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* In ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', after the Asgard arc, the Bronze Saints experience this with their Cloths turning an awesome shade of Gold (most of the time with a ThemeMusicPowerUp) when they properly use their full powers. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and TakingUpTheMantle for TheAtoner Gold Saints.

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* In {{VideoGame/Vindictus}}, the transformations. No matter what your character looked like before, dark knights have a black with red motif, and paladins have a white with blue one. The exception is certain armor sets, which are modeled after the appearance of the transformations and don't visually change much.

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** Likewise, in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', Korra's use of spiritbending in the finale of Book 2 turns her blue, while her enemy, [[BigBad Unavaatu]], turns black and red. And, as a bonus, [[{{Kaiju}} they also turn 20 stories tall!]]

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** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' has different forms for head, body, and legs, seeming to be the writers saying "if two was cool, three is better!" However, Eiji's leg form won't do something different depending on his head form. He must still decide which three powers complement each other best and are right for the job. Three of the ''same'' color is extremely powerful, but extremely taxing.

** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' takes this to massive extremes. His base form is black with red [Fire], blue [Water], green [Wind] or yellow [Land] gems. Dragon Styles reverse this. Infinity turns him silver. Infinity Dragon Gold Mode turns him Gold.

* When Subaru synchronizes her {{Power Fist}}s in ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikerS'' (by slamming them against each other, no less), allowing her to use [[DualWielding both at the same time]], the right gauntlet (originally her sister's) turns from white purple to her native black and blue.
* In ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaViVid'', [[spoiler:Vivio's white jacket turns to its original black color when she changes from her Adult Mode to her Sankt Kaiser Mode.]]

So, our heroes are fighting with TheDragon. The ActionGirl activates her LimitBreak and starts glowing violet. The SmartGuy unleash his DangerousForbiddenTechnique and becomes all covered in green light. Their combined attack badly damages TheDragon, but in response, he TurnsRed - literally, as his transformation changes all his colors to red. But fear not! TheHero enters SuperMode with his body turning all gold from awesome power and is ready to unleash it all to deliver the final blow...

* In the video game for ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', (both the SuperNintendo and UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis versions), Cyclopsis will turn gold when he powers up to his second form.

** Several other powerups change the color of Mario's shirt and overalls including Fire (red on white), [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii Ice]] (red on light blue), and [[SuperMarioGalaxy Flying]] (black on red). Luigi swaps out the red in these transformations for green but otherwise the same applies for him.

* Very common with modern {{Kamen Rider}}s. Here's just a few, and many follow the LawOfChromaticSuperiority.

*** Kamen Rider Accel from the same series starts out as red and then changes to first yellow and then blue for its power-up forms. He eventually gets another form-change, which is...staying in yellow instead of going all the way to blue.

* In ''SaintSeiya'', after the Asgard arc, the Bronze Saints experience this with their Cloths turning an awesome shade of Gold (most of the time with a ThemeMusicPowerUp) when they properly use their full powers. Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming and TakingUpTheMantle for TheAtoner Gold Saints.

** Several other powerups change the color of Mario's shirt and overalls including Fire (red on white), [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii Ice]] (red on light blue), and [[SuperMarioGalaxy Soar]] (black on red). Luigi swaps out the red in these transformations for green but otherwise the same applies for him.

It's a quite common way to indicate that somebody is getting suddenly stronger by covering him in one color, which is supposed to symbolize the power. Sometimes, character is just [[PowerGlows shining with one-colored aura]] and sometimes, [[ConvenientColorChange all his color temporary changes into that one.]] It's clear indicator for the audience that, that character is now getting stronger. [[RuleOfCool And it looks damn cool]].

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', when Luffy uses Gear 2nd, his skin color becomes pink.

* When consuming a [[InvincibilityPowerUp star]], [[SuperMarioBros Mario]] flashes in all different colours.
** Several powerups include this: Fire (red on white), [[VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii Ice]] (red on light blue), [[SuperMarioGalaxy Soar]] (black on red)

** In ''Majora's Mask'', when Link becomes the Fierce Deity, he doesn't just get a new color scheme, but an elaborate new outfit, a {{BFS}}, and FacialMarkings. This has been Link's strongest transformation so far.

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* [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Dante]] and [[GargoylesQuest Firebrand]] do this as Hypers in ''VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom3''.

* The UltraSeries has this trope in spades.

* In the MSFHighForum, Kim TurnsRed, literally and figuratively, when she is beaten at dodgeball. And starts Round 2.

** Series/Ultraman Tiga changes colour when he changes type. It should be noted that Tiga's Multitype bears a variety of colours. If he changes to his Power Type, he turns red, while in Sky Type his colours are predominantly purple. If he assumes his Glitter Type, which is his strongest form, he becomes gold.

* ''Manga/DragonBall Z'': Kai-O-Ken turns the user's body flush with red, with a red aura, and Super Saiyan at the very least turns the fighter's hair gold with a gold aura.

* {{Heroman}} turns red whenever he enters [[UnstoppableRage Rage]] [[SuperMode Mode]]. [[spoiler: So does Joey]].

* In ''YuYuHakusho'', Toguro turns dark purple when he uses 100% of his power.

* Various ''PrettyCure'' get to change colors from time to time with their Super Modes. The second ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureMaxHeart'' movie had the girls turn gold, the ''YesPrettyCure5GoGo'' movie had Shining Dream's form be a subdued pink and the Super Silhouette forms in ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' are extremely subdued in color to the point where it's almost completely white.

* In the video game for ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'', (both the SuperNintendo and SegaGenesis versions), Cyclopsis will turn gold when he powers up to his second form.

* The Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, of course - when Banner turns into the Hulk, his body changes color to green, or sometimes gray. Jen Walters' SheHulk turns green as well (and has occasionally gone gray), while Rick Jones as A-Bomb turns blue, Hulk's son Skaar turns into a gray shade of green (so he is often gray or green, depending on the colorist), and RedHulk and Red She-Hulk turn...[[CaptainObvious red]].

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime,'' you get the Zora Tunic that lets you breathe underwater and the Goron Tunic that lets you withstand heat (though ''super''-hot things like standing in lava will just hurt you ''less.'') And again, other things of the same color are subject to the glitch (Aveil's clothes ''and lipstick'' will change with your tunic. Her ''MajorasMask'' appearance and remakes of OOT for more modern systems have her tunic and lipstick as always red.)
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', when Link becomes the Fierce Deity, he doesn't just get a new color scheme, but an elaborate new outfit, a {{BFS}}, and FacialMarkings. This has been Link's strongest transformation so far.

* In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda'', there is a magic ring that reduces damage. It also changes Link's clothes from green to light blue. An even better ring makes them red.
*** And due to a programming quirk, the merchant's clothes also change color to match.