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| 12 | When a creator of a work introduces a large number of characters at once, such as at the beginning of a work, they have to find a way to distinguish them and make them memorable in the audience's mind. Some of the ways they do that is to give them [[AlliterativeName memorable names]] or personality traits. But perhaps the easiest way ties to human's strongest sense: our sight. By giving each character a specific ColorMotif, the audience can quickly come to associate one color with that character and tell the characters apart with only a glance. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Note that this is not always the only way to tell the characters apart. It is usually just one of many. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Bright, contrasting colors, particularly primary colors, are common. Regardless who they're assigned to, you can almost always count on a [[ChromaticSuperiority Red]] and a [[RedOniBlueOni Blue]] to appear. [[ChromaticArrangement Green and Yellow]] are also common. To round out a team after using [[ChromaticArrangement the four primary colors]] you might see Pink for [[TheSmurfettePrinciple the only girl]]. If TheHero doesn't get [[RedIsHeroic Red]] or [[BlueIsHeroic Blue]], then they probably get White or Black with the four supporting members doing ChromaticArrangement. Though as part of the group Black has an odd tendency to swap with Green too. Purple, Orange and other colors are less common unless you have enough units for a full RainbowMotif or more. Metallic colors like Gold and Silver are usually reserved for the badass SixthRanger, as with Black and White if they haven't been used yet. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | This trope can come into play with PaletteSwap (colors used in VideoGames), and how to tell characters apart with OnlySixFaces. Often applies to {{Superhero Team Uniform}}s. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | A SuperTrope to ChromaticArrangement and ColorCodedSecretIdentity. A SubTrope of ColourCodedForYourConvenience. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Compare ColorCodedElements (when the color also pertains to the character's {{Elemental Power|s}}), ColorCodedSpeech, ColorMotif, ColorfulThemeNaming and RedIsHeroic. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | ---- |
| 25 | !!Example subpages: |
| 26 | [[index]] |
| 27 | * ColorCodedCharacters/AnimeAndManga |
| 28 | * ColorCodedCharacters/LiveActionTV |
| 29 | * ColorCodedCharacters/VideoGames |
| 30 | * ColorCodedCharacters/WesternAnimation |
| 31 | [[/index]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | !!Other examples: |
| 34 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 35 | |
| 36 | [[folder:Advertising]] |
| 37 | * ''Advertising/{{Freakies}}'': |
| 38 | ** [=BossMoss=]: Dark Green |
| 39 | ** Snorkledorf: Blue |
| 40 | ** Hamhose: Yellow or Beige (it switches between the two) |
| 41 | ** Grumble: Orange |
| 42 | ** Cowmumble: Light Green |
| 43 | ** Gargle: Purple |
| 44 | ** Goody-Goody: Magenta |
| 45 | * ''Advertising/MonsterCereals'': |
| 46 | ** Count Chocula: Brown |
| 47 | ** Frankenberry: Pink |
| 48 | ** Boo Berry: Blue |
| 49 | ** Fruit Brute: Green or Red, depending on the media |
| 50 | ** Fruity Yummy Mummy: Orange or Purple, depending on the media |
| 51 | ** Carmella Creeper: Green and caramel orange |
| 52 | [[/folder]] |
| 53 | |
| 54 | [[folder:Animation]] |
| 55 | * ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'' gives its main cast two (sometimes three) signature colours: |
| 56 | ** Noonbory - White/green/orange[[note]]His original merchandising design had pink in place of orange[[/note]] |
| 57 | ** Jetybory - Pink/orange |
| 58 | ** Lunabory - Yellow/purple |
| 59 | ** Cozybory - Purple/pink |
| 60 | ** Totobory - Brown/green/orange |
| 61 | ** Pongdybory - [[OrangeBlueContrast Blue/orange]] |
| 62 | ** Lukybory - Yellow/orange |
| 63 | ** Kikibory/[=PinkAru=] - Pink |
| 64 | * ''Animation/{{Oddbods}}'' gives each character a defining color jumpsuit: |
| 65 | ** Fuse - Red |
| 66 | ** Newt - Pink |
| 67 | ** Pogo - Blue |
| 68 | ** Bubbles - Yellow |
| 69 | ** Jeff - Purple |
| 70 | ** Zee - Green |
| 71 | ** Slick - Orange |
| 72 | ** All background Oddbods - Grey |
| 73 | * In ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', the six main goats are each associated with a particular color, and in most places they're usually represented these colors. The specific colors are as follows: |
| 74 | ** Weslie is blue. |
| 75 | ** Paddi is yellow. |
| 76 | ** Sparky is brown. |
| 77 | ** Tibbie is pink. |
| 78 | ** Jonie is red. |
| 79 | ** Slowy is green. |
| 80 | * In ''Animation/TayoTheLittleBus'', the four main buses are color-coded this way: Tayo is blue, Rogi is red, Gani is green, and Lani is yellow. |
| 81 | * ''Animation/WhiteSnake2019'': Blanca, the eponymous White Snake is associated with white and light blue. Her sister Verta, the Green Snake is associated with black and green. |
| 82 | [[/folder]] |
| 83 | |
| 84 | [[folder:Arts]] |
| 85 | * ''Art/OniEmbodiments'': The two Onis are identical in design, only differing in the color of their skin. "A" is red while "Um" is blue, this is meant as a shorthand for the [[ColourCodedEmotions emotions they represent]]. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 89 | * ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Batman is blue, Robin is red, Batgirl is purple, at least when it's just them. Becomes more of a case by case basis as you add more members of the Bat-Family, mantles are passed down, and code names get updated. |
| 90 | ** ''ComicBook/Robin1993'': Tim Drake's initial Robin costume was primarily green and Stephanie's Spoiler was eggplant purple. Tim's narration boxes were given a green drop-shadow or green filled while Stephanie's were purple cursive on light lavender making them green and purple coded respectively. Tim's green association became less consistent after his costume lost its green to make it better match his red and black DCAU costume but by this time Steph was "dead" and he was the sole narrator and protagonist of the book. |
| 91 | ** ''Webcomic/LilGotham'' has four Robins active simultaneously, and a chibi art style that makes them all look similar, so they each have a color, which appears on their masks when they're in uniform and accessories such as scarves when they're not. Dick's is blue, Jason's is red, Tim's is black, and Damian's is green. Bruce wears one of the Batsuits that's just gray and black, without blue or yellow highlights, and has gray accessories. |
| 92 | * ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'': WesternAnimation/DonaldDuck's nephews wear caps colored red, blue and green; however, originally there was no set association between nephew and color. Eventually it was established that red=Huey, blue=Dewey and green=Louie, but occasionally artists will still mix them up. Since the nephews are otherwise identical in appearance and personality, it doesn't actually matter which one is which. |
| 93 | * ''ComicBook/EastOfWest'': Each of the Four Horsemen have a color associated with them, which helps identify them during flashbacks to when they had different bodies. War is red, Conquest is blue, and Famine is yellow. Death was initially black, but [[DiseaseBleach a traumatic experience in the backstory caused him to change to white]], which is his color from the story’s start onwards. |
| 94 | * ''ComicBook/InferiorFive'': Merryman is magenta, Awkwardman is blue, Blimp is green, Dumb Bunny is red, and White Feather is [[NonIndicativeName orange]] and white. |
| 95 | * ''ComicBook/{{Loop}}'': One twin wears blue and holds a blue pillow, and the other twin wears red. |
| 96 | * ''ComicBook/PowerPack'': The Powers siblings wore similar costumes coloured white, magenta, blue and yellow. The costumes don't actually help the readers differentiate, since they don't look alike, but because the kids' powers are [[PowersAsPrograms interchangeable]], the colors sometimes designate who's got which power at present. Whenever [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Franklin Richards]] joined them as Tattletale, though, his costume was always red. |
| 97 | * ''Comicbook/{{Supergirl}}'': In ''Comicbook/Supergirl1982'' #4, the titular heroine fights The Gang, a super-villain team. The Gang's members wear similar armored suits colored red, blue, yellow and green (by the way, this story is older than the ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' franchise). |
| 98 | * ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'': An interesting example. While this trope has overall been played straight across the franchise, it was [[AvertedTrope averted]] with the [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesMirage original comic]], where not only did all of the turtles have the same skin tone, their bandannas were all [[color:red:red]] (whenever they got [[DeliberatelyMonochrome colored at all]]), making it hard to tell the four apart even when they ''did'' have their trademark weapons (this even applied in-universe, with Splinter at one point being unable to tell which one was Michalangelo and having to trick him into identifying himself so he could be punished for misbehaving). The new [[ComicBook/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIDW IDW comics]] used the red bandannas for the first story arc and then switched to the multicolored ones. |
| 99 | ** On the other side of the [[{{Pun}} spectrum]] are the original toys, where not only did [[color:blue:Leonardo]], [[color:purple:Donatello]], [[color:orange:Michelangelo]], and [[color:red:Raphael]] all have their specifically-colored bandannas, their [[color:green:green]] skin tones were all in unique shades as well. This was duplicated in the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 second cartoon]], making the turtles easier to differentiate from each other. See the Western Animation folder below. |
| 100 | ** The rest of the installments have just opted for similar skin tones, with the bandannas and weapons being the aids to tell the guys apart. |
| 101 | ** Of note, all but Donatello follow the characteristics typically associated with their colors. Leonardo is [[BlueIsHeroic the leader of the team of heroes]], Raphael is [[RedIsViolent the most aggressive of the group]] [[RedIsHeroic but still a good guy]], and Michelangelo is the [[VibrantOrange energetic party dude of the team]]. Donatello is still a good warrior, but is more associated with science and intelligence than [[PurpleIsPowerful power]]. |
| 102 | * ''Franchise/{{Tintin}}'': from the book "Red Rackham's Treasure" and onwards: |
