Matchboxes is the sixth level in Chapter 5: Near Earth Organizer.
Description[]
There are seven matchboxes with different colors, and six matchsticks.
Solution[]
Make six matchsticks with six different colors, then put the matchsticks in the white matchbox.
Initially, the six matchsticks are red. To change the matchsticks' colors, you have to put them in the matchboxes: after putting a matchstick in a matchbox, it may or may not jump to a different matchbox and take its color. The color changing rule is hinted by the color wheel of the white matchbox in the center:
- If the matchbox and the matchstick have the same color or opposite colors, the matchstick won't change
- If the matchbox and the matchstick's colors are next to each other, the matchstick will change to the color next to the matchbox's
- If the matchbox and the matchstick's colors are separated by one color, the matchstick will change to that color
| Matchstick\Matchbox | Orange | Green | Dark blue | Grey | Red | Yellow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange | None | Yellow | Red | None | Dark blue | Green |
| Green | Yellow | None | Grey | Dark blue | None | Orange |
| Dark blue | Red | Grey | None | Green | Orange | None |
| Grey | None | Yellow | Red | None | Dark blue | Green |
| Red | Yellow | None | Grey | Dark blue | None | Orange |
| Yellow | Red | Grey | None | Green | Orange | None |
To get all colors the fastest way (assuming that all matchsticks start with red color):
- Red: Available at the start
- Dark blue: Put a matchstick in Grey matchbox
- Grey: Put a matchstick in Dark blue matchbox
- Green: There are a few ways:
- Put a matchstick in Orange → Grey matchboxes
- Put a matchstick in Dark blue → Yellow matchboxes
- Put a matchstick in either Yellow or Grey matchbox, twice
- Yellow: Put a matchstick in Orange matchbox
- Orange: Put a matchstick in Yellow matchbox
All six different matchsticks
After putting all six matchsticks in the white matchbox, you get a white matchstick. Light it up to finish the level.