# The Master Theorom - Crayola Madness

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-master-theorom-crayola-madness/585273>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [June 13, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-master-theorom-crayola-madness/585273 "2011-06-13T01:44:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-master-theorom-crayola-madness/585273/1 "2011-06-13T01:44:35Z")

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[Link to puzzle](http://www.themastertheorem.com/)

I’m feeling really dumb on this. 1450+ people have solved it but not me ☹

Someone please give me a hint. Here’s where I am so far:

The six crayons have RGB color codes of 3BB08F, 80DAEB, etc (from [this page](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors)). I’ve tried splitting those up into 18 decimal numbers (59, 176, 143, 128, 218, 235, etc) and mapping those the alphabet and/or ascii codes.

Am I on the right track?

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-master-theorom-crayola-madness/585273/2 "2011-06-13T01:58:54Z")

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You started off good, but you’re getting cold now. If I say any more, you might as well use the hint options yourself.

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-master-theorom-crayola-madness/585273/3 "2011-06-13T02:04:33Z")

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The third hint gives it completely away, which kinda sucks.

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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-master-theorom-crayola-madness/585273/4 "2011-06-13T02:20:32Z")

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Ok, I got it.

I was trying to conserve points by not using the hints. But you can logoff, come in as a new user, use all the hints, and then go back to your logged on ID to solve without any penalty.

Probably how the others did it. Or maybe I was correct about being dumb. :dubious:

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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-master-theorom-crayola-madness/585273/5 "2011-06-13T02:31:24Z")

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Naw, it made no sense as a puzzle, really. Why in the world would you do what was in hint 3, and not do it some other way?

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**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-master-theorom-crayola-madness/585273/6 "2011-06-13T03:36:38Z")

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I agree. A very poor puzzle - somewhat arbitrary.