| 103 | ** Tintin = light blue (even in "Destination Moon", he is one of the only two characters to wear some blue overalls instead of green). |
| 104 | ** Captain Haddock = dark blue (even in "Destination Moon", he is one of the only two characters to wear some blue overalls instead of green). |
| 105 | ** The Thompsons = black (except for when they wear green overalls in "Destination Moon"). |
| 106 | ** Professor Calculus = green. |
| 107 | * ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman2011 Vol. 4]]: The members of the Greek pantheon who were most prominent were each associated with a color: Artemis, goddess of the moon and hunt, with Silver, Hera, queen of the gods, with peacock green, Apollo, the [[spoiler:new king of the gods]] with purple, Demeter with green, Hermes with light blue and Ares with beige. |
| 108 | * ''ComicBook/XMen'': Partway through the run of ''ComicBook/AllNewXMen'', the teenage versions of the original X-Men were given matching, color-coded costumes; [[Characters/MarvelComicsCyclops Cyclops]] was Blue, [[Characters/MarvelComicsIceman Iceman]] was Cyan, [[Characters/MarvelComicsAngel Angel]] was Red, [[Characters/MarvelComicsBeast Beast]] was Orange, and [[Characters/MarvelComicsJeanGrey Marvel Girl]] was Green. |
| 109 | * ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'': The "core four" were each connected to a color they both wore and sometimes filled the background of their narration boxes; ComicBook/{{Impulse}} was red, ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}} was blue, ComicBook/{{Robin|1993}} was green, and ComicBook/WonderGirl was black/yellow. In addition, Secret was associated with smoky gray, and Empress was associated with purple and gold. |
| 110 | [[/folder]] |
| 111 | |
| 112 | [[folder:Comic Strips]] |
| 113 | * ''ComicStrip/TheOutrageousWorldOfAlexAndCharlie'': Each main character is associated with a color which they tend to wear. Alex is pink, Charlie is red, Tyler is blue, Lizzy is purple, Garth is black, and Dazelle is teal. |
| 114 | [[/folder]] |
| 115 | |
| 116 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 117 | * ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': In this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures Thor]] is revealed by Methuselah to be an InUniverse case: most of Thor's species had gray coats to camouflage themselves against bleak landscapes instead of Thor's vibrant red coat. |
| 118 | * ''Fanfic/ABigBlueHouseInTallPineGrove'': |
| 119 | ** Sandrine: Pink |
| 120 | ** Theresa: Red |
| 121 | ** Lumpy: Yellow |
| 122 | * ''Fanfic/CaveDancersPrettyCure'': |
| 123 | ** Cure Wisdom: Pink |
| 124 | ** Cure Banana: Yellow |
| 125 | ** Cure Space: Purple/Orange |
| 126 | ** Cure Crimson: Red |
| 127 | * The ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' [[SeriesFic fanfiction trilogy]] ''Fanfic/DanganronpaMementoMori'', ''Fanfic/DanganronpaKommSusserTod'' and ''Fanfic/DanganronpaParadiseLost'' all have characters associated with a specific color, with their clothing and occasionally hair colors being reflective of it. As for specifics: |
| 128 | ** ''Memento Mori'': |
| 129 | *** Kaori: Pink |
| 130 | *** Daigo: Gray |
| 131 | *** Ayane: Red |
| 132 | *** Ren: Orange |
| 133 | *** Kozue: White |
| 134 | *** Masao: Teal |
| 135 | *** Umiko: Blue |
| 136 | *** Mugen: Purple |
| 137 | *** Yura: Yellow |
| 138 | *** Souta: Tan |
| 139 | *** Haruhi: Green |
| 140 | *** Yukiharu: Cyan |
| 141 | *** Luka: Mint |
| 142 | *** Hirou: Brown |
| 143 | *** Madoka: Magenta |
| 144 | *** Kaiji: Black |
| 145 | ** ''Komm Susser Tod'': |
| 146 | *** Reiji: Red |
| 147 | *** Asuka: Lilac |
| 148 | *** Mamoru: Green |
| 149 | *** Kira: Black |
| 150 | *** Masato: Yellow |
| 151 | *** Shouko: Orange |
| 152 | *** Ukyo: Cyan |
| 153 | *** Mayu: Purple |
| 154 | *** Shuya: Teal |
| 155 | *** Chie: Lime |
| 156 | *** Tetsuo: Blue |
| 157 | *** Nanae: Pink |
| 158 | *** Iori: Crimson |
| 159 | *** Usagi: Gray |
| 160 | *** Sasuke: White |
| 161 | *** Homura: Brown |
| 162 | ** ''Paradise Lost'': |
| 163 | *** Daisuke: Blue |
| 164 | *** Noriko: Pink |
| 165 | *** Kenji: Gray |
| 166 | *** Sumire: Purple |
| 167 | *** Takeshi: Yellow |
| 168 | *** Miyuki: Cyan |
| 169 | *** Yashiro: Black |
| 170 | *** Shion: White |
| 171 | *** Goh: Lime |
| 172 | *** Ayaka: Magenta |
| 173 | *** Shun: Red |
| 174 | *** Yae: Silver |
| 175 | *** Akihiro: Green |
| 176 | *** Ringo: Orange |
| 177 | *** Junpei: Brown |
| 178 | *** Momiji: Lilac |
| 179 | * ''Manga/Evangelion303'': Each pilot has their own color: |
| 180 | ** Shinji: White |
| 181 | ** Asuka: Red |
| 182 | ** Rei: Blue |
| 183 | ** Kaworu: Black |
| 184 | ** Mari: Pink |
| 185 | * In the ''Anime/PrettyCure'' {{drabble}} "[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/44099529 Ice Cream]]", the ice cream flavours correspond to the Cures' main colours; French vanilla for [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Honoka]] (white), and strawberry for [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCureSplashStar Saki]] (pink). |
| 186 | * [[spoiler: Fiona's [[SplitPersonality five personalities]]]] from ''FanFic/KiraIsJustice'' each has their own color. [[spoiler: In order of speaking order]]: White, Blue, Yellow, Green, and Pink. |
| 187 | * The new team seven in ''Fanfic/TeenageJinchurikiShinobi'': |
| 188 | ** [[TheHero Naruto]]: Red |
| 189 | ** Sasuke: Blue |
| 190 | ** [[CombatMedic Sakura]]: Pink |
| 191 | ** [[OriginalCharacter Himeko]]: Black and White |
| 192 | ** [[SparedByTheAdaptation Kin]]: Green |
| 193 | ** [[HonoraryTrueCompanion Hinata]]: Purple |
| 194 | * In a probable ShoutOut to ''Film/KillBill'', the evil ninjas in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic ''Fanfic/{{Flutterspy}}'' use {{Code Name}}s that combine this trope with AnimalThemeNaming: Red Adder, Blue Cobra and Yellow Viper. They all have tan fur, but their eyes, [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow their manes]] (which have been dyed), and their outfits are all in the appropriate color. |
| 195 | * This is rampant in [[Fanfic/RWBYSecondGeneration RWBY: Second Generation]]. Just like in the main series it's based on, everyone's name and outfit reflects a color of some sort. |
| 196 | * In ''FanFic/ChildOfTheStorm,'' Magneto is mentioned as having grey eyes, grey hair, and steel-grey casual clothes. [[ColorCodedElements Guess]] [[MagnetismManipulation why]]. |
| 197 | * Each of the Spirit in ''Fanfic/DateAReLive'' has a color associated to them and their Spacequakes, including those not associated to the Sephirot. During the Sephira Fury arc, a few of the Spirits' colors switch, which was stated due to be the result of improper alignment in-universe. |
| 198 | ** Origami’s is White |
| 199 | ** Nia's is Gray/Silver |
| 200 | ** Kurumi's is Black |
| 201 | ** Yoshino's is Blue |
| 202 | ** Kotori's is Red |
| 203 | ** Mukuro's is Yellow/Gold |
| 204 | ** Natsumi's is Green |
| 205 | ** The Yamai twins are Orange |
| 206 | ** Miku's is Indigo |
| 207 | ** Tohka's is Purple |
| 208 | ** Rinne and Rio's are Pink |
| 209 | ** [[Anime/DateALiveMayuriJudgement Mayuri's]] is Cyan |
| 210 | ** Shido's is Clear |
| 211 | ** Mana's is Violet |
| 212 | ** Maria's is Brown |
| 213 | ** Marina's is Magenta |
| 214 | ** Mio's is Rainbow |
| 215 | [[/folder]] |
| 216 | |
| 217 | [[folder:Film -- Animated]] |
| 218 | * ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' |
| 219 | ** Piston Cup racecars: |
| 220 | *** Intersection #00, purple, maroon, and white |
| 221 | *** Tow Cap #4, yellow, purple, and white |
| 222 | *** SynerG #5, green, blue, and purple |
| 223 | *** Dale Earnhardt Jr. #8, red, black, and white |
| 224 | *** Combustr #11, black, blue, and green |
| 225 | *** Ignitr (Jackson Storm) #20: black, blue, and gray |
| 226 | *** Blinkr #21, orange, blue, and white |
| 227 | *** Nitroade #28, red, orange, and black |
| 228 | *** Mood Springs #33, blue, purple, and black |
| 229 | *** Trunk Fresh #34, yellow, green, and black |
| 230 | *** Shifty Drug #35, magenta, yellow, and white |
| 231 | *** Tank Coat #36, pink, red, and white |
| 232 | *** [=ViewZeen=] #39, blue, teal, and orange |
| 233 | *** Dinoco (Strip "The King" Weathers) #43, blue, orange, and white |
| 234 | *** Easy Idle #51, blue, black, and white |
| 235 | *** Leakless #52, yellow, black, and white |
| 236 | *** Faux Wheel Drive #54, blue, green, and brown |
| 237 | *** Fiber Fuel #56, orange, yellow, and white |
| 238 | *** Octane Gain #58, orange, black, and white |
| 239 | *** Vitoline #61, green, gray, and white |
| 240 | *** Transberry Juice #63, blue, purple, and yellow |
| 241 | *** RPM #64, orange, blue, and yellow |
| 242 | *** Carbon Cyber #67, green, gray, and teal |
| 243 | *** [=N2O=] Cola #68, purple, green, and white |
| 244 | *** Gasprin #70, blue, yellow, and black |
| 245 | *** [=RevNGo=] #73, blue, orange, and red |
| 246 | *** Sidewall Shine #74, red, yellow, and white |
| 247 | *** Vinyl Toupee #76, purple, black, and white, |
| 248 | *** Retread #79, purple, red, and white |
| 249 | *** Creme-filled Gaskits #80, red, yellow, and blue |
| 250 | *** Shiny Wax #82, green, yellow, and white |
| 251 | *** [=ReVolting=] #84a, red, gray, and white |
| 252 | *** Apple Computer #84b, black, white, and gray |
| 253 | *** Hostile Takeover Bank (Chick Hicks) #86, green, orange, and yellow |
| 254 | *** Bumper Save #90, red, teal, and white |
| 255 | *** Sputter Stop #92, orange, teal, and white |
| 256 | *** Spare-O-Mint #93, blue, green, and white |
| 257 | *** [=RustEze=] Medicated Bumper Ointment (Lightning [=McQueen=]) #95, red, orange, and yellow |
| 258 | *** Tach-O-Mint #101, brown, green, and white |
| 259 | *** Li'l Torquey Pistons #117, red, blue, and black |
| 260 | *** Clutch Aid #121, blue, green, and black |
| 261 | *** No Stall #123, red, black, and yellow |
| 262 | ** World Grand Prix racecars: |
| 263 | *** Francesco Bernoulli #1, green, white, and red |
| 264 | *** Lewis Hamilton #2, black and yellow |
| 265 | *** Max Schnell #4, purple, black, red, and yellow |
| 266 | *** Miguel Camino #5, red, orange, and white |
| 267 | *** Raoul Çaroule #6, blue, white, and red |
| 268 | *** Shu Todoroki #7, red and white |
| 269 | *** Carla Veloso #8, blue, green, and yellow |
| 270 | *** Nigel Gearsley #9, green, black, and orange |
| 271 | *** Rip Clutchgoneski #10, red, orange, and green |
| 272 | *** Jeff Gorvette #24, yellow, red, white, and blue |
| 273 | *** Lightning [=McQueen=] #95, red, orange, and yellow |
| 274 | * The Franchise/DisneyPrincess lineup, which selects colors usually from their dresses: |
| 275 | ** [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White]], the least consistent, with any of the primary colors, though usually red, or possibly white |
