Brain Test 5 Level 130

Overview

Level 130 is a masked-ball painting puzzle with two color-design rounds. The first shows a plain white circle in the middle of the scene, three paint buckets along the bottom filled blue, red, and green, plus a brown strap with a yellow circle, a purple bandana, and an empty gray bowl, under the prompt "Paint the ball blue top and red bottom." The second shows the finished black ball carrying one brown horizontal stripe beside a green check, under the prompt "Paint the ball black with a brown stripe." The reusable cloths and strap are masks that keep part of the ball unpainted between dips, and a reset button sits under the buckets if a layer goes wrong.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 5

Step-by-Step Solution

1. In the first round, read "Paint the ball blue top and red bottom." Look at the white ball and the three buckets: blue on the left, red in the middle, green on the right.
2. Identify the masking props: the gray bowl can cover one half of the ball, the purple bandana can wrap a section, and the brown strap can hold a band in place. Choose a prop that covers the lower half before the first dip.
3. Dip the exposed top half of the masked ball into the blue bucket. Keep the covering tight so no blue paint reaches the lower half.
4. Remove the first covering and mask the blue top half instead, using the bowl or bandana over the upper section.
5. Dip the exposed lower half into the red bucket, leaving the already blue top protected from red paint.
6. Take off the masking so the ball shows blue on top and red on the bottom, matching the first design.
7. In the second round, read "Paint the ball black with a brown stripe." The buckets may still show blue, red, and green, so use the available dark surface or another covered layer to reach the black base the target design requires.
8. Place the brown strap around the ball before the final dark coat. The strap protects the stripe area so it keeps its brown band while the rest of the ball takes the black paint.
9. Remove the strap once the coat dries, revealing the black ball with one clean brown stripe. The green check confirms the design and the level reaches its completion celebration.

Strategy & Reasoning

Masked painting works by protecting one area before dipping, then swapping the mask between colors. A whole-ball dip would fill every exposed surface with one color, so splitting the top and bottom requires covering the half that should stay a different color at each step. The bowl and bandana are the half-and-section masks, while the strap is the narrow band mask used for the stripe.

The order of layers matters. Painting the top blue first, then masking that blue side before the red dip, prevents the red from washing over the finished blue. For the stripe design, the strap has to be on the ball before the dark coat, because it is the protected band that stays brown afterward.

The green bucket is a decoy in both designs: neither target calls for green, so dipping there would add an unwanted color that the reset button would have to remove. The reset button below the buckets clears the ball if a mask slips or the wrong bucket is touched.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Do not dip the whole ball in one bucket; the half designs and stripe need masking between dips.
• Do not wrap the strap after the dark coat; the brown stripe is the area protected before that coat goes on.
• Do not use the green bucket; the targets call for blue, red, black, and brown, not green paint.