Falling blocks: a Tetris-inspired colour palette for your planner

Blue, green, yellow and purple blocks on a clean grid. A full week already looks like a game of Tetris, so it may as well have the colours.

A fan-made palette. Anser isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by the makers of Tetris.

01Where each colour goes

Colour	Hex	Use it for
Work (J blue)	#2F6FDE	Work blocks, the ones that fill most of the board
Health (S green)	#43B047	Movement, meals and sleep
Personal (O yellow)	#F5C518	People and plans, the cheerful square
Goals (T purple)	#8E44AD	Your goals, the piece that fits where nothing else does
Accent (night grid)	#1B1B2F	Buttons, today’s date and highlights
Protected time (pale cyan)	#E8F4FB	A cool wash over your protected time, a nod to the long piece

02Four pieces, and the one that had to sit out

Modern Tetris gives each of its seven pieces a colour of its own. Anser has four categories, so four pieces made the palette and the long cyan piece became the protected time colour, paled right down.

The red piece had to sit out. Anser keeps one coral for protected time and won’t take a red that close to it.

03Your week in falling blocks

04Stack your week like a good game

• Leave a gap for the long piece. Keep one clear stretch for the big task.
• Clear lines early. Do the small jobs first thing, before they pile up.
• Don’t stack to the top. A week with no space left is one surprise away from over.
• Slow the drop. Evenings are for the pieces to stop falling.

05Make it in Anser

The quickest way: tap Use this palette in Anser on the palette. It opens on your own week, to keep or undo. To set it up by hand:

1. In Anser, open Settings › Categories. Tap the colour next to Work and paste its hex code. Do the same for Health, Personal and Goals.
2. Open Settings › Appearance › Colours and tap Save as my palette, so you can switch back any time.
3. Still in Colours, under Accent, choose Your own and paste the accent.
4. Open Settings › Boundaries › How protected time looks, choose Your own and paste the protected time colour. It also colours your Deep Focus time.

Changed your mind? Your saved palettes are under See all in Settings › Appearance › Colours.

06Free downloads in falling blocks

October and November calendar wallpapers for your phone and desktop, and a printable week in A4 and US Letter.

07Pair it with a calm week

Two long focus blocks a day. Meetings wait for the afternoon. The Deep Work Week is a free schedule template you can add to your calendar or preview in Anser.

Use this in Anser

The Deep Work Week

Two long focus blocks a day. Meetings wait for the afternoon. For work that needs your whole head, not the gaps between calls.

See it on your calendar: The Deep Work WeekFree for 7 days

1. 8:308:30 AM: Pick today’s Top 3
2. 8:458:45 AM: Notifications off
3. 9:009:00 AM: Deep work
4. 11:3011:30 AM: Messages and admin
5. 12:0012:00 PM: Lunch
6. 1:001:00 PM: Meetings
7. 3:153:15 PM: Deep work, part two
8. 5:155:15 PM: Shutdown ritual

08More palettes like this

• Tall grass
• Retro seventies

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