diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/ColorGame.jsx b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/ColorGame.jsx
index c9d3db4a..4f58bb92 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/ColorGame.jsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/ColorGame.jsx
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import {
 } from "./components/HexColorInput/HexColorInput";
 import { Results } from "./components/Results/Results";
 import Auto from "react-animate-height";
+import { Instructions } from "./components/Instructions/Instructions";
 const generateRandomHexString = () => {
 	const randomHex = [];
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ export const ColorGame = memo(function ColorGame() {
 	const [color, setColor] = useState(generateRandomHexString);
 	const [report, setReport] = useState();
 	const [height, setHeight] = useState("auto");
+	const contentRef = useRef(null);
 
 	const resetColor = useCallback(
 		() => setColor(generateRandomHexString()),
@@ -41,7 +43,6 @@ export const ColorGame = memo(function ColorGame() {
 
 		return () => resizeObserver.disconnect();
 	}, []);
-	const contentRef = useRef(null);
 
 	return (
 		<div className={cn.page}>
@@ -72,6 +73,7 @@ export const ColorGame = memo(function ColorGame() {
 				{report && <Results report={report} />}
 			</Auto>
 			<Leaderboard report={report} />
+			<Instructions />
 		</div>
 	);
 });
diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/ColorGame.module.scss b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/ColorGame.module.scss
index 2c0be4b8..e2aaa710 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/ColorGame.module.scss
+++ b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/ColorGame.module.scss
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     gap: 20px;
     margin: 0 auto;
 
-    padding: 20px;
+    padding: 20px 20px 80px;
     box-sizing: border-box;
     
 
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
                 width: 200px;
                 border-radius: 8px;        
                 margin-bottom: 0px;
+                transition: width 250ms;
             }
 
             @media screen and (max-width: 900px) {
diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/HexColorInput/HexColorInput.jsx b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/HexColorInput/HexColorInput.jsx
index b5d7705f..2a89dbd7 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/HexColorInput/HexColorInput.jsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/HexColorInput/HexColorInput.jsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { createRef, memo, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import { createRef, memo, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
 import cn from "./HexColorInput.module.scss";
 import clsx from "clsx";
 import { generateReport } from "./generateReport";
@@ -36,10 +36,15 @@ export const HexColorInput = memo(function HexColorInput({
 	resetColor,
 }) {
 	const [guess, setGuess] = useState(EMPTY_GUESS);
+	const [showErrorMessage, setErrorMessage] = useState(false);
 	const [input] = useState(() => Array.from({ length: 6 }, createRef));
 
 	const guessIsValid = useMemo(() => guess.join("").length === 6, [guess]);
 
+	useEffect(() => {
+		if (showErrorMessage) setTimeout(() => setErrorMessage(false), 2500);
+	}, [showErrorMessage]);
+
 	const ignoreEvent = (event) => {
 		event.preventDefault();
 	};
@@ -61,7 +66,7 @@ export const HexColorInput = memo(function HexColorInput({
 	const handleInput = (index) => (event) => {
 		const userKeyInput = event.nativeEvent.data.toUpperCase();
 
-		if (!DIGITS.includes(userKeyInput)) return;
+		if (!DIGITS.includes(userKeyInput)) return setErrorMessage(true);
 
 		setGuess((prev) => {
 			const next = [...prev];
@@ -96,7 +101,7 @@ export const HexColorInput = memo(function HexColorInput({
 				return;
 
 			case "ArrowRight":
-				if (index > 5) return;
+				if (index > 4) return;
 				focusEndOfInput(input[index + 1].current);
 				return;
 
@@ -144,6 +149,9 @@ export const HexColorInput = memo(function HexColorInput({
 					<img alt="refresh" src={REFRESH_ICON} />
 				</button>
 			</div>
+			<div className={clsx(cn.error, showErrorMessage && cn.visible)}>
+				Only 0-9 and A-F are valid hex values.
+			</div>
 		</form>
 	);
 });
diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/HexColorInput/HexColorInput.module.scss b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/HexColorInput/HexColorInput.module.scss
index bb71bf4f..c34d0c61 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/HexColorInput/HexColorInput.module.scss
+++ b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/HexColorInput/HexColorInput.module.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     grid-template-columns: auto auto;
     gap: 20px;
     min-width: 600px;
+    transition: width 250ms;
 
