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Author: bejjinks

Jul 25th 2014 at 9:07:25 AM

Largely, you are getting the backlash because of recent attempts to make other "color is power" tropes. We have PurpleIsPowerful and RedIsHeroic. Then we had someone suggest that Orange Is Powerful but that trope suggestion is changing to something better. Currently, its working title is OrangeIsOutstanding but it still needs some work. Then someone came out with PinkIsPowerful. And now we have BlueIsHeroic. So you can understand why some people are having a knee jerk reaction to another color is power trope.

I don't think any color represents power or heroism but each color may represent a kind of heroism. That is, whenever I see a group of superheroes and one is in a certain color, I never assume him to be the powerhouse because of that color. But I may make assumptions about the kind of power he has.

Black is the dark, antihero that works in the shadows or under the cover of night. Gray is the pure intellect and detective, logical to a fault. White is the righteous or self-righteous idealist. Pink is the underestimated power that winds up doing better than expected. Red is the energetic and quick hero. Purple is the royal or exotic power. Blue is the calm and friendly hero. Green is usually nature based or solid and earthy. Gold is flashy and, being the opposite of pink, spends more time trying to look powerful because he isn't actually powerful. Orange gets its power from Eastern meditation. and Brown is of the home or of the family except when it's an animal symbolism.

If we're going to do a trope for each color, why does each color have to be powerful or heroic?