Color Code Number ExplanationColor Code Number Explanation

Color Code Number Explanation

There are only

There are only 4 possible colors4 possible colors she can al she can always choose from (ways choose from (Orange, Blue, Red and Green).Orange, Blue, Red and Green).

But

But this doesn’t imply she will always necessarily take 3 different markers to do itthis doesn’t imply she will always necessarily take 3 different markers to do it , because, because some colors may be

some colors may be repeatedrepeated among the among the different cards.different cards.

Each color represents a very

Each color represents a very simple codesimple code, unknown to , unknown to the spectator:the spectator:

Orange

Orange 0 0 Blue

Blue 1 1

Red

Red 2 2 Green

Green 3 3

As I said before, the combination of colors among the different cards will allow you to As I said before, the combination of colors among the different cards will allow you to

Let’s go b

Let’s go back to the Methodack to the Method…… You know that the digit

You know that the digit 00 is the first is the first one…one…

This happened because she said the word was in

This happened because she said the word was in OrangeOrange letters (and according to the letters (and according to the Color Color Values

Values, Orange = 0, , Orange = 0, Blue = 1, etcBlue = 1, etc……).).

Of course if she had said

Of course if she had said BlueBlue you would have ayou would have a 1 as your first digit1 as your first digit, and so on..., and so on...

3. Ask her to take Card No. 2 and repeat a similar procedure.

Now, she looks at

Now, she looks at Card No. 2Card No. 2 and takes and takes the correspondthe corresponding marker to ing marker to the color of letters.the color of letters.

If she makes a

If she makes a sound of taking another marker from the cup, you obviously know she went forsound of taking another marker from the cup, you obviously know she went for another color.

another color.

If she stays sitting there and makes no noise, you know for sure it’s the same

If she stays sitting there and makes no noise, you know for sure it’s the same oneone…… there’s anthere’s an additional idea about this at the end of Step 4 about this.

additional idea about this at the end of Step 4 about this.

Let’s say she gets close to thet’s say she gets close to the cup (you would heare cup (you would hear her, of course).her, of course).

You have

You have two optionstwo options in here. in here.

i) First Option: After she takes the new marker, secretly peek at the cup / pen holder.

Look what markers are still in it, this will tell you what marker she just picked up.

In this case y

In this case you get to know immediately the second important digit of ou get to know immediately the second important digit of the final combination.the final combination.

If you look at

If you look at Card No. 2, DaggerCard No. 2, Dagger is in is in Red Color,Red Color, so, according to your so, according to your instructionsinstructions, she , she mustmust have taken a

have taken a Red MarkerRed Marker..

You know this, not because of supernatural powers, but because you have just peeked at the You know this, not because of supernatural powers, but because you have just peeked at the cup and saw that

cup and saw that the remaining markers arethe remaining markers areBlue and GreenBlue and Green.. So, she took a

So, she took a Red MarkerRed Marker, thus y, thus you know the second important digit:ou know the second important digit:

0 0 2 2 ? ? . .

ii) Second Option:

ii) Second Option: Don’t peek at all.Don’t peek at all.

So you want to be ultra clean and never peek again…

Ok… it’sk… it’s also possible;also possible; don’t you just love the flexibilitydon’t you just love the flexibility and apparent impossibility of thisand apparent impossibility of this fantastic effect?

fantastic effect? I do, for sure…I do, for sure… ^^

As this option makes everything look more impossible, I fully recommend it

As this option makes everything look more impossible, I fully recommend it even if it’seven if it’s a littlea little bit trickier in t

bit trickier in the long run…he long run…

4. Finally ask her to look at Card No. 3 and take the correct marker.

Wait until she finishes the drawing, and tell her to cap all the markers and leave them on Wait until she finishes the drawing, and tell her to cap all the markers and leave them on the pen holder.

the pen holder.

She finally takes another marker from the cup

She finally takes another marker from the cup (or not, if it’s the same as one she’s already(or not, if it’s the same as one she’s already holding), correspo

holding), corresponding to thnding to the color ofe color of Card No. 3.Card No. 3.

You have the same options as in the previous step:

i) Looking with peripheral vision at the cup and finding out if there are any markers left.

In this case, according to the

In this case, according to the exampleexample,, DaggerDagger would have the would have the Green color on the third card.Green color on the third card.

Let’s say you peek one final time (sneaky eyes, eh?) at the cup and all you see is theet’s say you peek one final time (sneaky eyes, eh?) at the cup and all you see is the unusedunused blue marker

blue marker. So you . So you know the final marker she got wasknow the final marker she got wasGreen, thus the 3 digit number is:Green, thus the 3 digit number is:

0 0 2 2 3 3

Ask her to put the caps on all the markers and insert them on the cup while you are keeping Ask her to put the caps on all the markers and insert them on the cup while you are keeping your eyes still

your eyes still closedclosed..

