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Simple Coloring

Expert Removes candidates Used in: Sudoku, Killer Sudoku

Simple Coloring

Trace a digit through its conjugate pairs, alternately coloring the two ends of each strong link. If two cells of the same color see each other, that color is impossible; if a cell sees both colors, the digit is removed from it.

How to spot it

Follow a digit through its conjugate pairs, coloring the two ends of each strong link alternately.

What you can conclude

A cell seeing both colors can’t hold the digit; if two same-color cells see each other, that color is false.

Worked example

Color 4’s strong-link chain blue and orange; a cell that sees both a blue and an orange 4 cannot be 4.

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