| 276 | ** WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}, blue |
| 277 | ** [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Aurora]], pink |
| 278 | ** [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel]], sea green |
| 279 | ** [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast Belle]], yellow |
| 280 | ** [[WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}} Jasmine]], turquoise |
| 281 | ** WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}, tan |
| 282 | ** WesternAnimation/{{Mulan}}, wobbled for years, but they seem to have settled on either rose pink, or chartreuse |
| 283 | ** [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana]], green |
| 284 | ** [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]], purple |
| 285 | ** [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida]], dark teal |
| 286 | ** [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Anna]], a bit less consistent, with either light green or fuchsia/blue |
| 287 | ** [[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa]], icy blue |
| 288 | ** WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}, orange |
| 289 | ** [[WesternAnimation/RayaandtheLastDragon Raya]] brown |
| 290 | * The {{anthropomorphic personification}}s in ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' have {{color motif}}s [[ColourCodedEmotions as often as not traditionally associated with the emotions they embody:]] |
| 291 | ** Joy, yellow |
| 292 | ** Disgust, green |
| 293 | ** Anger, red |
| 294 | ** Fear, purple |
| 295 | ** Sadness, blue |
| 296 | * ''WesternAnimation/Home2015'': Tip (green), Oh (Blue), Captain Smek (red), Pig (yellow), Kyle (orange) and Lucy (purple); as [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/dreamworks/images/4/49/Home_dreamworks_characters_2015.png/revision/latest?cb=20150101013239 seen here]]. |
| 297 | * The villains in ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'': |
| 298 | ** Lady Tremaine, maroon (changed to purple in the sequels) |
| 299 | ** Anastasia, magenta |
| 300 | ** Drizella, green |
| 301 | * All of the angels in ''WesternAnimation/LittleAngelsTheBrighestChristmas'' wear a different color, and notably turn into that color when they travel as a rainbow. There's a pink angel, a yellow angel, a blue angel, a green angel, an indigo angel, and even a violet-wearing dog angel. |
| 302 | * ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', the titular team has these colors in their hero suits, and their ultra armor from Season 2 of [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries the TV spin-off]] being black with highlights of that color. |
| 303 | ** Hiro - Purple |
| 304 | ** Baymax - Red |
| 305 | ** [=GoGo=] - Yellow |
| 306 | ** Wasabi - Green |
| 307 | ** Honey Lemon - Pink |
| 308 | ** Fred - Blue |
| 309 | * In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheTwelveDancingPrincesses'', each princess's dress is a distinct color: |
| 310 | ** Ashlyn: Violet |
| 311 | ** Blair: Red |
| 312 | ** Courtney: Royal blue |
| 313 | ** Delia: Green |
| 314 | ** Edeline: Orange |
| 315 | ** Fallon: Orchid |
| 316 | ** Genevieve: Hot pink |
| 317 | ** Hadley: Teal |
| 318 | ** Isla: Purple |
| 319 | ** Janessa: Sky blue |
| 320 | ** Kathleen: Tangerine |
| 321 | ** Lacey: Lilac |
| 322 | * In ''WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}}'', the members of [[TheClan the Family Madrigal]] can be sorted by the colors they wear, which is helpful, as there are [[BigScrewedUpFamily quite a lot of them.]] Abuela Alma wears a deep maroon, and each of her three children has a specific color palette: [[WeatherManipulation Pepa]] wears the warm shades of red, orange, and yellow; [[{{Seer}} Bruno]] is in [[SicklyGreenGlow pale green]]; and [[SupremeChef Julieta]] wears the cool shades of blue, purple, and soft pink. Pepa and Julieta's husbands Felix and Agustin wear the same colors as their wives, as do their children (Dolores, Camilo, and Antonio for the former and Isabel, Luisa, and Mirabel for the latter), allowing viewers to instantly know who is specifically related to who. |
| 323 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'', each member of the Mitchell family is represented by the color of the piece of clothing they wear above their waist. [[spoiler:During the final battle, the family's colors appear on a rainbow [[MediumBlending imagined by Katie]].]] |
| 324 | ** Rick: Yellow |
| 325 | ** Linda: Lavender |
| 326 | ** Katie: Red |
| 327 | ** Aaron: Blue |
| 328 | * In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', Mei and her friends all primarily wear one color: Mei is red (later pink), Miriam is green, Priya is yellow, Abby is purple, [[spoiler:and Tyler is blue.]] |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Film -- Live-Action]] |
| 332 | * ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'': Dave Bowman has a red spacesuit and Frank Poole has a yellow one (though their regular clothes are both similar shades of grey). There is also a blue spacesuit visible in the background of some shots and Dave pulls the helmet from an otherwise-unseen green one, probably both intended for the three crew members in hibernation [[spoiler: before they were killed by HAL]]. |
| 333 | * ''Film/EightWomen'': Through their clothing, the eight women are associated with certain colors that are usually related to their FlowerMotifs. |
| 334 | ** Suzon: Pink (pink rose) |
| 335 | ** Mamy: Violet (violet) |
| 336 | ** Chanel: Yellow (sunflower) |
| 337 | ** Gaby: Leopard patterns (tiger orchid) and teal |
| 338 | ** Louise: Black and white (white orchid) |
| 339 | ** Augustine: Copper (achiote) |
| 340 | ** Catherine: Green (daisy) |
| 341 | ** Pierrette: Red (red rose) |
| 342 | * ''Film/Cinderella2015'': Ella usually wears blue, Lady Tremaine usually wears green, Drisella usually wears yellow and Anastasia usually wears pink. |
| 343 | * ''Film/{{Clue}}'': A very interesting case: like in the board game, the six main suspects each dress basically with one color; unlike the board game, however, the colors '''''do not match their names'''''. (Perhaps a partial {{Deconstruction}}, since the names they're refered to are just aliases.) |
| 344 | ** It gets weirder, as four of the characters appear to create a circle of mismatched monotones: |
| 345 | ::: Colonel Mustard wears red, like Miss Scarlet should |
| 346 | ::: Miss Scarlet wears green, like Mr. Green should |
| 347 | ::: Mr. Green wears blue, like Mrs. Peacock should |
| 348 | ::: And Mrs. Peacock wears yellow, like Colonel Mustard should, bringing it full-circle. |
| 349 | ::: Though not part of the above loop, Mrs. White is worth noting in that the inside of her coat ''actually is white'', but we only see this for about five seconds, in the process [[LampshadeHanging Lampshading]] her alias. But for the majority of the film, [[InvertedTrope she wears black]]. |
| 350 | ::: Mr. Plum, uh... [[TheRuntAtTheEnd he wears brown.]] |
| 351 | * Israeli film ''Film/{{Cupcakes}}'' features GirlGroup-ish "Anat Ofa", where each member has an identifying color. At one point, they each receive a pair of sunglasses that "paints" the world in their personal color: |
| 352 | ** Anat: Red |
| 353 | ** Dana: Blue |
| 354 | ** Yael: Yellow |
| 355 | ** Keren: Green |
| 356 | ** Efrat: Purple |
| 357 | ** Ofer: Pink |
| 358 | * {{Invoked}} with the spacesuits in ''Film/DestinationMoon''. |
| 359 | * The main characters of the Eastrail 177 Trilogy each have a unique color that's shown in their clothes and surroundings. |
| 360 | ** ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}'': David Dunn has the color green (and is sometimes called the Green Guard later in his life) while Elijah Price/Mr. Glass gains a purple motif as he grows older and settles into [[spoiler: his villainous role]]. |
| 361 | ** Introduced in ''Film/{{Split}}'', Kevin/The Horde/The Beast has varying shades of yellow. |
| 362 | ** Dr. Ellie Staple is associated with a dull pink color that is less emphasized than the colors above because she is not a superhuman, [[spoiler:but a professional member of the CapeBusters]]. |
| 363 | * ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters2019'' features the four major {{Kaiju}} in this manner, especially shown in the marketing: |
| 364 | ** Godzilla: Blue, usually a bright Cherenkov blue. |
| 365 | ** Mothra: Green, usually a teal or turquoise shade. |
| 366 | ** Rodan: Red, specifically darker reds, such as Venetian red. |
| 367 | ** Ghidorah: Harsh shades of yellow and gold. |
| 368 | * ''Film/GodzillaVsKong'' is not quite as stylized in its colouration as the previous film, but carries this on in a subtler form. |
| 369 | ** Godzilla is still associated with the same shades of radioactive blue. |
| 370 | ** Kong is represented by a warm sunset shade of orange. |
| 371 | ** [[spoiler: Mechagodzilla]] is associated with a hellish, police-siren red and [[spoiler: metallic silver.]] |
| 372 | * ''Film/TheGreatRace'': Leslie wears white and all his gear is white. Professor Fate wears black and his car is black. |
| 373 | * ''Film/{{Heathers}}''. Most of the primary characters wear their own color of clothing which represents their dominant emotions, though this isn't noticeable at first. Heather Chandler is red for lust and power in school, Heather [=McNamara=] is yellow for her cowardliness, Heather Duke is green for her jealousy towards Heather Chandler's power and later wears red when she gains power, Veronica is blue representing her misery in high school, and J.D. is black showing him as a deathbringer and the antagonist. Chandler's red hair bow becomes a symbol of power, as after her death Duke claims it for herself, symbolizing her replacement of the original Heather. [[spoiler:Veronica forcefully taking it from Duke at the end of the film shows the end of the Heathers' power.]] |
| 374 | * ''Film/{{Help}}'': The Beatles' house, with John = red, Paul = white, George = green, and Ringo = blue. |
| 375 | * ''Film/HocusPocus'': The Sanderson Sisters each have a respective base color; green for Winifred, pink for Sarah, and orange for Mary. |
| 376 | * In ''Film/HussarBallad'' Shura, the main character, is the only one in the whole movie to wear a light grey uniform, and stands out in every crowd. The diversity of Russian uniforms at the time makes it easy to color code other characters as well: Rzhevsky, for example, is the only one to wear blue-and-gold hussar uniform. |
| 377 | * ''Franchise/JurassicPark'': |
| 378 | ** ''Film/JurassicPark'': |
| 379 | *** Hammond - White |
| 380 | *** Sattler - Pink |
| 381 | *** Grant - Blue |
| 382 | *** Malcolm - Black |
| 383 | *** Muldoon - Beige |
