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Discs in their colors

What we are doing

Now the drawing reads the board: an empty cell is a dark hole, a cell with 1 or 2 a disc in that player's color. The colors are kept in an object, COLORS.

```js
const COLORS = { 1: '#ef4444', 2: '#facc15' }

      disc(x, y, board[row][col] ? COLORS[board[row][col]] : '#0f172a')
```

What it means

• COLORS is an object: { key: value, ... }. COLORS[1] reads the value under 1: red.
• a ? b : c picks b when a is truthy, otherwise c. 0 counts as false, 1 and 2 as true.

Your turn

1. Under TOP write COLORS.
2. In the inner loop of draw, replace '#0f172a' in the disc call with the choice.

Skills: Arrays and objects, Drawing on a canvas

← The board in memory Draw every frame →

All steps

1. A dark background
2. A drawing function
3. The blue board
4. One hole
5. A whole row
6. All 42 holes
7. The board in memory
8. Discs in their colors
9. Draw every frame
10. Where does the disc land?
11. Play a column
12. Taking turns
13. Click to play
14. The next disc
15. Whose turn?
16. Playing with the keyboard
17. Keys 1 to 7
18. A disc on its way
19. Gravity
20. Watch it fall
21. Inside the board?
22. Walking along a line
23. Four in a row?
24. We have a winner
25. Circle the four
26. Who won?
27. A draw
28. Play again
29. Try a move and take it back
30. Win, or block
31. Don't help the player
32. Prefer the middle
33. The computer's turn
34. Only on your turn
35. You and the computer
36. Counting wins
37. Show the score
38. Build it yourself: the loser starts