4x4x4 Fixing the centers?

[Karma Cat]

I've recently gotten my 4x4x4 cube, I can manage to get 1 center done without to much trouble. Now, I don't remember which side has what color, so is there a way I can orient myself? Also, is there any algorithm for solving the centers?

 

[miniGOINGS]

Look at the corners for the colours.

 

[EmersonHerrmann]

Uhm. If I use Japanese color scheme but for normal I use Thrawst's blue-mustard-blood thing, as in you look blue yellow and red going clockwise and then you just do the opposite colors. If that made any sense

 

[Muesli]

Red, white, blue. Like the french.

 

[bwatkins]

i always place white on bottom and know that clockwise its GREEN - RED - BLUE - ORANGE with yellow on top!

 

[Owen]

(Rr)' F (Rr) moves a piece up to a different center. It can be used for all the centers.

 

[LNZ]

I do admit this. I learned to solve the 4x4 by Dan Brown's Youtube tutorials. But I did not use his last layer and parity bits. They sucked badly.

But right up to that point his 4x4 videos are quite good. So I learned to solve the six centres from his videos.

So here is my method for solving the centres. This is the way Dan Brown does it too. Solve the green centre. Flip cube 180 degrees. Solve the blue centre. Put green side of the left and blue side on the right. Solve the orange (or purple on an Eastsheen cube) centre between green and blue. Then put the orange centre (purple on an ES) on the back face. And then solve the yellow centre on the up face. The last two are easy. The white or black centre is 180 degrees from the yellow centre. And the red centre is 180 degrees from orange/purple.

Sounds really hard. But with lots of solves, it becomes automatic.

 

[stiwi griffin]

i have yellow on top and red on front, having this 2 done i have no problem recognicing where the centers must be

 

[miniGOINGS]

i have yellow on top and red on front, having this 2 done i have no problem recognicing where the centers must be

Same here.

 

[Karma Cat]

Okay, I can orient myself and I now know what side is what color. Now, how do I fix the other sides without messing up the first side?

 

[(R)]

Red, white, blue. Like the french.

You mean the dutch.

While blindsolving I have yellow on top, blue on the right and orange on the front and that's the way I remember the centers for a 4x4.

You mean like the USA.