| 384 | ** ''Film/JurassicWorld'' does this with the ''[[RaptorAttack Velociraptors]]'': |
| 385 | *** Delta - Brown (like the raptors in the first film) |
| 386 | *** Charlie - Green |
| 387 | *** Echo - Khaki |
| 388 | *** [[MeaningfulName Blue - Blue]] |
| 389 | * ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean'' - very subtly Jack-Red, Will-Blue, Elizabeth-Yellow, Barbossa-Green. |
| 390 | * ''Film/{{Ran}}'' gives each main character an identifying color, [[ColorCodedArmies as well as their respective armies.]] |
| 391 | ** Hidetora: White |
| 392 | ** Taro: Yellow |
| 393 | ** Jiro: Red |
| 394 | ** Saburo: Blue |
| 395 | * Played with in ''Film/ReservoirDogs'': each of the robbers is given a colour-based codename (Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, etc), but they all wear identical black suits, shades and have slicked-back hair precisely in order to make identification (in the context of a police lineup) more difficult. |
| 396 | * Also done in the Polish/East German film ''Der Schweigende Stern'' (better known in America as ''First Spaceship to Venus'' or ''The Silent Star''), where each of the cast wears a distinct color of spacesuit. |
| 397 | ** Science fiction films lend themselves well to this trope, since from a filmmaking standpoint, having a coloured spacesuit assigned to each character (as the previous three examples describe) makes it easier to distinguish the characters when you can't see their faces. In-universe, it also makes it easier for the characters to tell each other apart when they can't see each other's faces. |
| 398 | * ''Film/SkyHigh2005'': There's a prevalent theme in pairing up characters with complementary color themes. Specifically, Will wears almost exclusively red, white and blue, plant girl Layla wears both pink and green, and human glow stick Zach wears neon yellowish-green and white. Justified, in that you would want to play up your powers to impress your classmates. Besides, if your parents are superheroes with similar powers, similar colors would be included in their costumes. Because they like those colours, you would be exposed to them throughout your childhood. |
| 399 | * ''Film/SpeedRacer'': by WordOfGod in the DVD Extras. |
| 400 | ** Speed - Blue |
| 401 | ** Pops - Red |
| 402 | ** Trixie - Pink |
| 403 | ** Racer X - Black |
| 404 | ** Taejo - White (really, the whole Togokahn family) |
| 405 | ** Spritle - Yellow |
| 406 | ** Royalton - Purple |
| 407 | ** Mom - Green |
| 408 | ** Sparky - Orange |
| 409 | * ''Film/TheBreakfastClub'' |
| 410 | ** Bender - Red |
| 411 | ** Andrew - Blue |
| 412 | ** Brian - Green |
| 413 | ** Allison - Black [[spoiler: becomes White after her makeover.]] |
| 414 | ** Claire - Pink |
| 415 | * The brothers in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014'', naturally. April is also codified by her Yellow jacket. |
| 416 | ** Leonardo: Blue |
| 417 | ** Raphael: Red |
| 418 | ** Donatello: Purple |
| 419 | ** Michelangelo: Orange |
| 420 | * ''Film/TheTerminator'': The [[Characters/TerminatorMainContinuityHumans three punks in the opening]]. The leader has blue hair, his second-in-command has blonde hair and the punk who ends up surrendering his clothes to the T-800 has red eye makeup. |
| 421 | * ''Film/TransformersFilmSeries'': |
| 422 | ** Optimus Prime is distinguishably blue and red. |
| 423 | ** Bumblebee for yellow and black, of course. |
| 424 | ** Ironhide for black. |
| 425 | ** Ratchet for lime green, he is made completely green starting in ''Dark of the Moon''. |
| 426 | ** Jazz and Sideswipe for silver. |
| 427 | ** Drift is notably a mix of blue, black and gold. |
| 428 | ** Most major Decepticons are given dull colors of black, grey, silver and navy green to make them contrastable from the Autobots - despite the fact that in almost every ''Transformers'' fiction outside the live-action movies, they're just as colorful as the Autobots. This would be changed in ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', with more faithfully colorful Decepticon designs. |
| 429 | ** Played more within ''Film/{{Bumblebee}}'', which due to the significantly reduced primary cast of Transformers themselves, all manage to be distinguished through color alone. The titular heroic Bumblebee is still yellow, while the antagonistic Shatter and Dropkick are red and blue, respectively. |
| 430 | * ''Film/XMenFilmSeries'': |
| 431 | ** Although Professor Charles Xavier is comfortable enough with his masculinity to confidently wear "feminine" hues such as [[Film/XMenFirstClass periwinkle]], [[Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast pink]] or [[Film/XMenApocalypse lilac]], he's mainly associated with various shades of blue, grey and white. |
| 432 | ** While not in her X-Men uniform, Jean Grey often likes to dress in red clothing. |
| 433 | ** Quicksilver's civilian attire is usually accompanied by something silver, whether it's a jacket, pants, sneakers and/or sunglasses. |
| 434 | ** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Emma Frost's wardrobe consists exclusively of white outfits. |
| 435 | ** ''Film/TheWolverine'': |
| 436 | *** Yukio has an affinity for [[FieryRedhead fiery red]]. |
| 437 | *** Viper has a preference for green. |
| 438 | ** ''Film/Deadpool2016'': Black must be Negasonic Teenage Warhead's favourite because that's the only colour she wears when she's not in her X-Men suit. |
| 439 | * In ''Film/LogansRun'', every person has a crystal embedded into the palm of their hand, which changes color depending on the age of the person. In addition, most of the cast wears outfits that correspond to the color of their crystal. |
| 440 | [[/folder]] |
| 441 | |
| 442 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 443 | * ''Literature/TheHobbit'': Tolkien lists the colors of the Dwarves' hooded cloaks, as if that would help you keep them straight. If you pair up colors and names in the orders they are both listed, you should get: |
| 444 | ** Dwalin - Dark green |
| 445 | ** Balin - Scarlet |
| 446 | ** FÃli and KÃli - Blue |
| 447 | ** Dori and Nori - Purple |
| 448 | ** Ori - Grey |
| 449 | ** Óin - Brown |
| 450 | ** Glóin - White |
| 451 | ** Bifur and Bofur - Yellow |
| 452 | ** Bombur - Pale green |
| 453 | ** Thorin - Sky-blue with a long silver tassle |
| 454 | * in [[ADungeonIsYou Dungeon Core]] stories, the crystalline core of a living dungeon often has a notable color. This is no different in "Literature/NoNeedForACore"; Mordecai's core half is Purple in color, and he deliberately gives his avatars dark purple hair. Kazue's core half is gold, and while she keeps her original hair color (red) she does tend to add gold themes into her clothing. And the clothes of her husband and wife. |
| 455 | * ''Literature/SpyHigh'': The team's official codenames after graduation are Edward Red, Angel Blue (Lori), Benjamin White, Jake Black, Callista Green and Agent Orange (Bex). The second series of books is titled accordingly. We never find out what colour [[spoiler: Jennifer]] would have been, though it's possible she was the original Orange. |
| 456 | * ''Literature/TheSherwoodRing'': Dick - an officer in the Continental army - naturally wears blue, as does his love interest Eleanor; Peaceable - an officer in the British army - wears red, as does his love interest Barbara. |
| 457 | * ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'' differentiates the members of different Great Houses by a certain hair color/eye color combination. This, heavily coupled with ArtisticLicenseBiology, is actually a plot point - the Baratheon phenotype is invariably dominant over the Lannister one, [[spoiler:and none of King Robert's legitimate children are black-haired or blue-eyed.]] Characters are also associated with the colors of their house sigil. |
| 458 | *** House Stark (gray and white sigil) is gray-eyed and dark brown/black-haired, although this is subverted with Catelyn Tully's additions to the gene pool. |
| 459 | *** House Lannister (gold and red) is green-eyed and blonde. |
| 460 | *** House Baratheon (black and gold)is blue-eyed and black-haired. |
| 461 | *** House Tully (red and blue) is blue-eyed and redheaded. |
| 462 | *** House Greyjoy (gold and black) is black-eyes and black haired. |
| 463 | *** House Arryn (blue and white) is blue-eyes and dirty blonde haired. |
| 464 | *** House Tyrell (gold and green) is brown-eyed and brown-haired. |
| 465 | *** House Martell (orange and yellow) is dark-skinned, black-haired, and dark-eyed. |
| 466 | *** House Targaryen (red and black) has silver-blond hair and purple eyes. |
| 467 | ** Additionally, Renly Baratheon, one of the claimants to the throne, has his own special group of bodyguards called the Rainbow Guard, consisting of seven members, each of a different color. Loras Tyrell, the lord commander of the guard, wears white; Brienne of Tarth, a later POV character, wears blue (which, conveniently, is also the color primarily associated with her home of Tarth, known as the Sapphire Isle for the blue of its waters). |
| 468 | * Applied three times in A.L. Phillips's Literature/TheQuestOfTheUnaligned. |
| 469 | ** Each of the various social/magical castes in the kingdom of Caederan wears different colors. The magicless peasants wear brown, the handful of peasant mages wear a white sash and robes in the color of their alignment (red for [[PlayingWithFire aeshes]], blue for [[MakingASplash shamais]], green for [[DishingOutDirt aretzes]], and silver for [[BlowYouAway ruahks]]), the aligned nobles wear white robes with trim in the color of their element, and the unaligned royal house wears white robes with golden trim. |
| 470 | ** It is mentioned that all citizens of the city-state of Tonzimmiel wear the same shirt-and-pants uniform, with color indicating your profession. |
| 471 | ** Finally, each of the three main heroes has a different primary color on the cover. Alaric wears the brownish uniform of a Tonzimmelian Security Force officer, Laeshana is in the red robes of an aesh, and Nahruahn is clad in white, as befits his noble lineage. |
| 472 | * Students in {{Literature/Idlewild}} set their own callsigns that blink between two colors. Most of them coordinate these with their outfits and personal domains. |
| 473 | * An interesting example in Mark Z. Danielewski's ''{{Literature/The Familiar}}'', where each character's chapters are represented by a different color in the top corners of the page. The color represents an aspect of their personality, and is usually what they are wearing throughout. |
| 474 | * ''Literature/TheHandmaidsTale'': In the Republic of Gilead, women and girls are identified by their roles in society according to their strict dress code. |
| 475 | ** The titular Handmaids wear red to symbolize their fertility. |