Now you ask her to hide her final drawing.

Turn back,

Turn back, don’t focus any attention ondon’t focus any attention on the Orange one, you know it was used as the first one. the Orange one, you know it was used as the first one.

Now you can tell here you’re going to start also making a very colorful drawing (in

Now you can tell here you’re going to start also making a very colorful drawing (in fact, usefact, use any excuse to just

any excuse to just check the markers capscheck the markers caps……).).

If you didn’t peek anymore than f you didn’t peek anymore than the firstthe first time, theretime, there are 3 possible eventsare 3 possible events that that can happen:can happen:

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 Event 1: She only used 1 Event 1: She only used 1 Marker (improbable).Marker (improbable).

So, let’s say she only used 1 marker to draw the entire picture

So, let’s say she only used 1 marker to draw the entire picture, for example if she chose the, for example if she chose the word

word AirplaneAirplane this would happen. this would happen.

This is highly unlikely; its probabilities are of 6.25% as there are only four possible words that This is highly unlikely; its probabilities are of 6.25% as there are only four possible words that can be drawn with the

can be drawn with the same color).same color).

In this case, the absence of sound / movement of her taking out any markers would tell you In this case, the absence of sound / movement of her taking out any markers would tell you that she kept drawing all the time with the same marker she took from the start.

that she kept drawing all the time with the same marker she took from the start.

So if

So if for example she first choosesfor example she first chooses OrangeOrange and you sense or hear and you sense or hear that she doesn’t’ get close tothat she doesn’t’ get close to the cup / holder to retrieve

the cup / holder to retrieve any other marker, you instantly know the any other marker, you instantly know the word would beword would be AirplaneAirplane..

If the same

If the same situation happens withsituation happens with Blue,Blue, the word would bethe word would be GardenGarden..

For

For RedRed, it would be, it would be OwlOwl and for and for GreenGreen it would be it would be ZebraZebra..

Again, there’s a very

Again, there’s a very small chance of this actually happeningsmall chance of this actually happening!!

…

… If

If you’re not getting the full pictureyou’re not getting the full picture now, now, don’t worry,don’t worry, just calm d just calm down and keown and keep readingep reading…… You

You will, trust me…!will, trust me…!

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 Event 2: She used 2 Event 2: She used 2 differedifferent Markers to make the nt Markers to make the full Drawing (Probabilityfull Drawing (Probability: 56.25%).: 56.25%).

This is

This is the most likely event that could happen.the most likely event that could happen.

For this second event, l

For this second event, let’s say she didn’et’s say she didn’t chooset choose DaggerDagger (because in that case she would need (because in that case she would need 3 different markers

3 different markers to draw it to draw it –– 0 2 3). 0 2 3).

Instead

Instead let’slet’s just say, just say, for the sake of clarity on this single examplefor the sake of clarity on this single example, that she chose, that she chose ClockClock, (in, (in that case,

that case, FullFullCode NumbeCode Number = 0 r = 0 2 22 2).).

In the given case she

In the given case she chosechoseClockClock, she still would have taken, she still would have taken OrangeOrange as a fi as a first color.rst color.

So you know that a 0 goes first

So you know that a 0 goes first and that’s all you know until the end of the whole process sheand that’s all you know until the end of the whole process she just did.

just did.

Your mind right now should be like this:

0 0 ? ? ? ? . .

Open your eyes (or take off your blindfold) and turn back.

Take

Take all of the markers and say you’re going to draw…all of the markers and say you’re going to draw…

Align them with your left hand

Align them with your left hand against the face of the notepad (this won’t be seen by theagainst the face of the notepad (this won’t be seen by the spectator) and check their cap alignment with the S of the AP Part of the Sharpie, obviously spectator) and check their cap alignment with the S of the AP Part of the Sharpie, obviously ignore the first marker you

ignore the first marker you peeked atpeeked at ((for thefor the ClockClock example, ignore theexample, ignore the OrangeOrange marker marker).).

An alternate handling would be just to take

An alternate handling would be just to take any other marker (any other marker (different to Orange), look at thedifferent to Orange), look at the cap to check

cap to check if it doesn’t correspond to your initial setup (if it doesn’t correspond to your initial setup (that is, the cap is not aligned withthat is, the cap is not aligned with the S of the “AP” part of th

the S of the “AP” part of the Sharpie). If so, it’s been used.e Sharpie). If so, it’s been used.

You can begin to draw with each marker a part of the drawing, as to never draw any suspicion.

So, l

So, let’s go back to the example…et’s go back to the example… you ignored you ignored Orange Orange, and took, and took RedRed from the cup / holder from the cup / holder and when you were going to open it, you

and when you were going to open it, you saw the cap wasn’t alignedsaw the cap wasn’t aligned, so Red was used too..., so Red was used too...

