A group of kids would sit in a circle and one would be designated La Viejita Inez (for a female) and El Viejito Andres (for a male). Inez/Andres would give the group a minute or two so each individual could choose a color. Inez/Andres would come back to the group, do a whole skit of knocking on an imaginary door, and ask the group if they had some colors. The group would ask what specific color he/she was looking for and Inez/Andres would then state the color they wanted. Whoever had the color had to get up and run around the house (or yard) and try to reach their seat before being caught by Inez/Andres. If they were successfully able to get back to their seat without being caught, they were safe. If they were caught, they would become the new designated Inez/Andres and the game would continue onward.
We played this game over and over when we were younger. Since we were blessed with a big family, we were never missing playmates. Colores was fun and fairly easy, back when the only colors we really knew were the basic eight to ten colors. When Crayola came up with their box of 64 crayons, colors that now had names like midnight blue, sea green, fuchsia, and dandelion yellow...well it made the game last a little longer and Inez/Andres had to get more creative with their answers. But it was always, without a doubt, fun.
A while ago, I asked my father whether he had concocted this game for us or if it already existed. I didn't get a definite yes or no. A cousin, who joined in our games back in the day, said she knew other kids who played the game. I'm not all too sure. My father is a very interesting man and would be more than capable of coming up with such an idea but the game might have existed before.
Sooo have you heard of it??
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Who needs a Wii when there's fun creative games like Colores!!
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