Examples of Color-Coded Characters present in Video Games.
- Advance Wars gives us Orange Star, Blue Moon, Yellow Comet, Green Earth, and Black Hole. Interestingly Orange Star's color is actually Red. Its name got changed from Red Star in western releases, probably due to the fact that it's a Fantasy Counterpart Culture of the United States and thus having it be associated with a name that invoked communism like "Red Star" would be confusing at best.
- The main girls from Amagami are often associated with their own respective colors through both the game and the anime:
- Haruka is associated with Violet.
- Kaoru is associated with Green.
- Sae is associated with Fuchsia (though Red is also used to represent her sometimes).
- Ai is associated with Dark Blue.
- Rihoko is associated with Orange (Dark Yellow is also common, however).
- Tsukasa is associated with Light Blue.
- Additionally, the other two most relevant female characters after the previously mentioned six, Miya and Risa, are associated with Yellow and Gray, respectively (Pink is also used for Risa sometimes).
- Angry Birds:
- Red: Red
- Blue: The Blues
- Yellow: Chuck
- Black: Bomb
- White: Matilda
- Green: Hal
- Maroon: Terence (he was more referred to as Big Brother Bird or Big Red Bird)
- Orange: Bubbles
- Pink: Stella
- In Angry Birds Stella: Pink (Stella), light yellow (Poppy), light blue (Luca), blue (Willow), brown (Dahlia), and purple (Gale).
- Gray: Silver
- Apricot: Melody
- And of course, lime green for the Bad Piggies.
- The Color of Mantra from Asura's Wrath is this depending on the character. The following colors are:
- Azure Striker Gunvolt Series
- The first three games in the series, Azure Striker Gunvolt, Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 and Luminous Avenger iX, give their bosses (who are Differently Powered Individuals) rainbow color-coding. That said, bosses who share color usually don't have the same power.
- Red: Viper, Gibril, Rebellio (as an example of same color =/= same powers, Viper is Playing with Fire, Gibril is Extra-ore-dinary and Rebellio is a Master of Threads)
- Orange: Carrera, Asroc, Crimm
- Yellow: Stratos, Desna, Dystnine
- Green: Jota, Teseo, Stella
- Blue: Merak, Tenjian, Bakto plus Blade
- Pink or purple: Elise, Milas plus Ghauri, Isola (Technically Zonda also counts, but she's a Bait-and-Switch Boss in the first game and Big Bad in the second)
- Luminous Avenger iX 2 and Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 still color-code their bosses, but not with the rainbow color spread. In iX 2, this is particularly notable in one boss evoking the powers of the other bosses, and said evoked powers are also color-coded accordingly.
- The first three games in the series, Azure Striker Gunvolt, Azure Striker Gunvolt 2 and Luminous Avenger iX, give their bosses (who are Differently Powered Individuals) rainbow color-coding. That said, bosses who share color usually don't have the same power.
- Banjo-Kazooie series: The main characters and their allies are all connected to colors in some way:
- Banjo: Blue (has a blue backpack, and his split-up pad in Tooie is blue)
- Kazooie: Red (has primarily red feathers, and her split-up pad in Tooie is red)
- Mumbo Jumbo: Pink (has pink skin and uses pink magic blasts to attack with in Tooie)
- Tooty: Purple (has purple pants and hairbands)
- Bottles: Orange (wears an orange vest and can be found inside orange-brown molehills)
- Jamjars: Green (wears a green military uniform)
- Humba Wumba: Yellow (dresses in yellow and resides inside a yellow-colored wigwam)
- The Binding of Isaac: Each of the Harbingers has a dominant color scheme and, starting from Afterbirth+, an associated locust color that usually matches them.
- Famine: Gray, with yellow locusts.
- Pestilence: Green.
- War: Red.
- Death: Light Gray, with black locusts.
- Conquest: White.
- Bread & Fred: Bread wears red, Fred wears green, and Greg wears yellow.
