On the Subject of Pink Button’t

Pink cube button.

On the module, there is a pink button and a screen flashing words in various colors. Note down the words and their colors. Convert the words and their colors into three-digit binary numbers using their Red, Green, and Blue color components (1=present, 0=absent). Concatenate the binary values of the words in the order they appear to form a long binary string called the word code. Do the same for the colors of the words to create the color code.

Interpret the 1s and 0s in both the word code and the color code as dashes and dots respectively, forming Morse code. Convert the Morse code into letters. A three-letter word in the following table can be found in both the word code and the color code. Multiple attempts may be necessary, as there are no clear markers to separate letters in Morse code. Once the matching word is identified in both the word code and the color code, use it to look up a value in the following table: use the word from the word code as the row, and the word from the color code as the column. The intersection gives you the main letter.

	bud	cow	pac	jug	log	vow	zip	bow	lax	bib	zap
bud	X	Q	M	P	Z	L	D	R	F	B	B
cow	R	K	Y	F	P	J	V	B	Z	Q	Y
pac	L	D	G	H	J	K	V	C	S	T	A
jug	M	P	Z	L	D	R	F	B	N	G	Z
log	F	B	N	G	H	J	K	V	C	S	D
vow	Q	X	W	M	D	G	L	S	N	H	P
zip	V	C	S	T	W	Y	A	E	I	O	O
bow	E	I	O	U	X	Q	M	P	Z	L	O
lax	B	Z	Q	X	W	M	D	G	L	S	N
bib	G	L	S	N	H	T	C	O	I	E	M
zap	Q	X	W	M	D	G	L	S	N	H	P

The remaining letters of the word code and color code can form another word. Find the corresponding secondary letter according to their categories in the following table. For words with multiple parts of speech, use the first applicable part of speech listed from left to right in the table.

noun	N	adjective	A	adverb	D	verb	V	other	O

Write the 26 letters from top to bottom in alphabetical order, making a total of 8 columns. Adjust the first letter of each column respectively to the main letter, the word code three letters, the color code three letters, and the secondary letter. Each column wraps around in both directions.

Convert all the above letters to their alphabet positions (A-1, Z-26), let A be the sum of all the numbers, take the letters from the (A%26 + 1)th row from left to right (the topmost row is row 1), and then convert them to Morse code. Replace dashes with 1s and dots with 0s. The bottom-right number shows the sum of the extra word’s letters.

Go through the sequence of digits from left to right and make the following modifications:

• For each individual 1, replace with T.
• For each set of consecutive 1s, replace with H.
• For each set of individual or consecutive 0s, replace them with the number of 0s.
• If there is no number after T or H, add a 1 after it. If there is no T or H before the number, add a T in front of it.
• Any number that follows a T or H is referred to as A.

Input the result as follows.

• On a T, tap the button A times.
• On a H, hold the button for A seconds.
• Tap the button when “NO” is displayed on the screen to submit.
• Tap the button when “YES” is displayed on the screen to erase the input.

Appendix:

Letters:

A	.-	B	-...	C	-.-.	D	-..	E	.	F	..-.	G	--.	H	....
I	..	J	.---	K	-.-	L	.-..	M	--	N	-.	O	---	P	.--.
Q	--.-	R	.-.	S	...	T	-	U	..-	V	...-	W	.--	X	-..-
Y	-.--	Z	--..

Words:

BUD	-.....--..	COW	-.-.---.--	PAC	.--..--.-.	JUG	.---..---.
LOG	.-..-----.	VOW	...----.--	ZIP	--.....--.	BOW	-...---.--
LAX	.-...--..-	BIB	-.....-...	ZAP	--...-.--.