It does not require any expensive component like a microcontroller.
The timer IC is used as an astable multivibrator to generate a clock pulse, which is fed to the clock input of the 4017. Outputs of the 4017 are connected to bases of five transistors to drive 20 LEDs of different colours, each with its own current-limiting resistor.
The 4017 advances to the next output every time it receives a clock pulse, causing the LEDs to turn on and off in sequence. The speed of the flashing can be adjusted by changing the values of the resistors and capacitors in the 555 timer circuit. The author's prototype is shown in Fig. 1.
Circuit diagram of the 5-color flasher is shown in Fig. 2. The circuit comprises a 12V battery (or 12V adaptor), timer IC 555 (IC1), decade counter IC 4017 (IC2), five BC548 transistors (T1 through T5), five sets of 5mm red, green, blue, white, and yellow LEDs each, and a few other components.
If you have built 555 timer-related projects, you would be familiar with the IC. The timer IC's pin 4 (reset) and pin 8 (Vcc) are connected to the voltage supply, which can be anywhere between 9V and 12V.
In this circuit, a 10k resistor (R1) is connected between Vcc and discharge pin 7 of IC1. A 1k resistor (R2) is connected between pin 7 and the junction of pin 2 (trigger) and pin 6 (threshold).
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