Brain Test 5 Level 120

Overview

Level 120 is a ball-painting puzzle with two rounds. The first shows a round ball already split blue on top and red on the bottom, a purple bandana, an empty gray bowl, a belt with a yellow circle, and three paint buckets filled with blue, red, and green paint, plus a RESET button below. The prompt asks to paint the ball blue on top and red on the bottom. The second round shows a blank white circle, the same bandana, bowl, and buckets, with the prompt to paint it gray on top, purple on the bottom, and a blue middle stripe. The masking props let you cover sections of the ball while you dip the rest in the paint.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 6

Step-by-Step Solution

1. In the first round, read "Paint the ball blue top and red bottom." Look at the three buckets and note which paint each holds: blue on the left, red in the middle, green on the right.
2. Paint the top half of the ball in the blue bucket first. Dip or roll the upper half so only the top section touches the blue paint.
3. Mask the already painted top before the second dip, using the bandana or bowl to cover the blue section so it does not get recolored.
4. Dip the bottom half in the red bucket so the lower section turns red. Leave the blue top untouched by the red paint.
5. Check the finished ball: the upper half should be blue and the lower half red, with a clean split between the two colors.
6. In the second round, read "Paint it gray top, bottom purple, and a blue middle stripe." Start from the blank circle and plan the layers from the broadest sections to the stripe.
7. Use the gray bowl to supply or apply the gray color for the top section, and use the purple bandana to define the purple bottom section. Apply those two outer colors first while masking the middle band that will stay blue.
8. Paint the middle stripe using the blue bucket. Cover the gray top and purple bottom before this dip so only the middle band receives the blue paint.
9. If a section gets the wrong color, use the RESET button to return the ball to blank and repaint in the correct order. When the top, middle stripe, and bottom match the prompt, the round clears and the level reaches its celebration screen.

Strategy & Reasoning

Section painting works by layering and masking. Each bucket dip colors whatever touches the paint, so a prop has to cover the sections you want to protect before the next dip. The bandana, bowl, and belt act as masks that hold a color or cover a region during the painting sequence.

The second round has three bands rather than two halves, which changes the order: paint the outer top and bottom sections first, then leave only the middle stripe exposed for the blue layer. Painting the stripe early would have it covered or washed away when the outer sections are dipped later.

The green bucket is a distractor in both prompts; neither target pattern asks for green. A rejected attempt at the top of the second round shows that an early color choice was wrong, so resetting and reordering the dips is better than repainting over the wrong layer.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Do not dip the whole ball in one bucket; cover the sections that must keep their current color before each dip.
• Do not use the green paint unless the pattern calls for it; the blue and red buckets cover the first round, and blue supplies the stripe in the second.
• Do not paint the middle stripe last without masking the top and bottom, or the blue will run into the gray and purple sections.