The word under secret means something. What does it mean? (Find the secret message.)
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8$\begingroup$ The puzzle is good (+1 from me), but the presentation could be a bit better. It actually turned me away from it at first glance. Maybe it is worth spending a bit more time on creating the images for puzzles... $\endgroup$– BmyGuestCommented Jan 8, 2015 at 11:14
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5$\begingroup$ It would be arguably easier for me to make "nicer looking" images but I like imagining the scenario of a "childish" image hanging on a popular wall where no one pays attention to it, yet it contains the secret to a treasure. I see your point though and will consider making some polished image puzzles in the future. $\endgroup$– QuarkCommented Jan 8, 2015 at 17:14
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The solution is:
gibberish
These were my steps to find the answer - first, I:
Got the RGB ASCII values for every color.
These were, For the word secret:
31 41 59, 26 53 58, 97 93 23, 84 62 64, 33 83 27, 13 37 0
For the text at the bottom:
22 9 7 5 14 5 18 5 20 (Only the 'red' bit of the color had a value other than zero).
Then, by realizing that:
The numbers for the top section correspond to the value of PI
And that:
The numbers 22 9 7 5 14 5 18 5 20 when turned into letters, A=1, Z=26 correspond to VIGENERE(T)
You find that:
That vqqjtzxaw decoded via the Vigenere cipher with a key of PI yields gibberish.
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$\begingroup$ Wow that was fast, now I know I can make them less obvious. I was going to do something with the last letter (the 13 37 0 aren't pi) but thought it'd be getting too hard. I left the extra "T" though to "disguise" the cipher name. $\endgroup$– QuarkCommented Jan 8, 2015 at 4:00
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$\begingroup$ 90 mins... that was relatively quick... +1! $\endgroup$ Commented May 14, 2019 at 14:03