- Bug Fables:
- The members of Team Snakemouth each have a predominant color, which highlights Medals when equipped to them and is the color of their HP boxes. Yellow for Vi, green for Kabbu, and light blue for Leif. Medals not equipped with single characters are highlighted in orange when equipped.
- Twins Gen and Eri look identical aside from Gen wearing a blue scarf and Eri wearing a green scarf.
- Caveman Warriors:
- Jack (Green)
- Liliana (Red)
- Moe (Blue)
- Brienne (Yellow)
- The Consuming Shadow:
- The Scholar: Red
- The Ministry Man: Blue
- The Warrior: Orange
- The Wizard: Green
- The Ancients in the game have their own colors that are randomized.
- Dawn of the Breakers categorizes its characters in different Color-Coded Elementsnote , which each have three subelements named after a color. There are two characters representing every subelement except for White, Silver, Black, and Gold, and different hues of their hair color distinguish them.
- Yusaku and Rishin: Red
- Aiba and Keiji: Blue
- Kiri and Ichika: Yellow
- Ryo and Mikami: Green
- Mikoto and Tilda: Pink
- Yuki and Nono: Violet
- Tae and Go: Orange
- Sawako and Sakura: Cyan
- Yuya: White
- Romeo: Black
- The player's avatar is coded with the silver color (and "Silver" is even his official name), but he is not playable and does not have that subelement in-game. The silver subelement also does not appear on any enemy or boss. The gold subelement never had a playable character and is not seen in-game aside from a hammer-wielding miniboss of the Ruin Vanguard.
- Deep Rock Galactic gives each of the four playable classes their own main color, which shows up on their armor, their flares, and in UI elements related to them. The Gunner is green, the Driller is yellow, the Engineer is red, and the Scout is blue.
- In Dicey Dungeons, the playable dice are distinguished by color: the Warrior is blue, the Thief is green, the Robot is gray, the Inventor is orange, the Witch is purple, and Jester is orange. Lady Luck, the host of the dungeons, is associated with various vivid shades of red.
- In Diner Dash Adventures, the customers are categorized into different color schemes, and each color's tied to a specific trait:
- Green (generous): Rosie, Minnie, Hal, Bernie.
- Red (fast): Barb, Gil, Shakes, Max, Piper.
- Blue (patient): Norbert, Dorbert, Florence, Kingston, Queenie, Gladys.
- Mr. Big's goons are colorless, and each causes significant hindrances to the player.
- In Dragon Quest V, each potential wife has a different hair color and contrasting theme colors in their wardrobe:
- Bianca: blonde hair; green tunic/dress and orange cloak.
- Nera: blue hair; pastel blue, white, and lavender/blush pink.
- Debora: black hair; rich red and darker pink.
- In Drunk on Nectar, each species can be distinguished by the color of its pheromone trails.
- Dynasty Warriors tends to have officers dress in a color that matches which of the Colour Coded Armies they fight for; later games in the series will also create Palette Swapped versions of the outfits for officers who end up changing sides at some point. For example, Zhang He starts out wearing yellow when working for Yuan Shao but swaps to a blue version of his outfit once he joins Cao Cao.
- In Emerald City Confidential, the residents of the different parts of Oz wear colors representing their home city or country; this makes it easy to see who is a foreigner. For instance, the completely-dressed-in-green Petra in the middle of all yellow Winkie Country.
- The party in the Epic Battle Fantasy series is recognizable by their usual clothes and hair color:
- Matt: Yellow
- Natalie: Red
- Lance: Black
- Anna: Green
- NoLegs: Blue
- Invoked by Evolve. The different hunter classes each have a different color for easy identification in combat. On the other side, red represents the monsters in general, but each has a unique armor glow.
- Final Fantasy III used fournote colors to denote the four Onion Knights, those being the only difference between them. The remake turns each color into the most prominent color on each kid's starting outfit to distinguish them in job classes, combined with Symbol Motif Clothing. Fully-armored jobs used their hair colors on helmet plumes.
