History Main / AmazingTechnicolorWildLife

* Sheep farmers in Britain are now [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8d/78/9c/8d789c0a3c91bee5ed24c433df09882e.jpg dyeing their sheep in vivid shades of neon yellow, pink, electric blue and bright green]] to make them easier to trace if lost or stolen.

* In 2014 a stray cat in Bulgaria was found walking the streets with [[http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/27577972/stray-cat-mistakenly-turns-itself-green bright green fur]]. While it was originally thought to be the result of vandalism, it turned out the cat had slept on discarded synthetic paint in someone's garage.
* Sheep farmers in Britain are now [[http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/8d/78/9c/8d789c0a3c91bee5ed24c433df09882e.jpg dyeing their sheep in vivid shades of neon yellow, pink, electric blue and bright green]] to make them easier to trace if lost or stolen.

* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': In "Blue Goldfish", the titular fish in the aquarium in Mr. Boynton's lab. Miss Brooks initially mistakes it for a tropical fish. The reason it's blue? [[FridgeLogic The fish is cold, because Principal Conklin won't heat the school to a proper temperature.]]

* In ''Literature/GuardiansOfGahoole]], thowls in the owls in tbe Sixth Kingdom are blue versions of normal owls.

* ''Anime/{{Pecola}}'': Mayor Papazoni of Cube Town is a pink elephant.

* Fyodore from ''Webcomic/CoyoteVille'' is a blue lizard.

Little songbirds which are dull-colored in RealLife may be depicted as brightly colored; in a more subtle version, crows and ravens are often shown [[ArtisticLicenseOrnithology with yellow beaks and feet]], though retaining their all-black plumage.

** Played straight in real life. They have actually managed to figure out a way to tell what color dinosaurs were. (or at least the feathered ones.) They have tested a few so far; the first one, ''Sinosauropteryx'', was orange with white stripes, the [[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaurs-color-feathers-science/o/ second]], ''Anchiornis'', was black, with mottled white and a rufous mohawk. ''Sinornithosaurus'' was most likely orange and black. The most brigthly coloured so far, ''Caihong'', was black with with a rainbow of iridescent colours on its head, similar to a hummingbird. In any case, ''every'' species of dinosaur was very likely flamboyantly-colored. They, like all other reptiles, had great vision and likely relied on visual signals and bright colors to communicate.
** There were some exceptions, including a weird subversion/inversion combo in the form of ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microraptor Microraptor]]''. It was once thought that ''Microraptor'' would be a brightly colored species, like it's avian relatives. Later studies revealed, however, that ''Microraptor'' was actually an iridescent black color, like a starling.
** Subverted with ''Confuciusornis'', a primitive bird. When its colour scheme was initially studied, it was interpreted that he had varying shades of gray, white and orange/reddish-brown on its body, similar to a zebra finch. However, the alleged reddish pigment turned out to be traces of copper instead of pheomelanin. In 2018, its colour scheme was determined to be mostly gray and black with lots of spotting and white wings (although the wings are also likely to have been coloured with carotenoid pigments, which can't be proved).

* ''VideoGame/{{Lorwolf}}: The game has a wide color wheel for all wolves, including those obtained via breeding, wild encounters, and your 2 custom starters, including a variety of bright shades that wolves can't be in real life. [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the non-player characters, who all have realistic colors for their species.

* In 2014 a stray cat in Bulgaria was found walking the streets with [[http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/27577972/stray-cat-mistakenly-turns-itself-green bright green fur]]. While it was originally thought to be the result of vandalism it turns out the cat had slept on discarded synthetic paint in someone's garage.

* Granted, as mentioned in the {{Literature}} section, we don't know what color most of the dinosaurs actually were, but nonetheless, the characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' are oddly brightly colored. Cera (a ''Triceratops'') is bright yellow-orange, Littlefoot (''Apatosaurus'') is purplish-pink, Petrie (''Pteranodon'') is reddish-brown, and Spike and Ducky (a ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Saurolophus'', respectively) are different shades of green. Chomper (''Tyrannosaurus'') from ''The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure'' and ''V: The Mysterious Island'' is blue.

* Granted, as mentioned in the {{Literature}} section, we don't know what color most of the dinosaurs actually were, but nonetheless, the characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' are oddly brightly colored. Cera (a ''Triceratops'') is bright yellow-orange, Littlefoot (''Apatosaurus''/''Diplodocus'') is purplish-pink, Petrie (''Pteranodon'') is reddish-brown, and Spike and Ducky (a ''Stegosaurus'' and ''Saurolophus'', respectively) are different shades of green. Chomper (''Tyrannosaurus'') from ''The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure'' and ''V: The Mysterious Island'' is purple.

** Sonic in particular is famous for being a "blue hedgehog" ("The Blue Blur" being his nickname), but there are also pink, black and silver hedgehogs, purple cats, red echidnas, yellow polar bears, green tufted woodpeckers, black armadillos with red shells, green hawks, the list goes on and on. Originally, Naoto Ooshima drew Sonic with ''black'' fur, but quickly changed it to blue so it would match the Sega logo.

* [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandrill Mandrills]]

* In 2014 a stray cat in Bulgaria was found walking the streets with [[http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/27577972/stray-cat-mistakenly-turns-itself-green bright green fur]]. While it was originally thought to be the result of vandalism it turns out the the cat had slept on discarded synthetic paint in someone's garage.

** The boys' pet platypus, Perry, is teal-colored with an orange bill. In one episode, it seems like ''all'' platypuses (in Danville at least) are the same color as theirs. According to WordOfGod, most viewers don't know much about the platypus, so they can take artistic license with the species.

Other times, they're outright strange. [[WesternAnimation/BluesClues Blue]] [[PreciousPuppy dogs]], [[WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures p]][[WesternAnimation/{{Chowder}} i]][[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball n]][[WesternAnimation/{{Kaeloo}} k]] [[BunniesForCuteness rabbits]], [[ComicStrip/MyCage orange]] [[ThreateningShark sharks]], and [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb teal-colored platypodes]] abound.