On the Subject of Not Colour Flash

It’s easy to identify words. Red, Blue, Green, etc. Turns out it’s a bit harder when you display a colour word in a different word though...

  • A Not Colour Flash module has a display which shows a coloured word and two buttons labelled Yes and No.
    • Tapping Yes cycles the word through a sequence of six.
    • Tapping No cycles the colour through a different sequence of six.
    • Holding Yes submits the current display.
    • Holding No resets the display.
  • Use the following pairs of digits in the serial number in the table below to find which entries to swap in each sequence to obtain the transformed sequences:
    • Words- Use the 1st and 2nd, then the 3rd and 4th, then the 5th and 6th.
    • Colours- Use the 1st and 4th, then the 2nd and 5th, then the 3rd and 6th.
  • Use the flowchart below to determine the correct display to submit:
    • Each cell in the flowchart below has a distinct pair of colours.
    • The starting cell is determined by the initial display-
      If the number of ports and port plates are both even or both odd,
      the top matches the colour and the bottom matches the word.
      Otherwise, the top matches the word and the bottom matches the colour.
    • Follow the flowchart-
      Each cell has a statement about the four sequences written in it.
      If the statement is true, follow the black arrow to the next cell. Otherwise follow the grey arrow.
      Stop on the twelfth cell to be visited or the first cell to be visited twice.
    • The correct display is determined by the final cell-
      If the number of batteries is a multiple of three,
      the colour matches the top and the word matches the bottom.
      Otherwise, the word matches the top and the colour matches the bottom.

Use the first in the pair for the row, the second for the column. A letter in the table refers to a colour, while a number refers to a position in the sequence.

A,J,S,1B,K,T,2C,L,U,3D,M,V,4E,N,W,5F,O,X,6G,P,Y,7H,Q,Z,8I,R,0,9
A
B
C
D
5/BB/RM/G4/1R/W6/42/33/M6/Y
E
F
G
H
5/66/31/4R/Y2/MW/RY/W3/BG/1
I
J
K
L
3/5B/2G/45/RW/5R/G4/61/2W/6
M
N
O
P
5/M3/B6/G4/B1/32/M3/54/R5/G
Q
R
S
T
2/G2/65/14/M5/64/3B/M2/WR/G
U
V
W
X
6/31/4R/36/4M/5G/15/31/R3/4
Y
Z
0
1
1/Y3/YM/16/GB/W4/13/M3/2B/5
2
3
4
5
4/Y1/24/RY/W2/43/Y6/R4/G5/1
6
7
8
9
3/12/B5/WR/BY/2M/21/42/R4/W
G is in an odd position exactly twice Y appears in exactly two distinct positions R precedes M in both transformed sequences G is NOT the first color in any sequence Any W is in the same position as Y in the displayed color sequence Neither transformation changes the parity of the position of W R, B, or Y is sixth in the displayed color sequence R is the first color in any sequence R, G, and B appear in that order in any sequence R, G, or B are sixth in the displayed word sequence B is NOT the third color in any sequence B is opposite Y in either transformed sequence M is the second color in any sequence R is left in place by the transformation of the word sequence W is NOT the second color in any sequence W is the fifth color in any sequence B and W are adjacent in both transformed sequences M is third or fourth in the transformed word sequence
Y precedes G in the transformed word sequence M is fifth or sixth in the transformed color sequence G is never in the same position twice More than one color is in the same position in both transformed sequences W occurs in an odd position an odd number of times Y is first or sixth in the transformed color sequence B is fourth, fifth, or sixth in either displayed sequence M is the sixth color in any sequence W is first or fourth in more than one sequence Any color is moved to the opposite position by the transformation of the word sequence Any sequence has R in an even position and W in an odd position No color is in the same position in both transformed sequences Two or more colors are moved to an adjacent position by the transformation of the color sequence More than one color is in the same position in both displayed sequences B and M are adjacent in the transformed word sequence G and M are adjacent in any sequence More than two colors are left in place by the transformation of the color sequence G is NOT first or second in either transformed sequence