| 476 | ** Wives (consorts of the Commanders) = blue. |
| 477 | ** Aunts (female enforcers of the regime) = brown. |
| 478 | ** Marthas (menial servants) = green. |
| 479 | ** Jezebels (state-sponsored pleasure slaves) = purple. |
| 480 | ** Daughters (female children of Wives and Commanders) = [[VirginInAWhiteDress white]]. |
| 481 | * In ''Elbow Grease'' by John Cena, each of the main characters has a color from the rainbow to represent him or her: |
| 482 | ** [[TheHero Elbow Grease:]] Blue |
| 483 | ** [[LargeHam Crash:]] Red |
| 484 | ** [[SuperSpeed Flash:]] Green |
| 485 | ** [[TheSmartGuy Pinball:]] The hue between the primary colors red and yellow as seen on the light spectrum[[note]]Orange[[/note]] |
| 486 | ** [[DumbMuscle Tank:]] Yellow |
| 487 | ** [[TokenHuman Mel:]] Violet |
| 488 | * ''Literature/WordOfMouse'': The scientists at the lab Isiah and his family were kept in had all their fur genetically dyed into groups of colours to better organize them. Isiah's fur is blue, and one of his relatives has red fur. |
| 489 | * ''Literature/{{Divergent}}'': The factions are all symbolized by specific colors, which also dictate the color of their clothing. The Factionless noticeably wear mismatched colors, showing that they don't belong in any specific faction. |
| 490 | ** [[TheSmartGuy Erudite]] wears blue. |
| 491 | ** [[PerfectPacifistPeople Amity]] wears red, orange, or yellow. |
| 492 | ** [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Candor]] wears a combination of black and white. |
| 493 | ** [[{{Ubermensch}} Dauntless]] wears black or dark gray. |
| 494 | ** [[HumbleHero Abnegation]] wears light gray. |
| 495 | [[/folder]] |
| 496 | |
| 497 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 498 | * This is standard practice for Japanese and Korean idol units. It was initially done as a way to tell apart different members on stages as well as the management agencies' way of making more money by putting out merchandise in multiple colors. Eventually, it became the fans' own way of showing loyalty and admiration of their favorite members. Fans show support for their favorite member at live events by waving "sign lights", electronic glow sticks sold as merchandise, preset with the members' colors. It has, of course, carried over to 2D and 2.5D idols (that is, anime characters who release singles alongside "real" music acts), such as ''VideoGame/LoveLive'', ''Theatre/{{Tsukiuta}}'', and ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama''. |
| 499 | * NEWS: With the exception of Koyama who vacillates between Brown and Purple, the other members generally stick to the same colors when it comes to costumes. Tegoshi is Pink, Kato is Green, Nishikido is Blue, Yamashita is Red and Masuda is Yellow. |
| 500 | * The ''Music/EvilliousChronicles'' franchise makes use of Music/{{Vocaloid}}s for its songs and subsequently draws on their already existing {{Color Motif}}s for the series' characters. Characters portrayed by KAITO have a blue motif, characters portrayed by MEIKO have red, Miku characters have green/turquoise, etc. This also has the side effect of the colors representing the SevenDeadlySins being very mismatched from the colors they are traditionally associated with however (with the exception of possibly Sloth, associated with the Miku character Margarita). |
| 501 | * Music/RedVelvet members have designated colors ever since their debut and these colors have since continued into their other music videos and live performances. |
| 502 | ** Irene - Red/Pink |
| 503 | ** Seulgi - Yellow/Orange |
| 504 | ** Wendy - Blue |
| 505 | ** Joy - Green |
| 506 | ** Yeri - Purple |
| 507 | * Music/{{MAMAMOO}} The members were each assigned a color and season for their 4Seasons album project. These colors were used as the primary color of their respective dresses in the Paint Me music video and the special photocards included in the White Wind mini album: |
| 508 | ** Solar - Color: Blue, Season: Autumn |
| 509 | ** Moonbyul - Color: Red, Season: Summer |
| 510 | ** Wheein - Color: White, Season: Winter |
| 511 | ** Hwasa - Color: Yellow, Season: Spring |
| 512 | * ''Music/{{Tsukiuta}}'', a series of months as idols with a male and female representative for each month, has the same color for both members of each month. So, Shun and Tsubaki, the November idols, are both silver; Hajime and Yuki, the January members, are both purple, etc. The spinoffs that fall under the ''Music/{{Tsukipro}}'' label all also have color-codes. There are over 10 blue members, and none of them are the exact same shade except for the aforementioned May and July pairs. They also have a collection of color-coded mascots for each series of two units, starting with rabbits, of course, for the months, and continuing with dogs, squirrels, cats, and birds, but only the cats have gotten [[https://youtu.be/MBy8ssz3OcQ a stop-motion video]]. |
| 513 | * Music/{{LOONA}} Each member has had an assigned color and animal (along with Choerry, Yves, Chuu, Gowon and Olivia Hye each having an assigned fruit) since debut and they often carry over into the groups music videos and merchandise: |
| 514 | ** Heejin - Bright Pink, Rabbit |
| 515 | ** Hyunjin - Yellow, Cat |
| 516 | ** Haseul - Green, White Bird |
| 517 | ** Yeojin - Orange, Frog |
| 518 | ** Vivi - Pastel Rose, Deer |
| 519 | ** Kim Lip - Red, Owl |
| 520 | ** Jinsoul - Blue, Blue Betta Fish |
| 521 | ** Choerry - Purple, Fruit Bat, Cherry |
| 522 | ** Yves - Burgundy, Swan, Apple |
| 523 | ** Chuu - Peach, Penguin, Strawberry |
| 524 | ** Gowon - Eden Green, Butterfly, Pineapple |
| 525 | ** Olivia Hye - Grey/Silver, Wolf, Blood Plum |
| 526 | * Music/{{TWICE}} Each member has an assigned color which is commonly used in individual merchandise such as photocards: |
| 527 | ** Jihyo - Apricot |
| 528 | ** Nayeon - Sky Blue |
| 529 | ** Jeongyeon - Chartreuse |
| 530 | ** Momo - Pink |
| 531 | ** Sana - Purple |
| 532 | ** Mina - Mint |
| 533 | ** Dahyun - White |
| 534 | ** Chaeyoung - Red |
| 535 | ** Tzuyu - Blue |
| 536 | * Music/{{BAP}} members' Matoki mascots are represented each with a different color since debut: |
| 537 | ** Yongguk - Red |
| 538 | ** Himchan - Pink |
| 539 | ** Daehyun - Gray |
| 540 | ** Youngjae - Yellow |
| 541 | ** Jongup - Green |
| 542 | ** Zelo - Blue |
| 543 | * One of the defining traits of Music/MomoiroCloverZ (Green, Pink, Red, Yellow, and Purple)[[note]]The Green member left at the beginning of 2018, leaving behind Pink, Red, Yellow, and Purple[[/note]] and their fellow idol acts in Stardust Planet, with each group having its own distinct color scheme. |
| 544 | ** Team Syachihoko: Green, Blue, Red, Yellow[[note]]The Yellow member left in late 2018[[/note]], Purple, and formerly Pink[[note]]The Pink member had to leave in 2016 due to physical ailments[[/note]]. |
| 545 | ** Takoyaki Rainbow: Blue, Green, Yellow, Pink, and Purple. Like Momoclo, they also had a Red[[note]]who left very early on to prioritize school[[/note]] Leader, until she graduated in 2014. |
| 546 | ** Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku primarily uses attendence numbers, but also occasionally uses individual member colors. The current lineup: Purple, Green, Lime/Light Green[[note]]The Lime member left the group in early 2018, later to be adopted by a new member in 2021[[/note]], Pink, Blue[[note]]Due to the Blue member's death in 2017, the color was permanently retired for members, and adopted as the official group/fan club color[[/note]], Orange[[note]]Graduated in 2022[[/note]], Yellow, and Aqua/Light Blue. In 2021 new members were added, taking Red, Lime, and White[[note]]The first member ever to adopt this color.[[/note]] as their official color. 2022 will add "Honey Orange"/Amber and "Milk Tea"/Beige. |
| 547 | * The boyband JLS, who, thanks to their rise to fame on ''Series/TheXFactor'', are colour-coded, and have carried it into their music career, often performing not just in coloured clothing, but having coloured tape around their microphones and coloured earpieces. It's almost guaranteed that if you used their real names (Aston, JB, Marvin and Oritse) very few people would know who you were talking about, but if you said 'the blue/red/green/yellow guy from JLS,' they would. |
| 548 | * Music/{{Lovebites}} as a whole usually wear white, to contrast with the stereotypical black of the metal genre. |
| 549 | * Music/TheWiggles: All the members since 1992 wear their signature shirts/skivvies. |
| 550 | ** Murray/Simon - Red |
| 551 | ** Greg/Sam/Emma - Yellow |
| 552 | ** Anthony - Blue, though in early years, green |
| 553 | ** Jeff/Lachy - Purple |
| 554 | ** Captain Feathersword - Pink |
| 555 | ** Dorothy - Green |
| 556 | ** Wags - Brown |
| 557 | ** Henry - Indigo |
| 558 | * The music video for Music/{{Yoasobi}}'s "Sangenshoku" (AKA "RGB") follows three characters associated with red, blue, and green. |
| 559 | * Music/TallyHall: Their signature ties: |
| 560 | ** Andrew is [[color:green:green]] |
| 561 | ** Joe is [[color:red:red]] |
| 562 | ** Rob is [[color:yellow:yellow]] |
| 563 | ** Ross is [[color:gray:gray]] |
| 564 | ** Zubin is [[color:blue:blue]] |
| 565 | ** Bora, who is basically an honorary member of the band, is [[color:orange:orange]] |
| 566 | *** This originally was used to make them stand out from other Ann Arbor bands, and the colors were chosen based on their instrument colors. Ross "inherited" Steven's gray tie when he replaced him in the band. |
| 567 | *** They've said before that purple can be the tie color for fans. |
| 568 | * Music/TheBeatles in the famous AbbeyRoadCrossing. John is in white, Ringo wears a black pinstripe suit, Paul wears a grey suit (and no shoes), while less-formal George wears bluejeans and a blue denim work shirt. |
| 569 | * Music/TheSaturdays: Often played with, as the artwork for the ''Chasing Lights'' era prominently featured the girls wearing a different color each, though no one colour was specifically assigned to any of them. This is especially prominent in the video for "Up". |
| 570 | * Each member of Music/{{Kiss}} got a designated color with their 1978 solo albums. Those colors were then incorporated into their new stage costumes in 1979 and each band member rose up to the stage under a spotlight of their designated color at the beginning of their concerts that year. |
| 571 | ** Gene Simmons - Red |
| 572 | ** Paul Stanley - Purple |
| 573 | ** Ace Frehley - Blue |
| 574 | ** Peter Criss - Green |
| 575 | *** When Eric Carr replaced Peter Criss on drums, they had the same guy who painted the solo album portraits do one of him as well, and his "color" was orange. |
