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Color Sequence flashes coloured circles in order and asks you to tap them back in the same order. It is the purely visual cousin of Simon — no sound, so there is no melody to lean on and no auditory rehearsal to fall back on. That makes it a cleaner measure of visual sequence memory than the classic game.
Watch the coloured circles flash in sequence.
Wait for the sequence to finish.
Tap the circles in the same order.
Each success adds one step to the next sequence.
One wrong tap ends the run at the length you reached.
Visual sequential memory — order plus identity, held without sound. Because there is no audio channel to recruit, scores here are usually a step or two below Simon for the same person.
Convert the colours into words as they flash. A verbal label gives you a second channel to rehearse in.
Chunk into threes. Nine steps as three groups of three is far easier than nine separate items.
Tap back at the same tempo as the display. A steady rhythm protects the order.
Rest your eyes on the centre. Following each circle with a saccade costs you time you need for encoding.
Simon gives every colour a distinct tone, so you can remember a melody as well as a sequence. Removing the sound removes that support.
Track your own ceiling over a week. Absolute numbers depend heavily on flash speed, so a cross-site comparison would not mean much.
It genuinely does, and it is not cheating — verbal rehearsal is one of the strategies the task is meant to elicit.
Yes — Audio Tone Memory tests the same span through sound alone.