- Luneth: Purple, silver hair
- Arc: Green, brown hair
- Refia: Blue, red hair
- Ingus: Red, blond hair
- Final Fantasy X: A trail of color marks each of your seven party members' progress on the Sphere Grid, either appearing in their costume prominently or associated with them in some other way:
- Tidus: Light Blue
- Yuna: White
- Auron: Red
- Wakka: Yellow-Orange
- Lulu: Purple
- Kimahri: Dark Blue
- Rikku: Green
- Notably, the colors associated with Tidus, Wakka, and Rikku are significant to solving a simplistic puzzle during Mt. Gagazet.
- Final Fantasy XIV gives most of the main cast distinctive colour schema, which change often depending on how far along in the story one is — mostly because of Character Development. Y'shtola, for example, starts off in a white top with blue jeans and black boots, and gradually shifts towards a black frilled dress, contrasting her white eyes, showing not just her newfound blindness but her acknowledgement as the heir of Matoya. Lyse and Yda bear an interesting contrast, with Yda wearing white with a splash of red, while Lyse prefers red with white contrasts. Considering that when we meet them, Yda is Lyse, just disguised as her dead sister, the palette swap becomes much more relevant. As Alphinaud and Alisaie gradually grow apart, so too do their outfits, with Alphinaud switching to blue (for Arcanist and eventually Sage) and Alisaie switching to red (for her Red Mage class). And of course, Tataru Taru wears pink.
- Fuzion Frenzy: According to the game manual, the color-coding makes them easier to identify when playing fast-paced minigames (which covers about 90% of them)
- Dub: Green
- Samson: Red
- Zak: Yellow
- Geena: Blue note
- Naomi: Orange
- Jet: Pink note
- Both the Galaxy Angel and the Galaxy Angel II trilogies use this for the Moon Angel Wing, and the female members of the Rune Angel Wing, in the form of the members' favorite colors. These are present in both their regular uniforms and their Emblem Frames.
- Milfie: Pink
- Ranpha: Red
- Mint: Light blue
- Forte: Purple
- Vanilla: Light green
- Chitose: Navy blue
- Rico: Orange
- Lily: Dark blue
- Nano: Sky blue
- Kahlua: Green
- Tequila: Violet-silver
- Anise: Wine red
- Natsume: Pearl-pink
- Grand Theft Auto V has three story mode protagonists who have their own colors and one online protagonist with their own color.
- Michael: Blue.
- Franklin: Green.
- Trevor: Orange.
- Online Protagonist: Dark blue.
- In the Grow games:
- Onkies: Men are light yellow, women are light pink, children are orange, and babies are light green. In Grow Valley and Grow Clay, your engineers are all colour-coded by occupation. In Grow Cinderella, you have a purple chariot driver onky and a brown butler onky.
- Tonties' colors seems to depend of their roles in their colonies, for example, the green ones digs the galleries, the red ones takes care of constructions like ladders and elevator, and the yellow ones takes care of anything money related. There are much more colors as seen in Grow Valley, Grow Park and their own eponymous game, but their exact roles aren't known.
- The Harvest Sprites from Harvest Moon: Friends of Mineral Town look identical and are only distinguishable by the colors of their clothes: Chef is red, Nappy is orange, Hoggy is yellow, Timid is green, Aqua is blue, Staid is indigo, while Bold is purple.
- Hoshi wo Miru Hito: As indicated by their hair colors and aspects of their outfits, Minami is blue, Shiba is green, Misa is pink and Aine is orange.
- Idolish 7, in particular, has a Rainbow Motif, though almost all the prominent characters have a color associated with them.
- IDOLiSH7:
- Iori: black and indigo
- Yamato: green
- Mitsuki: orange
- Tamaki: cyan
- Sougo: purple
- Nagi: yellow
- Riku: red
- TRIGGER:
- Gaku: gray
- Ten: pink
- Ryuunosuke: blue
- Re:vale:
- Momo: hot pink
- Yuki: lime green
- IDOLiSH7:
- The Idolmaster: All of the idols have associated colors, as can be seen here.
