History Main / ColourCodedEmotions

* Red: Anger, embarrassment, passion, or lust.
* Blue: Shyness, sadness, or calmness.
* Yellow: Cowardice, happiness, or caution.
* Green: Disgust, envy, friendliness, or greed.
* Purple: Pride, fear, or courageousness
* Grey: Depression, regular sadness, or stoicism.

* Pink: Cheeriness, embarrassment, or love.

* An episode of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' TV series had the characters enchanted by colored gemstones which instilled them with corresponding emotions--blue for depression, green for envy, yellow for fear, etc.

* Due to the games showing him with barely any expressions, this had to be done for Meta Knight in ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars'', by changing the colors of his eyes under his mask.

* In ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', this is used to [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious]] effect in [[http://magiccards.info/eve/en/76.html Swirling Spriggan]]. Otherwise averted, however: emotions fall strictly under [[ColorCodedMagic Red]], though characters aligned with other colors obviously feel emotions.

* Red: Anger, embarrassment, passionate, and lustful.
* Blue: Shyness, sadness, and calmness.

* Green: Disgust, envy, sickness, friendly, or greedy.
* Grey: Depression and emotionless.
* Black: Cold or mournful.
* Pink: Cheery, embarrassed, and love.
* White: Sick, shocked, scared, cold, and mournful.

The trope is pretty old as the SevenDeadlySins originally had colors associated with them. Envy is green (yes, that's where the whole GreenEyedMonster idea came from), Lust is blue (in some languages, a porno is actually called a "blue film" and a horny person is said to have a "blue mind"), Pride is purple (the color of royalty), Wrath is red, Gluttony is yellow and Sloth is light blue.

* ''Animation/TheMysteryOfTheThirdPlanet'' had an animal which changed color depending on emotion.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'':
** The [[BizarreAlienBiology Boov change colors]] to reflect emotions. Red is anger, yellow is fear, orange is happiness, blue is sadness, and pink seems to be affection. In addition, [[CannotTellALie Oh]] has a bad habit of turning green (possibly with guilt) when he lies.

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* An episode of the ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' TV series had the characters enchanted by colored gemstones which instilled them with corresponding emotions--blue for depression, green for envy, yellow for fear, etc.
* An episode on ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'', where Jimmy gets banned in the science fair, features a device that detects emotion through colour and music genre. For instance, when Cindy feels happy, the device shines yellow as it plays a sunny tune; when she spots Jimmy, the colour turns red as the music shifts to heavy metal; and while she feels regret and accidentally puts her hand on the device, it turns blue and plays, well, blues.
* ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'': The Moodulator, a device that changes emotion, is coded by colour. E.g, yellow for happy, blue for sadness, pink for love, and red for rage.
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* In ''WebAnimation/HanazukiFullOfTreasures'', this is applied to the Moonflowers (specifically, the white parts of their hair), their Alterling companions, and their Treasure Trees: Red for feistiness, orange for wackiness, yellow for happiness, lime green for fear, dark green for mellowness, emerald for jealousy, blue for sadness, teal for glamor, purple for bravery, lavender for inspiration, pink for love, raspberry for hope, and black for despair.

* In ''WebAnimation/HanazukiFullOfTreasures'', this is applied to the Moonflowers (specifically, the white parts of their PlantHair), their Alterling companions, and their Treasure Trees: Red for feistiness, orange for wackiness, yellow for happiness, lime green for fear, dark green for mellowness, emerald for jealousy, blue for sadness, teal for glamor, purple for bravery, lavender for inspiration, pink for love, raspberry for hope, and black for despair.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Superline}}'', [[spoiler:Erin’s]] emotion manipulation powers allow her to create physical manifestations of emotional energy, and each emotion has a specific color. As a subset of this power, she also has MoodRingEyes that correspond to the same colors.

* In ''WebAnimation/HanazukiFullOfTreasures'', this is applied to the Moonflowers, the Hemkas and the Treasure Trees: Red for feistiness, orange for wackiness, yellow for happiness, lime green for fear, dark green for mellowness, blue for sadness, light blue for glamor, purple for bravery, lavender for inspiration, pink for love, and black for despair.

* In the ''Literature/NewWorldOfDarkness'', characters with AuraVision can identify people's emotions by the colours in their auras.

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* The ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'' series has the Emotional Spectrum, which associates a specific color to an emotion, and these emotions are what power up the lantern rings. Red is Anger, Orange is Greed, Yellow is Fear, Green is Willpower, Blue is Hope, Indigo is Compassion, and Violet is Love. There is also White and Black, representing Life and Death itself.

* The Idrian royals from ''Literature/Warbreaker'' have hair that changes colour depending on their emotions. Black for neutral, red for passion, embarrassment or anger, white for fear and golden-blonde for happy or content. They can control it to some extent, along with the length of their hair, which becomes a minor plot point when one of the princesses is trying to conceal her emotions.

* The Idrian royals from Warbreaker have hair that changes colour depending on their emotions. Black for neutral, red for passion, embarrassment or anger, white for fear and golden-blonde for happy or content. They can control it to some extent, along with the length of their hair, which becomes a minor plot point when one of the princesses is trying to conceal her emotions.

* Koro-sensei from ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'' can change his skin color to show his emotions, since he is almost always smiling. The list is:

* Due to the games showing him with barely any epressions, this had to be done for Meta Knight in ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars'', by changing the colors of his eyes under his mask.

** Dark Yellow: "Closed" (This would be Retconned in the following games)

* In ''WebAnimation/HanazukiFullOfTreasures'', this is applied to the Moonflowers, the Hemkas and the Treasure Trees: Red for rage, orange for wackiness, yellow for happiness, lime green for fear, dark green for mellowness, blue for sadness, light blue for glamour, purple for bravery, lavender for inspiration, pink for love, and black for despair.

A subtrope of ColourCodedForYourConvenience. See also BlueWithShock, ColourFailure, HighPressureEmotion, and KaleidoscopeEyes.