Colony Flow Level 280 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
Level 280 Video Walkthrough
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Level-specific solution
Colony Flow Level 280: twin red trees with confetti-like leaves
Opening move: Open the bottom border using the connected yellow and orange blocks. Final move: Finish the top frame to complete the picture.
Board identity
twin red trees with confetti-like leaves
The recorded palette is red, pink, green, blue, yellow, white. Use the screenshot to confirm the placement of these colors before starting the first move.
Step-by-step solution
Ordered moves for the twin red trees with confetti-like leaves
Open the bottom border using the connected yellow and orange blocks
Send out light green ants to consume the lily pad
Clear the red flowers near the bottom corners
Chip away at the sides of the orange frame
Tackle the green frog body and dark green outline
Clear the light blue water background
Send white ants to clear the water highlights
Finish the top frame to complete the picture
Second-source check
Opening and finish confirmed separately
Opening: Open the bottom border using the connected yellow and orange blocks. Finish: Finish the top frame to complete the picture. Its 8board-specific moves are listed above; the picture name and palette come from the other reference page.
Sources reviewed: primary level guide and independent cross-check.
📋 Written practice guide (web version)board preview, color breakdown & loading order for the playable web level
Board Preview
What You're Up Against
Level 280 paints Moon with 484 tiles across 4 colors, split into 15 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Orange: 355 tiles → cubes of 51, 47, 46, 41, 38, 32, 27, 22, 20, 19, 12
- Indigo: 104 tiles → cubes of 54, 50
- Lime: 13 tiles → cubes of 13
- Cyan: 12 tiles → cubes of 12
⚠️ 2 hidden “?” cubes in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Indigo 54, Lime 13
🔒 1 locked cube — free the cube above them before they can be picked.
Step-by-Step Solution
This loading order was computed from the web level layout with a reachability-first strategy: always feed the ants colors they can actually reach, and never let all 5 slots fill with blocked colors. Tap hidden “?” cubes only when you have slot room to absorb a surprise color.
Load the cubes in this order, letting the ants work between picks. Unless noted, a cube's tiles are fully reachable when you send it.
- Send the Orange 51 cube.
- Send the Orange 47 cube.
- Send the Orange 46 cube.
- Send the Orange 41 cube.
- Send the Orange 38 cube.
- Send the Orange 32 cube.
- Send the Orange 27 cube.
- Send the Orange 22 cube.
- Send the Orange 20 cube.
- Send the Orange 19 cube.
- Send the Indigo 50 cube. Only ~28 of its 50 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Indigo 54 cube. Only ~21 of its 54 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Cyan 12 cube.
- Send the Orange 12 cube.
- Send the Lime 13 cube. Only ~11 of its 13 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
Finish without boosters for 3 stars and bonus coins. If the board jams anyway, a Shuffle or Vacuum booster is the cheapest way out.