Therefore, you have

Therefore, you have 3 possible combinations3 possible combinations of markers she used to do the drawing: of markers she used to do the drawing:

1) She first took Orange, then Red and finished the drawing with the Red Marker.

2) She first took Orange, then Red and finished the

2) She first took Orange, then Red and finished the drawing with the Orange Markerdrawing with the Orange Marker..

3) She first took Orange, then continued drawing with Orange and finished the drawing 3) She first took Orange, then continued drawing with Orange and finished the drawing with the Red Marker.

with the Red Marker.

As amazing or impossible as it may sound, we are just

As amazing or impossible as it may sound, we are just 3 words away3 words away from knowing her exact from knowing her exact thought!!!

thought!!!

Orange, Red

Orange, Red, Red (0 , Red (0 2 2)2 2) Orange, Red, Orange (0 2 Orange, Red, Orange (0 2 0)0) Orange, Orange

Orange, Orange, Red (0 , Red (0 0 2)0 2)

So we just have 3 possible options, if you wish you could write down the combinations of So we just have 3 possible options, if you wish you could write down the combinations of numbers on the pad during performance

numbers on the pad during performance (don’t show it to anyone (don’t show it to anyone of course)of course)..

Possible Combinations.

0 2 2 0 2 2

OR OR 0 2 0 0 2 0

OR

0 0 2

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 Event 3: She used 3 Event 3: She used 3 differedifferent Markers to make the nt Markers to make the full Drawing (Probabilityfull Drawing (Probability: 37.5%).: 37.5%).

For this event, I will assume she chose

For this event, I will assume she chose DaggerDagger.. Ok, so you know that Orange was used at first.

Ok, so you know that Orange was used at first.

The situation is:

0 0 ? ? ? ? . .

You just need to find

You just need to find out which 2 other markers were used out which 2 other markers were used during the process.during the process.

For the given example, you would turn back and ignore the Orange marker (or the first one For the given example, you would turn back and ignore the Orange marker (or the first one you peeked at), just take any other one casually and before opening it, look at the cap, if it you peeked at), just take any other one casually and before opening it, look at the cap, if it doesn’t correspond to your initial setup

doesn’t correspond to your initial setup (cap is not align(cap is not aligned with the S of the “AP” part ofed with the S of the “AP” part of

drawing attempt… doesn’t matter.… doesn’t matter.

Pretend to draw something with this

Pretend to draw something with this Green markerGreen marker, for a while… then say that you need to, for a while… then say that you need to draw with more colors to try to

draw with more colors to try to visualize her image better…visualize her image better…

Take another marker, let’s say you

Take another marker, let’s say you pocket thepocket theGreenGreen now and take the now and take the RedRed from the table. from the table.

Is it aligned?

- If i

- If it is aligned, it wasn’t used, so the one on the table was the one ut is aligned, it wasn’t used, so the one on the table was the one u sed.sed.

-- If it’s not aligned it’s If it’s not aligned it’s the one used.the one used.

Let’s say

Let’s say you took you took RedRed… as you know,… as you know, DaggerDagger would have used a would have used a Red MarkerRed Marker for the for the secondsecond part of the

part of the Drawing. Drawing. So if you So if you took the Red Sharpie from took the Red Sharpie from the tablethe table, it shouldn’t be aligned…, it shouldn’t be aligned…

now you have a Zero at the start, and either a 2 and a 3 OR

now you have a Zero at the start, and either a 2 and a 3 OR a 3 and a 2… just need to finda 3 and a 2… just need to find this order and you’re done…

this order and you’re done…

So now you just need to

So now you just need to find out, which one of the find out, which one of the two possible orders is the correct one!two possible orders is the correct one!

If you have arrived to his point, it means you are

If you have arrived to his point, it means you are just 2 just 2 or 3 or 3 words away words away from knowing herfrom knowing her thought of word…

thought of word… which means you would just have to do a little biwhich means you would just have to do a little bit oft of “reading” to get to the“reading” to get to the exact word, how easy and fan would that be?

exact word, how easy and fan would that be? ^^

That’s right, from just one peek and analyzing the marker caps; you’re able to tell her the That’s right, from just one peek and analyzing the marker caps; you’re able to tell her the exact word she’s thinking of…

exact word she’s thinking of…!!!!!!

You may want to give a peek right now at the

You may want to give a peek right now at the Lazy Crib SheetLazy Crib Sheet to understand the codes better. to understand the codes better.

As an exercise, find the corresponding words to

As an exercise, find the corresponding words to 0 0 2 2 33 and and 0 0 3 3 22 and try to imagine useful and try to imagine useful differences or relations among the properties of those 2

differences or relations among the properties of those 2 wordswords to try to make a “reading”…to try to make a “reading”…

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