- The Handsome Men from Killer7, being a sentai team, naturally follow this, though the fact that there are so many of them leads to a few odd color choices, like light brown and "dead" (red and yellow.)
- The King of Fighters:
- Four important characters in the NESTS Chronicles Story Arc all have different Power Limiter colors associated with them. K' is red, Kula is yellow, K9999/Krohnen is blue, and Nameless is silver.
- The King of Fighters 2002: Unlimited Match: The Clone Team is a trio of clones of series protagonist Kyo Kusanagi, all clad in his old gakuran. To tell them apart, they wear different colors: Kyo-1 is blue, Kyo-2 is brown, and KUSANAGI is black.
- In the free version of Last Word, all the characters are just silhouettes, distinguished by body type and posture, color, and other details (i.e.. the bowtie on Whitty Gawship or the star on General Sandhoff's uniform.) The commercial version has the characters' map sprites still have the same silhouettes, but appropriate portraits appear during conversations.
- The color serves another story function, too, as it designates the noble house each character belongs to; when Professor Chatters reveals he is related to Whitty and thus is actually part of House Gawship, his silhouette color changes to match hers.
- League of Legends has a Magical Girl-themed set of skins for nine of the female champions (and one male) called the Star Guardians:
- The Legend of Zelda does this a lot. The elements of the Triforce and their respective goddesses/bearers (and oracles of the same name as the goddesses) thematically arrange them as follows:
- Link and Farore (and the Oracle of Secrets) are Green
- Zelda and Nayru (and the Oracle of Ages) are Blue
- Ganon and Din (and the Oracle of Seasons) are Red
- In addition, The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords had you split into four separate Links, with green, blue, red, and purple tunics. In the manga version, they go by Green, Blue, Red, and Vio.
- The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX has the Color Dungeon—but to get in, two Stalfos, one wearing a blue robe and the other wearing a red one, ask you a simple question of what color they are. Sounds easy—but if you're colorblind or not playing the game on a Game Boy Color, you can't get into the dungeon.
- The recurring members of the Seven Sages and their associated characters are often tied to particular colors:
- Ocarina of Time gives us Rauru (Yellow), Saria (Green), Darunia (Red), Ruto (Blue), Nabooru (Orange), Impa (Purple), and Zelda herself (Cyan/Light Blue).
- Four Swords features the Seven Maidens—Blue, Yellow, Green, White (which manifests as more of a light blue), Red, Purple, and Zelda (whose aura is actually white).
- Spirit Tracks contains a different group—the Lokomo—who are nevertheless color-coded: Anjean (Violet/Lavender), Gage (Green), Steem (White/Dark Blue), Carben (Light Blue), Embrose (Red), and Rael (Yellow/Brown). The originally planned sixth Lokomo, Syda, would have been Black
- A Link Between Worlds has a new set of Seven Sages: Rosso (Red), Queen Oren (Orange), Osfala (Yellow), Gulley (Green), Seres (Cyan/Light Blue), Irene (Indigo/Dark Blue), and Impa (Purple).
- Breath of the Wild offers a different take on the theme—the Four Champions—but still has associated colors: the Zora Mipha (Blue), the Goron Daruk (Red), the Rito Revali (Green), and the Gerudo Urbosa (Yellow/Orange).
- Tears of the Kingdom brings the concept of Sages back, with most following the roles and colors of Breath of the Wild. They consist of the Sage of Lightning Riju (Orange), Sage of Water Sidon (Blue), Sage of Fire Yonobo (Red), Sage of Wind Tulin (Green), Sage of Spirit Mineru (Purple), and the Sage of Time Zelda (Bright Yellow). In all cases, these are the colors of the icons meant to represent their abilities/Sage Vows.
- LEGO Stunt Rally:
- The four playable characters each represent a different color.
- Wrench: Red
- Chip: Yellow
- Barney: Blue
- Lucky: Green
- The five boss racers are also color-coded.
