In Color Coordinated, players take turns playing matching colors or effects, building up a big pile of cards! If a player cannot or chooses not to play a matching card, the previous player gets all of the cards in the pile added to their hand! Beware though, the bigger the hand, the bigger the target as players will play effects to reduce cards in your hand and add to theirs! Each player is dealt a hand of 5 cards and the remaining deck is then shuffled and placed in the center of the playing area. The player who is wearing one of the game's four colors will go first. The beginning player can play any card to start and the card's effect must be followed. Players will then begin to play a matching color OR matching effect. This cycle continues until a player has no matching color or effect, OR chooses not to play a matching card or effect. The previous player then receives all of the played face-up cards to their hand. The player with the biggest hand when the deck runs out, or when a player reaches 21 cards, wins! -description from designer