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The Crystal Key Hints

What is the solution to the colored triangle puzzle?

  • 1 of 10: Where is this puzzle?
  • 2 of 10: The artwork behind the desk might give you a clue.
  • 3 of 10: One of the paintings contains only 3 colors.  Remember those colors while working the triangle.
  • 4 of 10: Combining two colors together makes a third.
  • 5 of 10: Make the colors from the painting:  Green, Purple and Orange.
  • 6 of 10: Yellow and blue combined make green, so click on the yellow button and then the blue one.
  • 7 of 10: Combining blue and red makes purple.  Click on the blue one and then the red.
  • 8 of 10: Finally, red and yellow combined make orange.  Click on the red and then the yellow.
  • 9 of 10: You may get lucky (like I did) just by clicking randomly.
  • 10 of 10: A quicker solution is to press the bottom left tile 5 times.