Four color playing cards
Four-color playing cards (English four-color deck ) are playing cards that do not use the usual French colors for the card symbols , i.e. red for hearts and diamonds, and black for spades and clubs, but instead use different colors for each of these symbols .
Skat
The official Skat tournament sheet of the German Skat Association has been using the colors black, green, red and yellow-orange for clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds since the reunification of Germany, in order to combine the characteristics of the German and French sheets previously used in parts of Germany.
poker
Four-color card games for poker, in which clubs are shown in green and diamonds in blue, were conceived and promoted by professional poker player Mike Caro . The basic idea is to be able to better distinguish the four colors. For example, especially when playing online, it is easy to mistakenly recognize a flush when playing at several tables , even though the symbols are different. In offline play, it makes color recognition easier on very large tables. It is not clear whether it will help people with red-green poor eyesight .
When playing online , four-colored leaves are often offered. It is used less offline. Since many players find it difficult to get used to or prefer the classic colors from tradition, such games are not produced in large numbers.
Saturday jass
Black / green / red / blue cards are also used in the Saturday jass program on Swiss television .