- Radium: Yellow
- Baron Flambo: Red
- Snake: Green
- Glacia: Blue
- Mr. X: Purple
- The four playable characters each represent a different color.
- Appears to some degree in the Mass Effect trilogy; some characters keep pretty consistent coloring in their available costumes.
- Metroid Prime: Hunters
- Trace - Red
- Spire - Orange
- Kanden - Yellow
- Weavel - Green
- Sylux - Blue
- Noxus - Violet
- Nidhogg Invokes this, in a minimalism style. All characters are colored silhouettes assigned randomly. You are yellow in the single player.
- In no-one has to die., the entire gameplay is done through text messages, and each character has a color to match their handle.
- Steve: Mint Green
- Christina: Vermilion
- Troy: Silver
- Lionel: Lavender
- Visitor: Steel Blue
- In Octopath Traveler, the protagonists and their classes all have their own color motif:
- Ophilia and the Cleric class are white.
- Cyrus and the Scholar class are black.
- Tressa and the Merchant class are yellow.
- Olberic and the Warrior class are blue.
- Primrose is red, but the Dancer class does not have a color as an odd exception to the rule. Anyone who multi-classes into a Dancer retains the color of their original one.
- Alfyn and the Apothecary class are green.
- Therion and the Thief class are purple.
- H'aanit and the Hunter class are pink.
- The main six characters of OMORI have a general color scheme, which is far more prevalent among their real-world selves:
- The playable characters in Overwatch all have a prominent color on their default outfits (some even extending to their abilities and symbols). Examples include:
- D.Va: pink
- Lúcio: green
- Sombra: purple
- Symmetra: cyan
- Pankapu: Ohoko is green, Ohiti is red, and Ohala is blue.
- The elf-like kids who star in the arcade games Percussion Kids/Tempo Kiddo and Super Kids/Wonder Boys by International Games System:
- Kimpo: Blue
- Ice: Green
- Dory: Pink
- Sosa: Yellow
- Pedestal (2021): Most major characters are associated with a certain color that also matches their hair: blue for Aoi, red for Akari, purple for Shiori, pink for Sakura, white for Miyuki, yellow for Kana, green for Midori, and black for Sumikazu.
- The Investigation Team in Persona 4.
- The Protagonist: Gray.
- Yosuke Hanamura: Orange.
- Chie Satonaka: Green.
- Yukiko Amagi: Red.
- Kanji Tatsumi: Purple.
- Rise Kujikawa: Pink.
- Teddie: Yellow.
- Naoto Shirogane: Blue.
- Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth gives S.E.E.S. a color scheme of their own:
- The Protagonist: Blue.
- Yukari Takeba: Pink.
- Junpei Iori: Indigo.
- Akihiko Sanada: Red.
- Mitsuru Kirijo: Magenta.
- Fuuka Yamagishi: Green.
- Aigis: Yellow.
- Koromaru: Brown.
- Ken Amada: Orange.
- Shinjiro Aragaki: Purple.
- Which are basically their colors from the original game; just give Junpei black, Mitsuru white, Fuuka light blue, Koromaru no color or also white, and Shinjiro brown.
- Persona 5: Each of the Phantom Thieves except Morgana wears different-colored gloves in their thief alter-egos that correspond to what element they specialize in or their role on the team
- The Protagonist's gloves are red, the same color as the skull icon used for Curse skills.
- Ryuji's are yellow, and he specializes in Zio skills.
- Ann's are pink, and she specializes in Agi skills.
- Yusuke's are blue, and he specializes in Bufu skills.
- Makoto's are white, and she specializes in Nuclear skills.
- Futaba's are green, but she doesn't actively participate in battles as she serves as the team's Mission Control.
- Haru's are purple, and she specializes in Psy skills.
- Goro's are gray, and he specializes in Bless and Almighty skills. During the third-term events in Royal, he gains black gauntlets to correspond to him now specializing in Curse instead of Bless.
- This theming is partially averted in Royal, as Kasumi's glove color (red) is not only shared with another team member but doesn't correspond to her specific element (Bless).
