Color Pour Sort
Color Pour Sort is a calm puzzle about pouring. A row of glass tubes holds stacked bands of colored liquid, and you move them around until every tube is one solid color.
Unlike many sorting games, the bands here are not all the same size. Some are thin and some are thick, so a pour moves only what fits. The game is the open-source project Be like water by Gedas-S, and it runs straight in your browser.
How to play Color Pour Sort
Choose a tube and it lifts a little. Then choose where to pour. Only the top color travels, and it may land in an empty tube or rest on a band of its own color. Try to mix two colors and the game tells you no, and a tube with no space says it is full.
If the target has room for only part of the band, that part flows across and the rest stays behind. Once a tube is brimming with just one color, a black cap seals it shut.
A level is done when every tube is capped or empty, and the next one slides in. Level numbers keep climbing with no end, adding colors and tubes as you go. The menu holds dark mode, smaller tubes, animation speed, three level generators and a box to jump to any level.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Select a tube | — | Click it | Tap it |
| Pour | — | Click the target tube | Tap the target tube |
| Undo | — | Click the curved arrow | Tap the curved arrow |
| Restart level | — | Click the circular arrow | Tap the circular arrow |
| Settings | — | Click the menu icon | Tap the menu icon |
Tips
- Compare the size of a band with the free space above the target before you pour. A partial pour can strand a thin strip that hides the color beneath it.
- Treat an empty tube as your most valuable piece. Fill it only when you can see how to empty or cap it soon after.
- Aim to finish a tube early. Once it is capped it is out of play, and the board feels much simpler.
- Use undo freely. Rewinding a few pours costs nothing and often shows a better route.
- On big boards, sort the colors with the most bands first, since they usually block the most tubes.
If you like Color Pour Sort, try these
Tower of HanoiMoving stacked items between holders by strict rules is also the core here, with rings on three pegs.
Color Tile MatchColors stay in charge, but you swap neighboring tiles into lines and race a draining timer bar.
Questions
Does Color Pour Sort save my level?
Yes. Your level number and the state of the tubes after your last pour are kept in your browser, so you can close the page and pick up later.
Can I replay an older level in Color Pour Sort?
Yes. Type the level number into the menu. With the same generator selected, a given number always builds the same layout.
Is Color Pour Sort good on a phone?
Yes. Every action is a tap, and the tubes scale down so the whole level fits on screen in either orientation.
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