History Main / FictionalColour

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/log-of-anomalous-items Log of Anomalous Items]]. 3 of the pencils in a box of 24 Crayola-brand pencils are in colors that don't exist in nature. The colors are named "moiter," "emilet" and ''Webcomic/Homestuck "cankri"''.

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/log-of-anomalous-items Log of Anomalous Items]]. 3 of the pencils in a box of 24 Crayola-brand pencils are in colors that don't exist in nature. The colors are named "moiter," "emilet" and [[Webcomic/Homestuck "cankri"]].

** [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/log-of-anomalous-items Log of Anomalous Items]]. 3 of the pencils in a box of 24 Crayola-brand pencils are in colors that don't exist in nature. The colors are named "moiter," "emilet" and "cankri".

* The Guvnuragnaguvendrugun in ''Literature/TheJenkinsverse'' have a much wider and more precise color range than humans. Conveniently they also have chromatophores that communicate their emotions on this entire color range so while they can't describe the colors to humans, they can at least name them based on what emotion it means.

* In the ''Literature/BookOfTheNewSun'' trilogy, there's both fuligin, a color darker than black (described as appearing to be 'a hole in the universe' and reserved for the use of Torturers [[note]]And which sort of exists now, called Vantablack. Absorbs 99.965% of all light that hits it, anything covered with it appears to be a featureless blob[[/note]].), and argent (originally meaning "silvery"), a color brighter than white (used solely by The Emperor).

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[[caption-width-right:350:Stare at the fatigue template for about a minute, then glance at the target field, and you might be able to see unique colors.]]

* In ''FanFic/{{Luminosity}}'', Bella is pleasantly surprised that vampires can see in the ultraviolet; later Elspeth is quite disoriented by vampire memories that include that color.

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* In ''WebComic/BobAndGeorge'', Bass claims to see lots of new colors when his eyes are upgraded to see a wider range of EM frequencies.

** There are also different colours of black, mentioned both in Death's garden in ''Discworld/{{Mort}}'' and Assassins' Guild uniforms in ''Discworld/{{Pyramids}}''. Usually only visible when darkness is split by an eight sided prism in a strong magical field, you can apparently simulate them by taking something illegal and taking a long look at a starling's wing.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', 2nd Edition TabletopGame/{{Planescape}} setting boxed set, Monstrous Supplement booklet. The Spirits of the Air wear clothes with ever-shifting colors that are impossible to name.

* Early Creator/IsaacAsimov short story "The Weapon Too Dreadful To Use" features [[ScienceMarchesOn an inhabitable Venus]] whose native people have much, much greater colour perception than humans. This becomes a plot point, as it means no humans can read their ancient languages without a spectrograph. [[spoiler: Particularly the operating manual for the ForgottenSuperweapon mentioned in the title.]]

The Fictional Colour is usually found in SpeculativeFiction. It may indicate the presence or influence of magic. Sometimes it can only be seen by certain species or types of people. When not associated with magic, it's used to give some sort of descriptor to concepts that cannot be expressed by actual colors visible to the human eye, especially when it comes to energy. For example, any sort of infrared or ultraviolet vision changes things to a form we can comprehend, and works like ComicBook/IncredibleHulk have caused gamma energy to be associated with green.

In any event, it is almost always confined to [[{{Literature}} non-visual]] [[{{Radio}} forms]] of storytelling, for obvious reasons. If we actually saw it, it well, wouldn't be fictional.

In any event, it is almost always confined to [[{{Literature}} non-visual]] [[{{Radio}} forms]] of storytelling, for obvious reasons.

** [[http://http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-8900-ex SCP-8900-EX]] is an inversion: it's the spectrum as ''we'' know it that is "unnatural", the result of a global containment breach by SCP-8900 that colorized a previously black-and-white world.

The Fictional Colour is usually found in SpeculativeFiction. It may indicate the presence or influence of magic. Sometimes it can only be seen by certain species or types of people. When not associated with magic, used to give some sort of descriptor to concepts that cannot be expressed by actual colors visible to the human eye, especially when it comes to energy. For example, any sort of infrared or ultraviolet vision changes things to a form we can comprehend. Because of works like ComicBook/IncredibleHulk have caused gamma energy to be associated with green.

* Sea turtles can see one extra color that humans cannot.

* In one of the Icecrown missions in ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'', a gnome technician gives you a pair of "infra-green" goggles so you can find their secret base on one of the citadel's spires. This might be a ShoutOut to the TV show ''Franchise/TheGreenHornet'', whose car [[CoolCar the Black Beauty]] has infra-green headlights (although those technically used polarized light).

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The Fictional Colour is usually found in SpeculativeFiction. It may indicate the presence or influence of magic. Sometimes it can only be seen by certain species or types of people. When not associated with magic, used to give some sort of descriptor to concepts that cannot be expressed by actual colors visible to the human eye, especially when it comes to energy. For example, any sort of infrared or ultraviolet vision changes things to a form we can comprehend. Because of works like TheIncredibleHulk have caused gamma energy to be associated with green.

** There is Irrigo, the unremembered color, which causes people to forget things the longer they are exposed to it, and soaks into you like radiation after a while. The body may start growing bone over the eyesockets if the exposure is particularly severe. Of the colors, it's perhaps the most dangerous, as prolonged exposure can utterly destroy a person, leaving a wandering husk that doesn't know anything and cannot learn more. Memories will come back for lesser exposure, but something will always be forever lost. Occasionally used as BrainBleach by the extremely traumatized, and commonly by spies who need to forget certain bits of critical data on a regular basis.
** There is also Violant, described as the color of necessary but troublesome connections. It also semi-counters Irrigo, and anything written in Violant ink is very hard to forget. Treaties written in Violant ink tend to be the result of very desperate times, for this reason. It's also called the color of perilous understanding; people who study [[LanguageOfMagic the Correspondence]] use Violant ink often not just to remember what they've learned, but to understand it. Of course, nothing stops it from making you understand [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow things you shouldn't understand]].

** Cosmogone, the color of remembered sunlight. Strangely enough, it seems to encourage plentiful fungus growth. Usually found in dreams, and in cinders that have been soaking in celestial radiations for too long. It presence also attracts things from [[MirrorMonster beyond the mirror]], good and bad, which is why those who venture there as their job wear glasses of this color.

** Peligin, the color of the deepest zee, both the actual water and [[KrakenAndLeviathan its monsters]]. Hunters who have eaten the flesh of these beasts also get Peligin eyes.
** And then there's Gant, which remains when all other colors are gone. Quite hard to find, and usually ''bad'' news when you do. Gant writing can only be read in near-complete darkness, and it can be used to directly erase any other color (which makes it valuable for tattoo removal).

** Apocyan, the blue of memory, usually found on particularly glowy and valuable bits of Unterzee coral and occasionally its waves. Not quite as special as the rest, and possibly the most common of the lot.

** And then there's Gant, which remains when all other colors are gone. Quite hard to find, and usually ''bad'' news when you do. Gant writing can only be read in near-complete darkness.