     @media screen and (max-width: 1000px) {
         grid-template-columns: auto;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@
         }
 
     }
-    
+
     .actions {
         display: grid;
         grid-template-columns: auto auto;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
         display: grid;
         grid-template-columns: repeat(7, 32px);
         gap: 8px;
-        
+
         input {
             border: none;
             border-bottom: 2px solid var(--gray);
@@ -37,15 +38,15 @@
             &::placeholder {
                 opacity: 0.1;
             }
-    
+
             &.underline {
                 color: var(--gray);
                 border: none;
             }
         }
     }
-    
-    button{
+
+    button {
         border: 2px solid var(--silver);
         padding: 0 20px;
         border-radius: 8px;
@@ -57,12 +58,12 @@
             color: var(--silver);
             font-weight: bold;
             cursor: not-allowed;
-    
+
             &.allowed {
                 color: var(--green);
                 border-color: var(--green);
                 cursor: pointer;
-    
+
                 &:hover {
                     background-color: var(--green);
                     color: var(--white);
@@ -84,4 +85,26 @@
         }
 
     }
-}
+
+    .error {
+        display: grid;
+        grid-column: 1 / 3;
+        color: transparent;
+
+        transition: color 250ms;
+        font-size: 0.9em;
+        text-align: center;
+
+        height: 0;
+        overflow: visible;
+
+        &.visible {
+            color: var(--red);
+        }
+
+        @media screen and (max-width: 1000px) {
+            height: auto;
+            grid-column: 1/ 2;
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/Instructions.jsx b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/Instructions.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a141ef0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/Instructions.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import clsx from "clsx";
+import { memo, useRef } from "react";
+import cn from "./Instructions.module.scss";
+import { Text } from "app/components";
+import COLOR_BREAKDOWN from "./breakdown.png";
+
+export const Instructions = memo(function Instructions() {
+	return (
+		<div className={clsx(cn.container, "slim")}>
+			<div className={cn.header}>
+				<Text color="blue" className={clsx(cn.title, "bold")} size="L">
+					How to play
+				</Text>
+			</div>
+			<p>
+				Hex colors are made up of 6 hexadecimal characters (hexadecimals
+				are numbers that go from 0-9, A, B, C, D, E, F, rather than just
+				0-9 in our normal decimal system) and are split into 3 sections:
+				Red, Green and Blue - commonly known as RGB.
+			</p>
+			<img
+				src={COLOR_BREAKDOWN}
+				alt="color hex code with individual groups color coded with highlights"
+			/>
+			<p>
+				Each hex color is essentially a blend of these three primary
+				colors. Compared to traditional print (CYMK), adding more of
+				each color makes the overall color brighter so #FFFFFF would be
+				white and #000000 would be black.
+			</p>
+		</div>
+	);
+});
diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/Instructions.module.scss b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/Instructions.module.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12921d2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/Instructions.module.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+.container {
+    padding: 20px;
+    border: 2px solid var(--silver);
+    border-radius: 18px;
+    // width: min-content;
+
+    .header {
+        display: grid;
+        grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
+        width: 100%;
+    }
+
+    p {
+        margin: 20px 0;
+        line-height: 1.3em;
+        width: fit-content;
+        font-size: 1.3em;
+
+        @media screen and (max-width: 1000px) {
+            font-size: 1em;
+        }
+
+    }
+     img {
+        margin: 0 auto;
+        max-height: 200px;
+
+        @media screen and (max-width: 1000px) {
+            max-height: 100px;
+        }
+     }
+}
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diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/breakdown.png b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/breakdown.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79d55061
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/breakdown.png differ
diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/transformation.png b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/transformation.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..85a5f873
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Instructions/transformation.png differ
diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Leaderboard/Leaderboard.jsx b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Leaderboard/Leaderboard.jsx
index 0d395f07..2e209325 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Leaderboard/Leaderboard.jsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Leaderboard/Leaderboard.jsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import Auto from "react-animate-height";
 import { Text } from "app/components";
 import { ScoreItem } from "./components/ScoreItem";
 
