 1 written on one line, that means that starting somewhere in the row, you will have four consecutive shaded boxes then at least one blank space, two shaded boxes and at least one blank space, then three shaded boxes and at least one blank space and finally one shaded box.
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Find a row or column that you can solve easily, such as ones with an equal number of boxes in a row. For example, if you have 10 boxes in a row on the grid and you have the numbers 4 and 5 written on the row, you know it will have to start with four shaded boxes, have one space white and then have five shaded boxes in that particular row.
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Use these completed rows or columns to help you figure out which boxes should be shaded and which ones shouldn't be. Use the power of deduction to determine this.
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Watch the picture take shape as you solve the puzzle. Check the answer page at the back of the book if you are stuck and having trouble solving it.
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Tips & Warnings
When playing this game online, click the space twice to shade it black and once to mark it as white.
Most online paint-by-numbers puzzle websites will let you print out the puzzle to do off line.
Paint-by-numbers grids are no larger than 100 by 100 squares.
Don't guess in this game. You should only shade in an area or mark it out if you are sure logically that you are right. One error could completely mess up the game.
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bridgetidelaney
Apr 19, 2008
I love these puzzles, but these instructions could be much better. It doesn't say much about figuring out the rest of the puzzle and not all puzzles have a row that equals the number of squares in the row. Also, they do get larger than 100x100, so that's wrong, too. -
bridgetidelaney
Apr 19, 2008
I love these puzzles, but these instructions could be much better. It doesn't say much about figuring out the rest of the puzzle and not all puzzles have a row that equals the number of squares in the row. Also, they do get larger than 100x100, so that's wrong, too.
