Line #21 PlayingWith/ColourCodedForYourConvenience


1	'''Basic Trope''': An ensemble wears different colours as a visual que for their personality, abilities, etc.
2	* '''Straight''': In the RPG ''JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia'', TheTeam is composed of TheHero, [[HeroesPreferSwords Prince]] [[TokenHuman Bob]], who always wears his gold armour with his crown-shaped helmet, TheLancer, [[KnightInShiningArmour Prince]] [[CoolHorse Charlie]], who always wears his brown knight's armour, TheSmartGuy, [[BlackMage Prince]] [[KingOfBeasts Dave]], who always wears his blue BlackMage outfit, TheBigGal, [[BareFistedMonk Princess]] [[NobleWolf Emily]], who always wears her green [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIII Karateka]] outfit, and TheHeart, [[WhiteMage Princess]] [[NobleBirdOfPrey Alice]], who always wears her red and white WhiteMage outfit.
3	* '''Exaggerated''': The [[SixthRanger Sixth Rangers]] all wear different colours too.
4	* '''Downplayed''': The team all wear similar uniforms, but the piping is color-coded by specialty.
5	* '''Justified''': The outfits show their different jobs - Hero, Knight, Black Mage, Boxer, and White Mage respectively.
6	* '''Inverted''': Everyone wears the same uniform, because they all work for the same organization, and therefore have the same colour.
7	* '''Subverted''': None of them have a LimitedWardrobe.
8	* '''Double Subverted''': They change their outfits almost instantly.
9	* '''Parodied''':
10	** They all wear the same colour, with different accents - their outfits have no differences otherwise.
11	** Characters are named after their colors, one of them does not even wear the color they are associated with, there is a character who is literally a physical blob of color, and their leader is the Invisible Pink Unicorn.
12	* '''Zig Zagged''': {{The hero}} and [[TheLancer his close partner]] wear colorful outfits, while the teammates they find all wear the same uniform.
13	* '''Averted''': They don't have any colour-coding system.
14	* '''Enforced''':
15	** The writers do this because the game is based on Franchise/PowerRangers, of which the author is a fan.
16	** The [[ExecutiveMeddling execs]] tell the creators to give each character a specific colour because "it will make it easier for the audience to tell them apart."
17	** NBC told the creators of the 1964-1968 show to give each character a specific [[UsefulNotes/SwitchToColor Living Color]] to convince the audience to buy color [=TVs=] just to tell who's who.
18	* '''Lampshaded''': "Hey, that's Alice. I know by her..". "...feathers?" "... No, because she's wearing red".
19	* '''Invoked''': The heroes decide to dress in signature colours so that they can spot each other easily in a big battle.
20	* '''Exploited''': The BigBad knows their weak points by their colours, and creates a BarrierChangeBoss.
21	* '''Defied''': They refuse to wear exactly five colours between them.
22	* '''Discussed''': "Why do you always wear those outfits? Yellow, Brown, Red, Blue, Green..".
23	* '''Conversed''': "Hey, you remember JustForFun/TalesOfTroperia? Yeah, I could tell Alice was the secret boss from the beginning. Just from her color scheme. Yeah."
24	* '''Played For Laughs''': Bob joins a super team, and finds out to his horror that the only colors left untaken are [[PinkGirlBlueBoy pink and purple.]]
25	* '''Deconstructed''': The flashy outfits mean that the heroes aren't really camouflaged and the villains can easily take countermeasures because they always know exactly who's coming.
26	* '''Reconstructed''':
27	** The heroes change to stealthy outfits with just a splash of color on the back.
28	** Once they realize the villains have caught on to their color coding, they start periodically switching outfits to confuse them.
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