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Mastercard Red Circle

Mastercard · Payments (1966)

#EB001B Brand Tone round
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Scoring color values

Use these numbers to review the Brand Tone answer after playing the Mastercard card.

HEX
#EB001B
RGB
235, 0, 27
HSB
353°, 100%, 92%
HSL
353°, 100%, 46%

Nearby reds for comparison

#EB0400
#EB003B
#EB1C34
#EB001B
#C70017

Target answer for this round

After you play the Mastercard Red Circle round, compare your guess with the Toon Tone scoring color: #EB001B, RGB(235, 0, 27), and HSB(353°, 100%, 92%).

If your guess was close, use the notes below to see whether hue, saturation, or brightness caused the miss. The goal is not to memorize a universal brand manual; it is to replay this Brand Tone card with a sharper color memory.

The target sits in the red family at hue 353°. It is near the red wrap point, where a few degrees can change the color from warmer red to crimson. Saturation is 100% and brightness is 92%, so the match depends on more than the broad color name.

Common misses

For this payments round, the most common miss is missing the red wrap point by a few degrees. If your answer looks close but scores poorly, compare the hue before changing every slider.

Watch for lowering saturation until the logo color looks muted. Also avoid darkening the answer before the hue is set; brightness changes often explain why a remembered logo color feels correct but does not match the stored target.

Memory cues for Red Circle

A short plan for replaying the Mastercard card without keeping the answer visible.

  • Remember the target area first: Red Circle from Mastercard.
  • Set hue near 353°; it is right around the red wrap point, where a few degrees can push the answer warmer or cooler.
  • Use saturation as the second checkpoint: full or nearly full saturation; do not gray it down too early.
  • Finish with brightness near 92%; use very high brightness; dimming it even a little changes the read of the round.
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