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Nature Colour Hunt

Choose six colours and find one small natural object for each one.

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Nature Colour Hunt

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Step 1 of 5

Choose six colours to look for outdoors.

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Time20 min
You getan egg carton of colours
DifficultyEasy
SectionExploring

This one is all yours

Nothing sharp, nothing hot, nowhere far. Tell someone what you're up to, then go ahead and do it on your own.

What to do there

5 steps. Tap one when it's done.

Why it's like that

Nature has more colours than you'd guess: reds in autumn leaves, purples in clover, oranges in fungus and berries. Looking for a specific colour makes you see things you'd walk past otherwise.