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</style></head><body><main><header><p class="kicker">COLOR PRACTICE · FOUR CANONICAL TUPLES</p><h1>RGB order matters</h1><p>Target RGB(64,128,192). Three distinct wrong choices allowed. Numeric Practice is a different task from hidden-tuple visual practice.</p></header><div class="actions"><button type="button" id="visual">Visual practice</button><button type="button" id="numeric">Numeric Practice</button><button type="button" id="reset">Reset this mode</button></div><section class="panel"><h2>Choose one option</h2><div class="two"><button type="button" id="c1" style="text-align:left"><span style="display:block;background:rgb(64,128,192);height:80px;border:1px solid #202d3b;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:12px" aria-hidden="true"></span>Option 1 · C1<span id="tuple0" style="display:block" hidden></span></button><button type="button" id="c2" style="text-align:left"><span style="display:block;background:rgb(192,128,64);height:80px;border:1px solid #202d3b;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:12px" aria-hidden="true"></span>Option 2 · C2<span id="tuple1" style="display:block" hidden></span></button><button type="button" id="c3" style="text-align:left"><span style="display:block;background:rgb(64,192,128);height:80px;border:1px solid #202d3b;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:12px" aria-hidden="true"></span>Option 3 · C3<span id="tuple2" style="display:block" hidden></span></button><button type="button" id="c4" style="text-align:left"><span style="display:block;background:rgb(128,64,192);height:80px;border:1px solid #202d3b;border-radius:6px;margin-bottom:12px" aria-hidden="true"></span>Option 4 · C4<span id="tuple3" style="display:block" hidden></span></button></div><div id="state" class="result" role="status" aria-live="polite"></div><div id="feedback" class="result" role="status" aria-live="polite">Choose an option.</div></section><section class="panel"><h2>Guess history</h2><div id="history" class="result" role="status" aria-live="polite">No guesses yet.</div><div id="explanations" class="strip" hidden></div></section><footer>Compare RGB channels in order. A repeated rejected option does not consume another wrong choice.</footer><noscript>JavaScript is required for the local controls. The accompanying article contains worked examples.</noscript></main><script>
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