Paletto

A single click floods an entire column with color, and every wrong move makes the board messier. Can you match the target before your palette runs dry?

Paletto keeps its premise dead simple: every column has a painter button sitting above it, and one click drenches that entire column in color. You'd think that makes it easy. It doesn't. The board has a pattern hiding beneath, and once you wash a column, you can't erase your choice—only paint over it with another click if the level allows. I found myself staring at a half-finished board, trying to reverse-engineer which column to hit first, second, third. The moment it clicks, though, is genuinely satisfying. The game is built around sequencing. Some puzzles hand you just enough colored painters to finish, so wasting one on the wrong column means restarting. I kept a mental checklist: dark colors over light, third column before fifth, top row before bottom. You'll notice that painting a column can cover a color you needed to keep, so you have to work backwards from the final image. It's a bit like those color-by-number grids, except the paintbrush is an entire column and your mistakes are permanent. Don't expect flashy graphics or a story; Paletto is a small puzzle snack. It loads instantly, runs in any browser, and the difficulty curve sneaks up on you around level ten. That's when I started taking screenshots with my phone to plan. If you like logic puzzles that look simple but make you second-guess every tap, this one will eat half your lunch break.

Click on the painter object to color that column!

Look for columns that only need one color and save those painters for last. Work from the bottom row up if colors stack, since later columns can overwrite earlier ones. Don't click a painter just to see what happens — every use counts unless the level resets. If you're stuck, compare the target with your current board and find the column that differs most; start there. Use a piece of paper or phone screenshot for the multi-step levels; memory alone won't cut it after level 12.

Q: Is Paletto free to play? A: Yes, it's completely free in your browser with no paywalls or extra downloads. Q: Can I play Paletto on my phone? A: The game runs on mobile browsers. Tapping the painter icons works just like clicking. Q: Do I need to download anything to play Paletto? A: No. Just open the game page and it loads instantly as HTML5. Q: How do I restart a level in Paletto? A: Most puzzles have a reset button, or you can refresh the page to start over. Q: Is there a limit to how many times I can click painters? A: Some levels give you exactly enough colors, so plan before clicking. Others allow overpainting. Q: What if I can't solve a Paletto puzzle? A: Try working backwards from the target, or take a screenshot and test a sequence on paper.