- The Pikmin commanders, after the sequels add to the cast:
- Prayer of the Faithless: Multiple:
- Aeyr has red armor, and on the Start Screen, he's the red highlighted silhouette.
- Mia has blue hair and armor, and on the Start Screen, she's the blue highlighted silhouette.
- Amalie has red hair and armor.
- Trill has green hair and clothing with green accents.
- Aeyr has red armor, and on the Start Screen, he's the red highlighted silhouette
- The opponents in the Punch-Out!! series are usually represented with one (sometimes more than one) specifically featured color:
- Aran Ryan (green)
- Bald Bull (red)
- Bear Hugger (blue and red)
- Bob Charlie (red and purple)
- Disco Kid (blue)
- Don Flamenco (red)
- Dragon Chan (blue)
- Gabby Jay (blue)
- Glass Joe (red)
- Great Tiger (yellow and orange)
- Heike Kagero (purple)
- Hoy Quarlow (red)
- Kid Quick (red)
- King Hippo (yellow and orange)
- Mad Clown: (blue)
- Masked Muscle (blue and orange)
- Mr. Sandman (yellow)
- Narcis Prince (a mixed color scheme of red, yellow, blue, and green)
- Nick Bruiser (yellow)
- Piston Hondo (red)
- Piston Hurricane (green and blue)
- Pizza Pasta (green and red)
- Rick Bruiser (red)
- Soda Popinski (red)
- Super Macho Man (blue)
- Von Kaiser (green)
- Red Earth: The four protagonists are associated with different colors, and the stage transition is tinted with their color when playing as them:
- Tessa: Purple
- Leo: Tan
- Mai Ling: Green
- Kenji: Blue
- Despite an over 20-year-long history, Resident Evil continues to clothe five out of six central characters in the same colors through every appearance:
- Chris prefers hunter green or olive drab.
- Jill is usually powder blue but sometimes edges towards indigo.
- Claire is maroon.
- Ada is crimson.
- Wesker is black and sometimes midnight.
- Leon's signature color seems to be dark blue, but he's something of a combo-breaker in that he appears to own clothes in more than one segment of the color wheel; some of his outfits feature no blue at all.
- In Riviera: The Promised Land, the female playable characters all have a single dominant color. Ein and Ledah, the guys, have more color variation but are predominantly blue and red, respectively.
- Fia: Green
- Lina: Orange/Yellow
- Serene: Blue
- Cierra: Red
- Sengoku Basara: Most notable are main rivals Yukimura and Masamune, who wear red and blue respectively. Motonari and Motochika also sport complementary color schemes.
- Mitsunari and Ieyasu too. Mitsunari wears black and purple to represent the moon, whereas Ieyasu wears yellow to represent the sun.
- Shounen Kininden Tsumuji
- Tsumuji: Red
- Chijimi: Yellow
- Hayate: Blue
- Peach: Pink
- Kinta: Purple
- Tomame: Teal
- Silence of the Sleep uses a single primary color outline for each of its main characters, having a slight accent (i.e.. a colored tie) to set them apart. It's done in sharp contrast to the richly detailed (even if heavily dilapidated) levels of the game.
- In Skies of Arcadia there are the five (later six) admirals of the Valuan Armada, with their uniforms and ships:
- Sonic the Hedgehog: Each of the characters' fur/feather/body color tends to follow them everywhere. Sonic is Blue, Knuckles is Red, Tails is dark-ish Yellow and so on.
- Team Dark is more complicated, however:
- Shadow's fur is Black with Red highlights, and he wears silver shoes. He is usually associated with Blacks and Grays or Maroon, but his attacks and auras are all orange to contrast with Sonic's blue theme.
- Rouge has White fur and wears a black bodysuit with white gloves, a pink heart, and pink accents. She tends to be associated with Pink/White, but her auras are magenta, and attacks are typically black.
- Omega is Red, Black, and Gray. Like Shadow, he's also associated with Blacks, Grays, and Reds, but his auras are a deep purple.