| 576 | * Music/MysterySkulls' animated music video for ''Ghost'' features characters that are blue, yellow, red, and pink. The leader character seems to be the yellow one, however, and the pink character is a male ghost and the main antagonist of the video. |
| 577 | [[/folder]] |
| 578 | |
| 579 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 580 | * In ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons'', agents of the aptly named Spectrum organization wear a colour coded uniform. An interesting because they have a few unusual colours such as [[TheMedic Doctor Fawn]], [[EnsembleDarkhorse Captain Ochre]], [[RealMenWearPink Captain Magenta]], and of course, [[TheHero Captain Scarlet]]. Other members include [[TheLancer Captain Blue]], [[TheBrigadier Colonel White]], [[BridgeBunnies Lieutenant Green]], [[SacrificialLamb Captain Brown]], [[FlatCharacter Captain Grey]], and [[TheDragon Captain Black]]. |
| 581 | * ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'': The pilots wear pastel-coloured sashes and belts: |
| 582 | ** Scott: light blue |
| 583 | ** Virgil: yellow |
| 584 | ** Alan: ivory |
| 585 | ** Gordon: orange |
| 586 | ** John: lilac |
| 587 | ** Brains: brown in ''Thunderbird 6'' |
| 588 | [[/folder]] |
| 589 | |
| 590 | [[folder:Professional Wrestling]] |
| 591 | * The top Japanese stars of Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling in the 90s, the famous Four Pillars, each had a signature color that they wore. Akira Taue wore red, Toshiaki Kawada wore yellow (and black, like police tape or a warning sign; he's dangerous), Mitsuharu Misawa wore green (and white), and Kenta Kobashi wore orange. Jun Akiyama, often considered the Fifth Pillar, wore blue. They tended to make their ring entrances in jackets of the appropriate color. |
| 592 | * Wrestling/DragonGate has its roster largely split between various stables, each with their own color scheme reflected in their attire and merchandise - for instance, Mad Blankey wore black and yellow. The Jimmyz are the exception, with their logo and group merch being simple black and white, but each member having an associated color -- Susumu's is purple, Saito's is orange, etc. Notably absent is green, because it's so associated with Dragon Kid. And Genki Horiguchi doesn't actually wear much of his color, yellow. |
| 593 | [[/folder]] |
| 594 | |
| 595 | [[folder:Reality Television]] |
| 596 | * The American reality game show ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' features the tribes getting their own coloured buffs which the members of the tribe must wear. In later seasons especially, producers also typically picked wardrobe for each contestant that was fairly close to those tribe colors, allowing an indication of original tribes after a formal tribe swap. |
| 597 | * ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' '''strongly''' encourages the members of each team to wear matching colors. It's never been made clear whether it's absolutely required. |
| 598 | [[/folder]] |
| 599 | |
| 600 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 601 | * Played straight with ''TabletopGame/{{Atmosfear}}'' with each character having a different coloured associated with them, extending to their keys and playing pieces (except in ''The Harbingers'') |
| 602 | ** Anne de Chantraine - orange (originally blue) |
| 603 | ** Baron Samedi - green (originally white) |
| 604 | ** Elizabeth Bathory - red (originally gray) |
| 605 | ** Gevaudan - blue (originally black) |
| 606 | ** Helin - purple |
| 607 | ** Khufu - yellow (originally red) |
| 608 | ** Medusa - lime |
| 609 | * The game known as ''Cluedo'' or ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'' somewhat inverts the trope, giving the pieces names and personas based on their colours: |
| 610 | ** Reverend Green (Mr. Green in some editions) - green |
| 611 | ** Colonel Mustard - yellow |
| 612 | ** Mrs. Peacock - blue |
| 613 | ** Professor Plum - purple |
| 614 | ** Miss Scarlet - red |
| 615 | ** Mrs. White - white |
| 616 | ** Dr. Orchid - pink |
| 617 | * ''TabletopGame/LEGOGames'': In ''Heroica'', every hero has a signature color. Barbarian is yellow, Mage is red, Druid is beige, Ranger is blue, Thief is black, Knight is silver, Prince is navy, and Sage is white. These colors are used in their inventories, so it's easier to tell them apart. |
| 618 | [[/folder]] |
| 619 | |
| 620 | [[folder:Theatre]] |
| 621 | * Productions of ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet'' usually use this to distinguish between [[FeudingFamilies the Montagues and the Capulets]], often with Monts in blue and Caps in red. Members of the house of Escalus, the Prince's family, are often shown in [[ColorCodedPatrician purple and/or gold]]. |
| 622 | ** This also carries over to ''Theatre/WestSideStory'', with the Jets usually in blues and the Sharks in reds. |
| 623 | * Also employed in productions of Creator/WilliamShakespeare's history plays, which typically involve large casts in multiple factions, all vying for the English crown. |
| 624 | ** Mandated by Shakespeare himself in Theatre/HenryVI, where the Lancastrians wear red [[FlowerMotifs roses]] and the Yorkists wear white ones. |
| 625 | * The six knights at Theatre/MedievalTimesDinnerAndTournament are referred to mainly by the colour of their heraldry: the Yellow Knight, the Blue Knight, the Black and White Knight, the Red and Yellow Knight, the Red Knight [[note]] Yes, there's a Yellow Knight, a Red Knight, ''and'' a Red and Yellow Knight[[/note]], and the Green Knight. The knights also have names, heraldic charges, and kingdoms they represent, but colour is much easier for audience members (especially children) to keep track of. Colour coding is also how guests are told which knight to cheer for and which section to sit in, via the cardboard crowns they're given when they enter. Other characters, such as royalty or the Lord Chancellor, are usually dressed in unaffiliated colours, such as black and gold, or a deep purplish red. |
| 626 | [[/folder]] |
| 627 | |
| 628 | [[folder:Toys]] |
| 629 | * ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'': Every wave of canister sets has characters with the same six colors: red, blue, green, black, white and brown/yellow/orange[[note]]The sixth color was consistently brown until the Toa Inika sets[[/note]]. Most of the time, the six colors are ColorCodedElements, but sometimes these colors appear on non-elemental characters. |
| 630 | * Each of the ''Toys/RainbowHigh'' characters is themed around a specific color, which often includes their name, hair [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow and sometimes their eyes]]. For example, ''Sunny'' Madison has yellow hair, while ''Ruby'' Anderson has bright red hair and her entire look is red-themed. |
| 631 | [[/folder]] |
| 632 | |
| 633 | [[folder:Visual Novels]] |
| 634 | * ''VisualNovel/CampBuddy'': Each character has a theme-colored neckerchief. |
| 635 | * ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony'': |
| 636 | ** All sixteen main characters are associated with the most prominent colour in their design, showcased by their names having a single character highlighted in that colour when it appears on top of the text box. |
| 637 | ** [[spoiler:When the POV switches to another character, the Class Trial UI changes the colour it is highlighted in to represent the switch. Kaede's is purple, Shuichi's is blue, Keebo's is white, Himiko's is neon blue and Maki's is red]]. |
| 638 | ** In the case of the Monokubs, Monotaro is red, Monokid is blue, Monosuke is yellow, Monophanie is pink, and Monodam is green. |
| 639 | * ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'': Sella and Leysritt look basically identical thanks to their uniforms. They have the same hair, eye and skin colors and their hats hide their different hairstyles. The two visual distinctions between the two: while their uniforms are almost identical, the dark-colored parts are two different colors. Sella's is dark blue (or dark purple) and Leysritt's is black. The other visual distinction are their cup sizes. |
| 640 | * In ''VisualNovel/IkemenSengoku'', each of the guys have a different prominent clothing color: Nobunaga's is black, Masamune's blue, Yukimura's red, Ieyasu's yellow, Hideyoshi's green, and so on. |
| 641 | * Each of the protagonists in ''VisualNovel/MonsterProm'' are color-coded for the sake of telling them apart, as the GUI changes color based on whose turn it is. Out of the two default names, one option is to just name them after their motif; [[AdorableAbomination Oz/Yellow]], [[OurGeniesAreDifferent Amira/Red]], [[AttractiveZombie Brian/Green]], and [[FrankensteinsMonster Vicky/Blue]]. |
| 642 | * Done pretty straight in ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney'' with Phoenix wearing blue and Edgeworth wearing magenta/maroon/[[RedOniBlueOni some shade of red]]. In Edgeworth's case, you eventually know that he was also wearing the same color, albeit a different jacket, a few years before the game's main course and that his current office is an epitome of his favorite color. |
| 643 | ** Taken further in future installments with almost every prosecutor/attorney having their associated color, along with a few supporting members (like Maya Fey's purple or Damon Gant's bright orange). |
| 644 | *** Apollo Justice (Bright red/Magenta) |
| 645 | *** Athena Cykes (Yellow) |
| 646 | *** Franziska von Karma (Cyan) |
| 647 | *** Godot (Teal) |
| 648 | *** Kristoph Gavin (Sky blue or lavender) |
| 649 | *** Klavier Gavin (Eggplant) |
| 650 | *** Simon Blackquill (Black) |
| 651 | *** Bobby Fulbright (White) |
| 652 | * ''VisualNovel/StarshipPromise'': The heroine and the Promise crew members each have a signature color which is featured prominently in their design. The heroine is green, Orion is blue, Jaxon is red, Nova is purple, and Atlas is orange. |
| 653 | * Each of the main cast members in ''VisualNovel/SweetEnchantments'' has a signature color dominant in their design: pink for Runa, teal for Lucien, red for Roman, and different shades of purple for Zain (dark), Liora (medium), and Emeril (lavender). |
| 654 | [[/folder]] |
| 655 | |
| 656 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 657 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': All characters are associated with a colour theme that primarily defines them in some way that is linked to another theme that they are often associated with. The show takes place eighty years after a global war that attempted, among other things, to suppress creativity and artistic expression. Ever since, people around the world remember this terrible time by naming their children after colours, or things that evoke a colour association. Only the BigGood and BigBad have names don't follow the colour scheme, and that's for plot-significant reasons. Using the titular team as an example: |
