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Techniques / Coloring

Simple Colors

Hard

Color a chain of strong links for one digit with two alternating colors.

For one digit, mark cells connected by strong links (units where the digit has exactly two candidates) and alternate two colors along the chain. Exactly one color holds the digit.

Color wrap: if two cells of the same color see each other, that color is false, so the digit is in all cells of the other color. Color trap: a cell outside the chain that sees both colors cannot be the digit.

Notation

Simple Colors Trap: 6 can be removed from r3c1.

697169168168342532424951618768568156427931629368368167451681784683467138168521689156826789347872626954161889389158973265944563434516987152
Simple Colors Trap: 6 can be removed from r3c1.

pattern removed

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9378238245682468124781215812582476824568392746913258272578897125346635235894127257415125637982536458279157893741286238172183769485348
Simple Colors Wrap: 5 can be removed from r2c7, r3c9.

pattern removed

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