- The Wisps from Sonic Colors come in various colors, and as such, they represent different powers. So far, we got Laser (Cyan), Drill (Yellow), Rocket (Orange), Spikes (Pink), Cube (Blue), Hover (Green), Frenzy (Purple), Burst (Red), and Void (Violet).
- In Sonic Lost World, we get Asteroid (Indigo), Eagle (Crimson), Rhythm (Magenta), Lightning (Ivory), Quake (Gray), and Bomb (Black), and in Team Sonic Racing, we get Ghost (Jade).
- The Hard Boiled Heavies of Sonic Mania are all color-coded based mainly on their upper bodies. Heavy Gunner is blue, Heavy Shinobi is green, Heavy Magician is yellow-orange, Heavy Rider is magenta, and Heavy King is gold and red.
- Team Dark is more complicated, however:
- Star Fox:
- Fox: Yellow
- Falco: Blue
- Peppy: Red
- Slippy: Green
- Bill: Olive
- Katt: Pink
- Krystal, Fara: Purple
- Star Wolf as of Star Fox Command: Wolf, Red; Leon, Green; Panther, Blue
- The actual uniforms worn by the members of Star Fox do not necessarily correspond with their designated colors: Fox wears green, Falco wears orange, and Slippy wears blue. Only Peppy wears the same color, red.
- The four commandos of Delta Squad in Star Wars: Republic Commando each have a different colored paint job on their armor. Their numerical designations in your HUD are similarly colored.
- The Super Mario series in general, especially in sports games and other spin-offs. Though, having so many characters, most have a primary color and a secondary color associated with them to prevent overlapping.
- Main Characters:
- Mario: red
- Luigi: green, dark green, or blue - primarily depending on what colors Yoshi and Toad are
- Yoshi: green and light green
- Toad: blue and white, or red in the context of the Toad Brigade
- Peach: pink
- Daisy: orange or yellow/amber
- Bowser: orange/scarlet or dark green
- Bowser Jr.: orange or green and white
- Wario: purple, sometimes yellow
- Waluigi: black or eggplant
- Birdo: magenta/purple, and a bit of red
- DK: yellow or brown
- Rosalina: cyan/aquamarine
- Koopalings:
- Games usually use cyan (Larry), black (Morton), pink (Wendy), lime (Iggy), purple (Roy), orange (Lemmy), and blue (Ludwig).
- Paper Mario: Color Splash is an exception, as it emphasizes the colors of their wands rather than their shells. This places Morton as red, Iggy as yellow, Ludwig as blue, Wendy as violet, Larry as orange, Lemmy as green, and Roy as black. These colors indicate which Big Paint Star they're guarding (except for Roy) and even make up their introduction name splashes.
- In the Donkey Kong spin-off series:
- DK: yellow
- Diddy: red
- Dixie: pink
- Kiddy: light blue
- Tiny: purple
- Lanky: blue
- Chunky: green
- Paper Mario: The Origami King: The Legion of Stationery's members have their own color schemes. Each one matches the streamer they guard, except for Stapler (who does not defend a streamer).
- Colored Pencils: Red. The pencils themselves are of various colors, but the box is red.
- Rubber Band: Blue.
- Hole Punch: Yellow.
- Tape: Purple.
- Scissors: Green.
- Stapler: Black.
- Super Mario RPG: The Axem Rangers each sport a color theme to match the typical Super Sentai Team; red, yellow, pink, black, and green.
- Mario's team, as well, when they display color-coded text or use certain forms:
- Mario: red.
- Mallow: purple (forms) or yellow (text).
- Geno: blue.
- Bowser: green.
- Peach: pink.
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island and its sequels, Yoshi's Island DS and Yoshi's New Island. Each different-colored Yoshi goes through the same numbered level in every world.
- First: green. Green Yoshi also does the final stage and boss.
- Second: pink
- Third: cyan
- Fourth (fortress): yellow
- Fifth: purple
- Sixth: brown (original) / orange (in DS and New)
- Seventh: red
- Eighth (castle): blue, except for the final castle.