| 658 | ** Ruby Rose is the heroine of the story and leader of Team RWBY. She is inspired by ''Literature/LittleRedRidingHood''. Her clothing scheme is red, with strong black accents. She wears a red cape and gets nick-named 'Little Red' by one of the villains. The Red Trailer is the show's first prequel and her introduction. |
| 659 | ** Weiss Schnee is inspired by ''Literature/SnowWhite'', her name is German for 'White Snow' and her primary colour theme is white. She also has white hair and favours the element of ice when she fights. She is introduced in the second prequel trailer, the White Trailer. |
| 660 | ** Blake Belladonna is inspired by ''Literature/BeautyAndTheBeast''. Her primary colour theme is black and her innate ability is to create shadow clones that deceive enemy combatants. She is introduced in the third prequel trailer, the Black Trailer. Blake does have a purple accent, which in later volumes does get used for PurpleIsTheNewBlack reasons, when black alone wouldn't stand out. |
| 661 | ** Yang Xiao Long is the fourth team-mate and is inspired by ''Literature/GoldilocksAndTheThreeBears''. She's inordinately proud of her long golden hair and is primarily associated with the colour yellow. Her innate ability tends to light up her hair like fire when she activates it. She is introduced in the final prequel trailer, the Yellow Trailer. |
| 662 | * ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': |
| 663 | ** Simulation Troopers are split into Red Army and Blue Army, and soldiers wear armour associated with their army. However, prior to Season 6's introduction of Halo 3 assets, the only way to tell apart the characters is by ensuring individuals have different shades, ranging from the purest colour forms of red and blue to shades that are nominally associated with the colour (such as brown and pink for the Reds and turquoise and yellow for the Blues). |
| 664 | ** The Freelancers have a wide variety of colours, but specific colour combinations are unique to each individual Freelancer, making it easy to tell everyone apart. As twins, North and South Dakota have the most similar armour, but even they have different shades and therefore can be easily told apart. As a result, certain characters are heavily associated with certain colours, such as Tex's black armour, Carolina's cyan armour the Meta's white armour, North's brown armour and Washington's yellow-accented armour (normally black). Even when Carolina later shares Turquoise with Tucker, they wear different helmets, so can still be told apart. |
| 665 | * In ''WebAnimation/IfTheEmperorHadATextToSpeechDevice'', supernatural creatures seem to have their own colors, which is most visibly seen in subtitles. So far we have: |
| 666 | ** Emperor - gold |
| 667 | ** Magnus - scarlet |
| 668 | ** Tzeenth - blue |
| 669 | ** Nurgle - dark green |
| 670 | ** Cegorach - orange |
| 671 | * ''WebAnimation/BravestWarriors'': Blue for Chris, green for Beth, red for Danny, and orange for Wallow. |
| 672 | ** Their {{energy weapon}}s are a different set of colors: Chris' bee is green, Beth's whip is pink, Danny's sword is yellow, and Wallow's ax is blue. |
| 673 | * ''WebAnimation/MysterySkullsAnimated'': |
| 674 | ** ??? - Green |
| 675 | ** Vivi - Blue |
| 676 | ** Lewis - Magenta [[note]]closer to purple in life and fuchsia in death[[/note]] |
| 677 | ** Arthur - Orange |
| 678 | ** Mystery - Red |
| 679 | ** Shiromori - White |
| 680 | ** Mr. Pepper - Pink |
| 681 | ** Mrs. Pepper - Burgundy |
| 682 | * ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'': The main ensemble of [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife technicolor animals]]. |
| 683 | ** Cuddles - Lemon Yellow |
| 684 | ** Giggles - Pink |
| 685 | ** Toothy - Mauve |
| 686 | ** Lumpy - Azure Blue |
| 687 | ** Petunia - Navy/Indigo |
| 688 | ** Handy - Orange |
| 689 | ** Nutty - Chartreuse |
| 690 | ** Sniffles - Sky Blue |
| 691 | ** Flaky - Crimson Red |
| 692 | ** Pop & Cub - Apricot Brown |
| 693 | ** Disco Bear - Gold |
| 694 | ** Mime - Violet |
| 695 | ** The Mole - Magenta |
| 696 | ** Russell - Aquamarine |
| 697 | ** Lifty & Shifty - Pine Green |
| 698 | ** Flippy - Mint Green |
| 699 | ** Splendid - Cyan Blue |
| 700 | ** Cro-Marmot - Lime Green |
| 701 | ** Buddhist Monkey - Dandelion Yellow |
| 702 | ** Lammy - Lavender |
| 703 | ** Truffles - Steel Blue |
| 704 | * ''WebAnimation/{{Alphabet}}'': The letters and numbers each have their own colors respectively: |
| 705 | ** A - Tart Red |
| 706 | ** B - Sky Blue |
| 707 | ** C - Banana Yellow |
| 708 | ** D - Pear Green |
| 709 | ** E - Teal |
| 710 | ** F - Black |
| 711 | ** G - Grape Purple |
| 712 | ** H - Mint Green |
| 713 | ** I - Celeste |
| 714 | ** J - Lavender |
| 715 | ** K - Aureolin Yellow |
| 716 | ** L - Viridian Green |
| 717 | ** M - Maroon Red |
| 718 | ** N - Orange |
| 719 | ** O - Ocean Blue |
| 720 | ** P - Bubblegum Pink |
| 721 | ** Q - Beige |
| 722 | ** R - Wine Red |
| 723 | ** S - Olive Green |
| 724 | ** T - Pewter Grey |
| 725 | ** U - Lime Green |
| 726 | ** V - Navy Blue |
| 727 | ** W - Violet |
| 728 | ** X - Periwinkle |
| 729 | ** Y - Ivory |
| 730 | ** Z - Snow |
| 731 | ** 1 - Denim Blue |
| 732 | ** 2 - Dandelion Yellow |
| 733 | ** 3 - Scarlet Red |
| 734 | * The main characters of ''WebAnimation/XionicMadness'' are all associated with a specific color through their outfits, weapons and dialogue boxes: Omega is red, Xero is blue, Kary is green, and Askad is yellow. |
| 735 | |
| 736 | [[/folder]] |
| 737 | |
| 738 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 739 | * In ''Webcomic/AliceAndTheNightmare'', all social castes and unaligned characters have their own colours: |
| 740 | ** Hearts: Pink |
| 741 | ** Diamonds: Blue |
| 742 | ** Spades: Yellow |
| 743 | ** Clubs: Green |
| 744 | ** Queen Rougina: Red |
| 745 | ** Queen Bianchia: White |
| 746 | ** Azalea: Purple |
| 747 | ** Nightmares: Black |
| 748 | ** Cinnabar Army: Red |
| 749 | * Major characters in ''Webcomic/ArthurKingOfTimeAndSpace'' wear clothing in a distinct colour. Secondary characters wear a different shade of the colour associated with the major character they have the closest connection to. In the contemporary arc, this extends to the colour of the text in which the characters chat online, as in ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'', and you can even tell whose home a strip is set in by the colour of the walls. |
| 750 | ** Arthur: yellow (also used by his adoptive family, Uther in flashbacks, and minor knights whose main characteristic is "loyal to the Pendragons" such as Sir Ulfius) |
| 751 | ** Guenevere: Blue (also used by her family) |
| 752 | ** Lancelot: Red (also used by his family) |
| 753 | ** Merlin: Orange |
| 754 | ** Nimue: [[PurpleIsPowerful Violet]] |
| 755 | ** Morgan: Green (also used by her family, including Gawaine and his siblings) |
| 756 | ** Tristram: Pink (also used by [[GenderFlip his/her]] companions Dinadin and Palinodes, in different shades) |
| 757 | ** Isolde: Brown |
| 758 | ** Eglante: Grey (also used by her son Dodinel) |
| 759 | ** Pellinore: Indigo (also used by his family, including Elaine and Percival. WordOfGod is that the core indigo character is Pelleas) |
| 760 | ** Mordred: [[EvilWearsBlack Black]] (also used by the villainous Duke Mark, and the non-villainous Cadoc and Constantine III, all distant relation of Arthur's) |
| 761 | ** Galahad: [[GoldAndWhiteAreDivine White]] (also used by Balan, the Lady of the Lake, and bit character Kay the Stranger) |
| 762 | * In [[http://cucumber.gigidigi.com/cq/chapter-1-bonus-2/ bonus pages]] and sketches for ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest'', characters are drawn using one color: Carrot is orange, Peridot is green-yellow, etcetera. Within the comic itself, the color purple is coded to the [[BigBad Nightmare Knight]]. |
| 763 | * In '' Webcomic/DearChildren'' every [[http://dear-children.com/dear-children/ main character]] that has been introduced so far seems to be associated with a color. This color helps indicate who is talking, as background characters tend to speak in a gray text boxes, whereas the main cast has a colored gradient in theirs. Each character's color can also be found somewhere on their wardrobe at all times. |
| 764 | ** Journalism club members: Cail is purple, Michelle is blue, Emma is orange, Devin is pink, Gabe is red, and Josh is green. |
| 765 | ** Other possible main characters: Isaac is lavender blue, Aaron is black. |
| 766 | * ''Webcomic/DebuggingDestiny'' uses this to distinguish characters. Which is good, since the characters have almost no other distinguishing features. The color also organizes the characters into a GeodesicCast. |
| 767 | * ''Webcomic/Earth2068'': Every member of the main cast has an associated colour, used in the character's clothing or other elements associated with them. |
| 768 | * ''Webcomic/FoxesInLove'': Most characters have very similar body shapes and are visually distinguished mostly by their coloration. This especially applies to the two main characters, who are literally named Green and Blue Fox. |
| 769 | * ''Webcomic/{{Frivolesque}}'': Even though the characters in Frivolesque change their clothes once in a while, they always keep the same overall color scheme. On top of that, every character has a signature color that is either based on their clothes, an accessory they wear, or their hair. Chloe's color is red, Saki's is blue, Flore's is hot pink, Gaia's is green and Marie-Neige's is Sky Blue. Other character also follow this trend, like orange for Clementine, or yellow for Liliane. |
| 770 | * ''Webcomic/GrimTrigger'': Every character has different colored lineart that usually corresponds to their hair, eyes, or clothing |
| 771 | ** Tage: Green |
| 772 | ** Hunter: Red |
| 773 | ** Lodin: Maroon and pink |
| 774 | ** Proxy: Purple |
| 775 | * ''Webcomic/GuildedAge'': Each of the [[spoiler: [[PeopleJars tanks]]]] seem to be a different colour which is associated with one of the main characters. |
| 776 | ** Also during the [[spoiler: interviews, several accessories on their person are highlighted to give us an idea of [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic their personalities/hobbies]] as well as who they are in the game.]] |
| 777 | ** Then there's the enigma of [[spoiler:why Mr. Daedalus' tie is in Bandit's colors]] - or, more significantly, in the colours of Cultist magic. |
| 778 | * ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' features this in [[StealthPun spades]]. |
