skills/creative-director/references/legendary-campaigns/cards/skittles-touch-2012.md

---
id: skittles-touch-2012
title: "Touch"
brand: Skittles
year: 2012
country: US
region: north_america
industry: cpg
pattern: [P11]
category: film
idea_type: execution
involvement: passive_view
channel: hybrid
duration: campaign
goal: [awareness, engagement]
budget: medium
emotion: [ironic_sincerity]
emotion_tier: 3
insight_domain: joy
media_epoch: viral_first
awards: [unknown]
quality_score: 6
scalability: universal
risk: edgy
confidence: low
verification_required: true
quality: stub_minimal
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NTjMKVnFtA
---

# Touch (Skittles · 2012)

## Insight
The "Touch the Rainbow" platform gave Skittles a literal mechanic: touch = Skittles = transformation. Any execution simply applies a new object or situation to this formula.

## Mechanic
A short absurdist spot in the Skittles "Touch" series, where contact with Skittles causes an impossible transformation. The exact scenario requires source verification.

## Why it worked
The internal consistency of Skittles' absurdist world means audiences know the rules — and enjoy seeing them applied to new, increasingly strange scenarios. Each "Touch" spot builds brand equity through accumulated surprise.

## Steal
A strong, specific absurdist mechanic (touch transforms) is infinitely extensible. Each new execution is a new application of the same formula — the brand's consistency is the platform.

## Related
- Pattern: [[../MOC-pattern.md#p11]]
- Sibling: [[metro-trains-dumb-ways-to-die-2012.md|Dumb Ways to Die]]
- Sibling: [[old-spice-man-your-man-could-smell-like-2010.md|The Man Your Man Could Smell Like]]
- Emotion match: [[absolut-absolut-campaign-1981.md|Absolut _____]]

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*Author: Serge Shima ([t.me/aimastersme](https://t.me/aimastersme) · [sergeshima.com](https://sergeshima.com) · [aimasters.me](https://aimasters.me)) · License: CC BY 4.0 — attribution required · Source: [smixs/creative-director-skill](https://github.com/smixs/creative-director-skill)*