Illusion – How Much Color Do You Really See? 🎨👀

Line up the cards and trust your eyes – or doubt them – Illusion is a quick card game of color perception for families and friends.

In this card game for 2 to 5 players aged 8 and up, an arrow card names one color. Together you build a row in which that color must cover more and more of each card. On your turn, add a card where you think it belongs – or challenge the whole row.

➡️ The Arrow Sets the Color

Each round, a new arrow card picks red, yellow, green or blue. Same cards, new color, a completely different row.

🌈 Your Eyes Will Trick You

Shapes, patterns and overlapping areas make it surprisingly hard to judge which card shows more of a color.

🔄 Flip and Check

When someone doubts the row, all the cards are turned over. The backs show the exact percentage of each color.

🏆 Collect Three Arrows

A correct challenge wins the arrow card; a wrong one hands it to the player who placed the last card. The first to collect three arrows wins.

🎒 Pocket-Sized

Just cards in a small box – easy to bring to a café, on holiday or to a family visit. Find more among our card games.

Why You'll Love Illusion:

• 👀 Tests Your Eyes: every row is a small perception puzzle.
• 🎯 Learned in a Minute: add a card or doubt the row – that is all.
• ⏱️ About 15 Minutes: quick enough for one more round.

Quick facts

• Players: 2–5
• Playing time: about 15 minutes
• Age: 8+
• Designer: Wolfgang Warsch
• Publisher: NSV (original publisher)
• Edition / language: Adria Edition – rules in Slovenian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian and Albanian; International Edition – rules in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Czech and Greek
• Language needed to play: None – colors and percentages only

Can you play Illusion with 2 players? Yes – it plays 2 to 5.
Do you need to read to play? No – the cards show colors, and the backs show percentages.

"More blue than the last one… or not?" Place the next card – or doubt the row. Gather your friends and play together. 🎨