History Main / AmazingTechnicolorWildLife

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* Reef wildlife typically consists of any of the (and often times, multiple) colours of the visible light spectrum.
* Parrots and other tropical birds come in many bright colours.
* Averted: Most depictions of dinosaurs tend to color them in various shades of brown--and until fossilized samples of dinosaur skin were unearthed, their skin tended to have no texture to them.
** Played straight in real life. They have actually managed to figure out a way to tell what color dinosaurs were. (or at least the feathered ones.) They have tested two so far, the first one was striped and had reddish orange going up its back, the [[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaurs-color-feathers-science/o/ second]] was black, white, and red.
* [[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/images/090105-pink-iguana-photo_big.jpg Iguanas]] [[http://iguanapets.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/231811524963aa1bf60chy6.jpg come]] [[http://cozumelmexico.net/Cozumel_pictures/iguana.jpg in]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Conolophus_subcristatus_(North_Seymour_5).jpg/800px-Conolophus_subcristatus_(North_Seymour_5).jpg all]] [[http://www.naturfoto-cz.de/photos/sevcik/green-iguana--iguana-iguana-1.jpg colors]] [[http://www.talontunes.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/blue-iguana-jbinns.jpg of]] [[http://iguanaaspet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/iguana-eating.jpg the]] [[http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/ArtSpaces/Tours/WRLAST/wrl07/034-iguana-.jpg rain]][[http://www.westcoastiguana.com/images/acanthuracloseup.jpg bow]].
* At ''least'' some breeds of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_Blue_Terrier dogs]] and [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/79/British_blue_hugo.jpg cats]] come in unusual colors. And both already have a long list of colors documented.
* [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/Bradypodion_damaranum1.jpg Chameleons]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Bradypodion_melanocephalum02.jpg naturally]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/Cape_Dwarf_Baby_005.jpg fall]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Veiled_chameleon%2C_Boston.jpg under]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Chameleon02.jpg this]].
** It's subverted as well. Although chameleons are famous for their ablitity to change colors, and use a pretty wide range of colors for camoflauge and to communicate with one another, they ''cannot'' instantly change into ''every'' color in existence despite what movies/cartoons would like you to believe.
*** And, no, they cannot turn "pink with purple polka dots" or whatnot either.
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* Arlene from ''{{Garfield}}'' is a cat with [[TheNostalgiaChick piiiink]] fur.

* Arlene from ''{{Garfield}}'' is a cat with pink fur.

* ''{{Pokemon}}'' has a lot of different strange creatures in all kind of colors, usually color-coded based on where they fall in the 17-part ElementalRockPaperScissors system. Some elements tend to be brighter than others- Fire types tend to be bright red, for instance, whereas Ground types tend towards [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin earth tones]].

*** The real, less-fun explanation is that Naoto Oshima initially drew him with ''black'' fur, but quickly changed it to light blue because it stood out more.

* A lot of ''SonicTheHedgehog'' characters fall under this category. Sonic in particular is famous for being a "blue hedgehog" ("The Blue Blur" being his nickname), but there are also pink, black and gray hedgehogs, indigo and purple cats, red echidnas, and black armadillos.

** Played straight in real life. They have actually managed to figure out a way to tell what color dinosaurs were. (or at least the feathered ones.) They have tested two so far, the first one was striped and had reddish orange going up its back, the second was black, white, and red. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaurs-color-feathers-science/o/

* [[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/01/images/090105-pink-iguana-photo_big.jpg Iguanas]] [[http://iguanapets.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/231811524963aa1bf60chy6.jpg come]] [[http://cozumelmexico.net/Cozumel_pictures/iguana.jpg in]] [[http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Conolophus_subcristatus_(North_Seymour_5).jpg/800px-Conolophus_subcristatus_(North_Seymour_5).jpg all]] [[http://www.naturfoto-cz.de/photos/sevcik/green-iguana--iguana-iguana-1.jpg colors]] [[http://www.talontunes.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/blue-iguana-jbinns.jpg of]] [[http://iguanaaspet.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/iguana-eating.jpg the]] [[http://www.dallasartsrevue.com/ArtSpaces/Tours/WRLAST/wrl07/034-iguana-.jpg rain]][[http://www.westcoastiguana.com/images/acanthuracloseup.jpg] bow]].

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** Played straight in real life. They have actually managed to figure out a way to tell what color dinosaurs were.(or at least the feathered ones.) They have tested two so far, the first one was striped and had reddish orange going up its back, the second was black, white, and red. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaurs-color-feathers-science/o/

[[folder: Real Life]]
* Reef wildlife typically consists of any of the (and often times, multiple) colours of the visible light spectrum.
* Parrots and other tropical birds come in many bright colours.

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* ''{{Pokemon}}'' as a lot of different strange creatures in all kind of colors.

*Played straight in real life. They have actually managed to figure out a way to tell what color dinosaurs were.(or at least the feathered ones.) They have tested two so far, the first one was striped and had reddish orange going up its back, the second was
<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaurs-color-feathers-science/o/">black, white, and red</a>

* Inverted: Most depictions of dinosaurs tend to color them in various shades of brown--and until fossilized samples of dinosaur skin were unearthed, their skin tended to have no texture to them.
** Now they have actually managed to figure out a way to tell what color they were.
<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaurs-color-feathers-science/o/">black, red and white</a>

** Now they have actually managed to figure out a way to tell what color they actually were.

[[folder:Real Life]]
*Reef wildlife typically consists of any of the (and often times, multiple) colours of the visible light spectrum.