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'''Color Blocks'''<ref>''Mario vs. Donkey Kong'' Virtual Console digital instruction manual</ref> are blocks that appear in several games in the ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong (series)|Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'' series.

[[File:MVDK_1-1_1.png|thumb|Color Blocks in [[Level 1-1 (Mario vs. Donkey Kong)|Level 1-1]]]]

In ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong]]'', Color Blocks appear in red, yellow, and blue varieties. All Color Blocks of a certain color are either inactive or active at a given time. When [[Mario]] presses a [[Color Switch]], Color Blocks of the same color as the Color Switch become active and tangible, while Color Blocks of different colors become inactive and intangible.

Color Blocks reappear in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!]]'', where they are parsed as '''color blocks'''.<ref name=colorblockshelp>''Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!'' Floor 4 Help 1 (Color Blocks)</ref> In this game, inactive color blocks are '''clear''', while active color blocks are '''solid'''.<ref name=colorblockshelp/> If a Mini presses a Color Switch, color blocks invert their current state. Clear color blocks are small, intangible cubes that spin when a [[Mini]] passes through them, while solid color blocks are tangible blocks with a red, yellow, or blue outline and a rivet in their center. Solid color blocks can be walked on by Minis.

Color Blocks reappear in ''[[Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars]]''. They function identically to color blocks from ''Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!''. Inactive Color Blocks are referred to as being '''off''', while active color blocks are referred to as being '''on'''.<ref>''Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars'' editor object names</ref> In this game, Color Blocks do not have a rivet in their center.