Nonogram Pictures
shade from the clues · reveal the picture

Play Nonograms — Picture Logic Puzzles

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Drag to fill a lineRight-click crossesF fill · X cross · 1–4 colours

How to play Nonogram

Each number tells you the length of a solid block of shaded squares in that row or column, in order from left to right or top to bottom. Between two blocks there is at least one empty square.

Use the clues together: a block of 8 in a row of 10 must cover the middle 6 squares wherever it starts. Cross out squares you know are empty — they matter as much as the shaded ones.

In colour nonograms each block has a colour. Blocks of different colours may sit right next to each other; blocks of the same colour still need a gap. Finish a picture to reveal what it is!

Pictures adapted from Twemoji © Twitter, Inc. and other contributors, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

How to play Nonogram

Shade the grid so each row and column shows the blocks in its clue, in order — and reveal a hidden picture.

The rules

  1. Each row and column has a clue: the lengths of its solid blocks of shaded squares, in order.
  2. Blocks of the same colour are separated by at least one empty square.
  3. In colour nonograms each block has a colour; blocks of different colours may touch.
  4. Shade exactly the squares that make every clue true — the result is a picture.

Playing here

  1. Choose Pictures (a hidden image) or Random patterns, black & white or Colour, a size and a difficulty, then press New Puzzle.
  2. Click or drag to shade squares with the Fill tool; use Cross (or right-click) to mark squares you know are empty. Drags stay in a straight line.
  3. In colour puzzles pick a colour swatch (or press 1–4) before filling. Clues fade as their line is finished.
  4. Finish a black-and-white picture and it is revealed in full colour. Hint explains the next line deduction.

Tips

The full guide, with a worked example and common mistakes: How to play Nonogram.

Questions

What does a clue of 3 1 2 mean?

That line has a block of 3, then a block of 1, then a block of 2, in that order, with at least one empty square between them.

What are colour nonograms?

Each block has a colour (shown on the clue). Blocks of different colours can touch; blocks of the same colour need a gap.

Do nonograms always have one answer?

Every puzzle here is checked to have exactly one solution. Most can be solved line by line; harder ones need a ‘what if’.

Can I make my own nonogram?

Yes — in the Nonogram Solver press ✎ Draw a picture, paint it, and the clues are worked out. Press Solve to check it has one answer.

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