-const PADDING = 40;
+const PADDING = 16;
 const HIGHSCORE_LOCALSTORAGE_KEY = "@duci/color-game-highscore";
 
 export const Leaderboard = memo(function Leaderboard({ report }) {
@@ -45,16 +45,12 @@ export const Leaderboard = memo(function Leaderboard({ report }) {
 	}, []);
 
 	return (
-		<Auto
-			duration={500}
-			height={height}
-			className={clsx(cn.container, "slim")}
-		>
-			<div ref={contentRef}>
-				<Text color="blue" className={clsx(cn.title, "bold")} size="L">
-					High Scores
-				</Text>
-				<div className={cn.list}>
+		<div className={clsx(cn.container, "slim")}>
+			<Text color="blue" className={clsx(cn.title, "bold")} size="L">
+				High Scores
+			</Text>
+			<Auto duration={500} height={height} className={clsx(cn.list)}>
+				<div ref={contentRef}>
 					{!highscores.length && (
 						<div className={cn.empty}>
 							No previous scores to show.
@@ -64,7 +60,7 @@ export const Leaderboard = memo(function Leaderboard({ report }) {
 						<ScoreItem key={score.timestamp} report={score} />
 					))}
 				</div>
-			</div>
-		</Auto>
+			</Auto>
+		</div>
 	);
 });
diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Results/Results.jsx b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Results/Results.jsx
index a322db08..67e6a8c9 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Results/Results.jsx
+++ b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Results/Results.jsx
@@ -3,14 +3,43 @@ import { memo } from "react";
 import cn from "./Results.module.scss";
 
 export const Results = memo(function Results({ report }) {
+	const actualColor = "#" + report.actual;
+	const guessColor = "#" + report.guess;
+
 	return (
 		<div className={cn.container}>
 			<Text size="L" className="color blue">
 				You were {report.similarityPercentage.toFixed(2)}% of the way
 				there!
 			</Text>
-			<div>answer: #{report.actual}</div>
-			<div> you guessed: #{report.guess} </div>
+			<div className={cn.split}>
+				<div className={cn.left}>
+					<div className={cn.description}>
+						<Text size="S" className="color gray">
+							ANSWER
+						</Text>
+						<br />
+						<p className={cn.color}>{actualColor}</p>
+					</div>
+					<div
+						className={cn.box}
+						style={{ backgroundColor: actualColor }}
+					></div>
+				</div>
+				<div className={cn.right}>
+					<div
+						className={cn.box}
+						style={{ backgroundColor: guessColor }}
+					></div>
+					<div className={cn.description}>
+						<Text size="S" className="color gray">
+							GUESS
+						</Text>
+						<br />
+						<p className={cn.color}>{guessColor}</p>
+					</div>
+				</div>
+			</div>
 		</div>
 	);
 });
diff --git a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Results/Results.module.scss b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Results/Results.module.scss
index f2a35521..cb866001 100644
--- a/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Results/Results.module.scss
+++ b/src/app/pages/ColorGame/components/Results/Results.module.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,62 @@
 .container {
     text-align: center;
-    margin: 40px;
     display: grid;
-    gap: 8px;
+    margin-top: 20px;
+
+    background-color: var(--silver);
+    border-radius: 8px;
+    width: 100%;
+    padding: 40px;
+
+    .split {
+        display: grid;
+        grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr;
+        gap: 20px;
+        padding-top: 20px;
+
+        .left {
+            text-align: left;
+            display: grid;
+            grid-template-columns: 1fr auto;
+
+            .description {
+                display: grid;
+                place-content:  center start;
+            }
+        }
+
+        .right {
+            text-align: right;
+            display: grid;
+            grid-template-columns: auto 1fr;
+
+            .description {
+                display: grid;
+                place-content:  center end;
+            }
+        }
+
+        .color {
+            font-size: 3em;
+        }
+        .box {
+            height: 120px;
+            width: 120px;
+            border-radius: 8px;
+
+        }
+        @media screen and (max-width: 900px) {
+            grid-template-columns: 1fr;
+
+            .box {
+                height: 60px;
+                width: 60px;
+            }
+            // .right 
+
+            .color {
+                font-size: 2em;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
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