Colony Flow Level 42 Answer Key, Walkthrough & Solution
Level 42 Video Walkthrough
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Level-specific solution
Colony Flow Level 42: sunglasses face on red background
Opening move: Open the bottom corners of the picture. Final move: Finish the top red border and the final hair tiles.
Board identity
sunglasses face on red background
The recorded palette is red, yellow, black, orange, white, brown, light blue, grey. Use the screenshot to confirm the placement of these colors before starting the first move.
Step-by-step solution
Ordered moves for the sunglasses face on red background
Open the bottom corners of the picture
Attack the bottom red border to widen your workspace
Access the sunglasses and the teeth
Clear the light blue item on the right side
Send ants higher up into the face and hair
Clear the gray item and push up the sides
Finish the top red border and the final hair tiles
Second-source check
Opening and finish confirmed separately
Opening: Open the bottom corners of the picture. Finish: Finish the top red border and the final hair tiles. Its 7board-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 42 paints House with 223 tiles across 5 colors, split into 11 cubes in the tray. You have 5 waiting slots and two nest holes.
- Indigo: 81 tiles → cubes of 37, 25, 15, 4
- Brown: 54 tiles → cubes of 39, 15
- Dark: 50 tiles → cubes of 30, 20
- Forest: 20 tiles → cubes of 16, 4
- Green: 18 tiles → cubes of 18
⚠️ 1 hidden “?” cube in the tray.
Spoiler: what they hide
Brown 15
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 Dark 20 cube.
- Send the Brown 15 cube.
- Send the Indigo 15 cube.
- Send the Indigo 4 cube.
- Send the Forest 4 cube.
- Send the Brown 39 cube. Only ~33 of its 39 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 25 cube. Only ~18 of its 25 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Dark 30 cube. Only ~16 of its 30 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 37 cube. Only ~23 of its 37 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Green 18 cube. Only ~14 of its 18 tiles are open at this point — park it in a slot and let the surrounding colors clear the rest of the way.
- Send the Forest 16 cube. Only ~12 of its 16 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.