| 779 | ** Each of the kids has a color that is featured on their clothes, chat log text, eyes (due to the art style it's only seen in closeups) etc.: John is blue, Rose is purple, Dave is red, and Jade is green. Interestingly, John speaks in blue text while having a green symbol on his shirt, and the reverse is true of Jade as well. |
| 780 | ** This is actually a feature of [[AllTrollsAreDifferent troll society]], where the FantasticCasteSystem ranks people by [[AlienBlood blood color]]: each of the trolls types with, dresses in, and even wears make up that is the same color as their blood. Karkat, who types in grey to maintain anonymity about his blood, [[spoiler:which is bright red]], is an exception. These colors cover the visible light spectrum, resulting in a RainbowMotif. The colours for the major Troll characters are: Rust red (Aradia), brown/orange (Tavros), mustard yellow (Sollux)[[note]] Although he also has a prominent red and blue motif[[/note]], olive green (Nepeta), jade green (Kanaya), teal (Terezi), cobalt blue (Vriska), indigo (Equius), purple (Gamzee), violet (Eridan), fuchsia (Feferi). [[spoiler:In addition to these, there is a "lime"-colored blood in between Sollux and Nepeta's shades (where Karkat would fit in terms of zodiac signs, his abnormal bright red blood putting him out of the pattern) which had been hunted to extinction. So far, no character has been directly associated with this color, with the possible exception of Calliope in regards to her troll-persona]]. |
| 781 | ** [[spoiler:The kids from post-scratch Earth have their own colors that are similar to their corresponding pre-scratch kid's: Jane is cyan, Roxy is pink, Dirk is orange, and Jake is dark green.]] |
| 782 | ** The kids' sprites also have associated colours - Nannasprite is cyan, Jaspersprite is magenta, Davesprite is orange, and Jadesprite is dark green. [[spoiler:In other words, exactly the same as the post-scratch kids' colours, except Jaspersprite's, which is slightly different to Roxy's.]] |
| 783 | ** [[spoiler: Calliope]] is light grey and green; her brother [[spoiler: [[FromNobodyToNightmare Caliborn]]]] is dark grey and red. In the event of one [[BizarreAlienBiology "predominating"]] over the other, they use the other's red/green for their text. |
| 784 | ** Prospitians are coloured completely white, while Dersites are black. |
| 785 | ** The Midnight Crew are associated with black with red accents. |
| 786 | ** The Felt have green skin and wear green suits [[spoiler: apart from Snowman]], and all fifteen of them wear uniquely-colored/numbered hats that each correspond to a billiards ball. Additionally, [[TheDragon Doc Scratch]] has a penchant for the colour green, and speaks exclusively in white text. [[SelfDemonstrating/DocScratch And yes, the latter bit is just as annoying as it sounds]]. |
| 787 | ** Each Aspect has its own color scheme as well. [[ThePowerOfBlood Blood]] has red and brown, [[BlowYouAway Breath]] has light blue and teal, [[YouCantFightFate Doom]] has emerald and forest green, [[LifeEnergy Heart]] has magenta and pink, [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve Hope]] has yellow and cream, [[NatureHero Life]] has mint and tan, [[WindsOfDestinyChange Light]] has orange and gold, [[TheSmartGuy Mind]] has teal and aqua, [[UnstoppableRage Rage]] has lavender and purple, [[SpaceMaster Space]] has black and white, [[TimeMaster Time]] has red and maroon, [[PowerOfTheVoid Void]] has midnight blue and black. |
| 788 | * ''Webcomic/{{Irrelevator}}'' has three main characters who are stickmen, each one has a diffrent color, the green one has hair and beard, the red one has a baseball cap and the blue one has opaque glasses. |
| 789 | * In ''Webcomic/KissItGoodbye'', Aruka typically wears red and Yukimi often wears green throughout their lives. Those are their eye colors, too, and Yukimi's hair has a greenish tint. |
| 790 | * ''Webcomic/MetalPhoneMouse'': Every main character is associated with a different colour (respectively, Indigo = Shadow, Maroon = Chip, Orange = Pieman, Chocolate = Brass, Purple = Squiggle, Violet = Eva, Green = Nari, Bronze = Red Tail the Fluffy, white-on-black for the demon, Red = Pandora, Grey = everyone else) which tends to feature highly in their wardrobe and in which all their speech is rendered (making it easier to work out who's talking off-panel). |
| 791 | * All magicians in ''Webcomic/NeverSatisfied'' have a [[ColorCodedWizardry unified color to their magic]]. This shows in their eyes, their familiar's eyes, and in the [[AmplifierArtifact gemstones]] they can use as a magic focus. It doesn't affect the powers they have, but it ''does'' [[http://ohcorny.tumblr.com/post/176723051090/ run in the family]]. |
| 792 | ** Characters without magic also have color schemes, but these tend more flexible and less saturated. |
| 793 | * ''Webcomic/NextSoundOfTheFuture'': Characters' shading and dialogue boxes are in each character’s signature colour. Every Music/{{Vocaloid}} model is associated with a specific colour and the characters of that model have a unique shade. Among the main cast, Hatsune Miku androids like Shine and Tech are teal, Kagamine Rin androids like Roll are orange, and Megpoid androids like Gumiya and Hakase are green. |
| 794 | * ''Webcomic/Project0'' as per the characters' buttons on the [[http://www.centralcitytower.com/p/project-0.html website.]] Typically prominent on their outfits as well. |
| 795 | ** Owen: Purple |
| 796 | ** Aatu: Blue |
| 797 | ** Bea: Orange |
| 798 | ** Ciro: Yellow |
| 799 | ** Kareem: Red |
| 800 | ** Veronica: White |
| 801 | ** Noor: Black |
| 802 | * In ''Webcomic/RadioSilence'', the band members have text bubble color coordination. |
| 803 | ** Matt: Purple |
| 804 | ** Wren: Orange |
| 805 | ** Colbie: Blue |
| 806 | ** Brent: Green |
| 807 | ** Shy: Grey |
| 808 | ** Liz: Gold |
| 809 | * ''Webcomic/SacredPie'' uses this briefly when a key character gets cloned. The clones each have a certain facet of his personality and a different coloured hat. The hats are [[SpotTheImpostor important]]. |
| 810 | * Many of ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s characters are associated with one or two specific colors. |
| 811 | ** [[TheProtagonist Aster]]: Blue |
| 812 | ** [[TheStoic Bondi]]: Blue and yellow |
| 813 | ** [[NonActionGuy Buzz]]: Orange |
| 814 | ** [[ThoseTwoGuys Crust]]: Pink |
| 815 | ** [[TopHeavyGuy Dove]]: Orange |
| 816 | ** [[ThoseTwoGuys Eel]]: [[RhymesOnADime Teal]] |
| 817 | ** [[BloodKnight Etna]]: [[RedGreenContrast Red and green]] |
| 818 | ** [[LivingLegend The Legend]]: White |
| 819 | ** [[GirlyBruiser Lily]]: Pink |
| 820 | ** [[TheAce Phoebe]]: Red |
| 821 | ** [[TheQuietOne Ponpon]]: Black and white |
| 822 | ** [[TagalongKid Puck]]: Pink and aqua |
| 823 | ** [[FemaleFighterMaleHandler Teddy]]: Blue |
| 824 | ** [[{{Jerkass}} Urchin]]: [[SecondaryColorNemesis Pink and green]] |
| 825 | ** [[CombatCommentator Yellow]]: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Yellow]] |
| 826 | * ''Webcomic/{{Unordinary}}'': A character's eye colour and hair often matches the colour of their speech bubbles. |
| 827 | ** John: Black |
| 828 | ** Seraphina: Magenta |
| 829 | ** Arlo: Gold |
| 830 | ** Isen: Orange |
| 831 | ** Blyke: Red |
| 832 | ** Remi: Pink |
| 833 | * This can be seen in ''Webcomic/VoodooWalrus'' by way of the main cast having certain colors that the artist repeatedly works into their clothes. Orange and green for Grymm, a dull blue and grey for Creep Knight, vibrant blue for Bowler, and purpler for Mirth. This isn't just for clothes, it extends into their word bubbles as well. And many other supporting characters are color coded too. But some colors change with major personality shifts. |
| 834 | [[/folder]] |
| 835 | |
| 836 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 837 | * Each of the four main characters in ''Literature/{{Oktober}}'' have a color that is associated with them, which makes it easier to keep track of who's entry you are reading. Nick is orange, Natasha is red, Matthias is green, and Smith/Jones is blue. Additionally, side characters seem to have colors that are associated with them as well. Most notably, Daphne is light blue, Midas is blood red or maroon, and [[spoiler:Joshua]] is silver. |
| 838 | * The Five Powers of ''Literature/{{Lambda}}'' each have their own particular colours. Soleil is black, Krieggarten is gold, Seisen is blue, Casus Belli is green, and Zafiel is red. |
| 839 | * The cast of Literature/StatlessAndTactless use different color posts. |
| 840 | ** The colors also relate to the characters to an extent. Soo's character is very rich and her post color is green. Joe is a fiendish jerkass and he's red. Kyle is balanced (and very opposed to Joe) and posts in blue. |
| 841 | * ''WebAnimation/SuperMarioBrosZ'': The Koopa Bros. Made infinitely more amusing when one looks back and realizes who fought who in the first battle against them-- particularly Red, Green and Black. The same can be said for the Axem Rangers, though they had one extra member. |
| 842 | * ''Literature/TheRoarOfOurStars'': Each character has a unique avatar and color. |
| 843 | * In his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHSSNyIlAps episode on trolling]], Mike from [[WebVideo/PBSIdeaChannel Idea Channel]] disagreed with himself later, so he edited in future Mike as blue, where original recording Mike wore red. |
| 844 | * The three main characters of ''WebOriginal/SeventeenThousandSevenHundredSeventySix'' are given different colored text (and, when the reader sees them, bodies) - Nine is red, Ten is green, and Juice is yellow/orange. |
| 845 | * Regulars on WebVideo/FailRace will usually maintain the same color car across dozens of races in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV''. Alex (gamertag Casino Royale), who runs the channel, and another user named [=UltraBlakey95=] are collectively known as "Team Orange" as they both primarily use orange vehicles. |
| 846 | * The three main members of LetsPlay/TheRunawayGuys each have a main color, often dubbed as their "TRG Color". Emile (LetsPlay/{{Chuggaaconroy}}) uses red, Tim (LetsPlay/NintendoCapriSun) uses green, and Jon (LetsPlay/ProtonJon) uses blue. |
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| 849 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 850 | * Most kids have a favorite color that they like their personal belongings to have (like backpacks, lunchboxes, blankets and toys). This usually tones down but still remains into adulthood sometimes in their car color, cell phone case, or favorite outfits and jackets for instance. Siblings will choose different colors to stand out from each other. Parents sometimes invoke this especially with twins to tell them apart when they're still young. |
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