- Green Yoshi also does every Extra level in the original game, every Secret level added in the GBA remake, and every Special level in Yoshi's New Island. Yoshi's Island DS has Black Yoshi in every Secret level and White Yoshi in every Extra level.
- Main Characters:
- Tail Concerto: Everyone to an extent. Alicia Pris is the leader and wears red, Stare Pris is The Quiet One in blue, and Flare Pris is the Genki Girl in yellow. Waffle, the hero, and Princess Terria are white. Fool wears purple.
- In Toontown Online, the Toons are very colorful and form rainbows when combined en masse. The Cogs, meanwhile, have a grey color scheme, representing their emphasis on dullness and ruining the fun.
- Toy Story Racer: The playable racers have unique coloured arrows pointing to them which signify their kart colour or what they wear:
- Woody - red
- Buzz Lightyear - white or light green
- Mr Potato Head - light orange
- Slinky Dog - browny-orange
- Hamm - tan
- Rex - dark green
- RC - green
- Bo Peep - pink
- Rocky Gibraltar - yellow
- Lenny - light blue
- Alien - light green
- Babyface - brown
- The Wonderful 101 has the central members of the team given color-related names: Wonder-Red, Wonder-Blue, Wonder-Green, Wonder-Pink, Wonder-Yellow, Wonder-White, and Wonder-Black. Their outfits and Unite Morph weapons are also colored accordingly, with Wonder-Black being the exception in that his weapon is also associated with purple. Several other characters have color-coding based on the Unite/Unify weapons they use.
- Prince Vorkken: Purple
- Immorta: Pink, a different shade from Wonder-Pink
- Chewgi: Brown
- Luka/Wonder-Goggles: Orange
- Can be an Invoked Trope by the player in a XCOM: Enemy Unknown game, as the game allows for customizing colors for the troopers' armors. It is only natural and trivial then to form one's own color code, say Red=Assault, Black=Sniper, Yellow=Heavy, White=Support, to tell a soldier's class at a glance. Such a system is optional, though.
- In Xenosaga, the URTV units are named according to the philosophical beliefs of Carl Jung, but it's also reflected in their hair color. Rubedo has red hair, Nigredo has black hair, Albedo has white hair, and Citrine has yellow-ish hair.
- Very common in Yandere Simulator.
- Main Characters:
- Ayano Aishi- Black
- Osana Najimi- Orange
- Amai Odayaka- Mint Green
- Kizana Sunobu- Royal Purple(may later be changed to silver to avoid confusion with Kokona Haruka, below)
- Oka Ruto- Navy Blue/Purple (which extends to the rest of the Occult Club)
- Asu Rito- Yellow/Black
- Muja Kina- Pink
- Student Council (also counts as animal themes, as they're based on the four directional gods of Chinese mythology):
- Kuroko Kamenaga- Black (The Black Tortoise of the North)
- Akane Toriyasu- Red (Vermillion Bird of the South)
- Aoi Ryugoku- Blue (Azure Dragon of the East)
- Shiromi Torayoshi- White (White Tiger of the West)
- Rainbow Girls/Boys
- Kokona Haruka and Riku Soma- Purple
- Saki Miyu and Sora Sosuke- Teal
- Mei Mio and Ryusei Koki- Blue
- Koharu Hinata and Hayato Haruki- Green
- Yuna Hina and Sota Yuki- Yellow
- Yui Rio and Haruto Yuto - Red
- The Bullies:
- Musume Ronshaku- Blue/Orange
- Kokoro Momoiro- Pink/Blue
- Kashiko Murasaki- Purple
- Hoshiko Mizudori- Green/Blue
- Hana Daidaiyama - Orange (or yellow/pink)
- Others:
- Midori Gurin- Green (Her name even means 'Green Green')
- Martial Arts Club- Brown
- Main Characters:
- The eponymous playable characters of Yeah Jam Fury:
