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| 11 | ->''"We fought for countless reasons, one of which being the destruction of art and all forms of self-expression. And as you are all well aware, that was something many could not stand for. As a result, those who opposed this tyranny began naming their children after one of the core aspects of art itself: '''color.''' It was their way to demonstrate that not only would they refuse to tolerate this oppression but neither would the generations to come, and it was a trend that is held to this very day."'' |
| 12 | -->-- '''Professor Ozpin''', ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'', "[[Recap/RWBYV2E8FieldTrip Field Trip]]" |
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| 14 | One form of ThemeNaming is to name characters after colors. The colors may reflect their personalities (for example, [[RedIsViolent red being violent]] and white being innocent), but there is often no correlation at all. |
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| 16 | A popular trait for groups of ColorCodedCharacters, particularly {{Sentai}} teams. |
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| 18 | A SubTrope of ScientificAndTechnologicalThemeNaming, as colors are simply specific ranges of wavelengths of light, or combinations thereof. See also ColorCharacter, when a character incorporates the name of a color into [[SecretIdentity the name of of a superhero or masked hero]]. SuperTrope to ColorAnimalCodename, which is basically this trope [[JustForFun/XMeetsY combined with]] AnimalThemeNaming. |
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| 21 | !!Examples: |
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| 23 | [[folder:Anime & Manga]] |
| 24 | * ''Literature/AccelWorld'' has all Duel Avatars get two-part names; the first word is a color, which determines the characteristics of the avatar, and the second word describes the Avatar. For example, Silver Crow is a metallic type that can fly, while Scarlet Rain is a long-range combat specialist(red-types focus on range attacks). |
| 25 | * ''Anime/ActionHeroineCheerFruits'', a series that {{Homage}}s Franchise/SuperSentai, naturally makes use of this. The cast includes Ann '''Aka'''gi (red), Mikan '''Ki'''se (yellow), Mana '''Midori'''kawa (green), Genki and Yuki '''Ao'''yama (blue), Hatsuri '''Momo'''i (pink), Roko '''Kuro'''ki (black) and Kanon '''Shi'''mura (purple). Naturally, when the girls put on a {{Toku}}satsu stage show, [[ColorCodedSecretIdentity they all wear the appropriate colored costume]]. The group's leader Misaki Shirogane is the OddNameOut since the other girls just blatantly have the kanji for their respective colors in their names while her name uses homophones[[note]]"shiro" can mean white while "shirogane" can mean either silver or platinum, but the kanji used mean "roots of the castle"[[/note]]; she still gets in on it by playing a character ''named'' "Platinum" who wears a white costume. |
| 26 | * The characters of ''Manga/{{Amatsuki}}'' are named after traditional Japanese colours, which are often reflected in their designs, e.g. 'kon' is a dark blue colour, and the character Kon has blue eyes and favours blue clothes. |
| 27 | * The Weston Academy Prefects in ''Manga/BlackButler'' - Edgar Redmond, Laurence Bluer, Gregory Violet, and Herman Greenhill. |
| 28 | * ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' |
| 29 | ** Byakuya was designed to be a contrast to Ichigo. Ichigo's family name is "Kurosaki" which means "Black Promontory" and Byakuya's name is centred around the meaning for "white". His family name "Kuchiki" also means "rotting wood". During their final battle, Ichigo's power is jet black and Byakuya's power is pure white. They're fighting on top of a dark promontory surrounded by a forest of white, dead trees. |
| 30 | ** The Kuchiki family is all centred around colour naming. Ginrei's name means "silver", Byakuya's name means "white" and Byakuya's deceased father was called Soujun, a name meaning "Green/blue". |
| 31 | ** Lampshaded in-universe: Ukitake keeps buying Hitsugaya gifts which annoys the younger captain. When Hitsugaya finally managed to get Ukitake to explain why, Ukitake pointed out that they both have white hair, and that his name is Juu''shirou'' and Hitsugaya's name is Tou''shirou'' making them both ''Shirou-chan''.[[note]]"Shirou" means "white" so "Shirou-chan" would be the equivalent of calling someone "Snowy" or "Whitey"[[/note]] Hitsugaya isn't impressed. |
| 32 | * Numerous characters have color-coded names in ''Anime/BrigadoonMarinAndMelan.'' Notably, the Gun-swordsmen's last names refer to their color. Thus, Melan is "Melan Blue." |
| 33 | * ''Manga/CaseClosed'': The most notable example is Shuichi Akai. "Akai" means "red" and many chapters and cases he appears have "red" or "scarlet" in the title. Overall, his name is a ShoutOut to both Char Aznable himself from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', who is nicknamed "Red Comet" due to his red [[HumongousMecha Zaku]], and to Char's seiyuu Creator/ShuichiIkeda. Shuichi Akai eventually becomes TheDanza. |
| 34 | * Several major characters in ''Anime/CodeGeass'' have the word 'red' in their names. Lelouch Lamperouge's surname is French for 'red lamp'. Suzaku Kururugi's first name is the same as that of a [[TheFourGods mythical scarlet bird]]. Kallen's Japanese surname, Kouzuki, is written with the kanji for 'crimson moon'. |
| 35 | * In ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', those who work for the Syndicate have color-themed code names, mostly in Chinese. There's Hei (black), Yin (silver), Bai (white), Huang (yellow), and Amber (obvious), to name a few. |
| 36 | * ''Franchise/DragonBall'': |
| 37 | ** The Red Ribbon Army in the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' has such soldiers as: General Brown, Colonel Silver, General White, Sergeant Major Murasaki (purple), General Blue, Colonel Violet, General Copper, Adjutant Black, and Commander Red. Even Tao Pai Pai fits the pattern, since his name means "peach-white-white". |
| 38 | ** Androids 17 and 18 introduced in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' (created by former Red Ribbon scientist Dr. Gero) also fit in, as their real names are Lapis and Lazuli (named after the deep blue gem), though [[AllThereInTheManual this wasn't revealed until an interview decades after the manga finished]]. |
| 39 | * The Cthuwulf in the ''Anime/{{Iczer}}'' series. Named characters are Cobalt, Sepia, Sir Violet, Sister Grey, and Commander Magenta (from the ''Golden Warrior Iczer-One'' manga). |
| 40 | * ''Anime/JewelpetKiraDeco'': the Kira Deco 5 are a {{Sentai}} team that have colors both in their civillian names and code names; '''Pink''' Ohmiya (Shiny Pink), Retsu '''Aka'''gi (Burning Red), '''Blue''' Knight Ozaki (Blue Knight Blue), '''Midori''' Akagi (Smart Green) and '''Ki'''ichi Furano (Slow Life Yellow). |
| 41 | * ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'': |
| 42 | ** The heroes' [[{{FightingSpirit}} Stands]] in ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'' fit the bill: Star ''Platinum'', Hermit ''Purple'', Magician's ''Red'', Hierophant ''Green'', and ''Silver'' Chariot. A few early villains' Stands do the same, namely Tower of ''Gray'', ''Dark Blue'' Moon, ''Ebony'' Devil, and ''Yellow'' Temperance. |
| 43 | ** Meanwhile in ''Manga/GoldenWind'', Giorno's Stand is called ''Gold'' Experience. Alternately, in the English localizations, it's referred to as ''Golden'' Wind (a literal translation of Part 5's title) to avoid [[{{ShoutOut}} copyright infringement]] with the Music/{{Prince}} album. |
| 44 | ** Other examples are [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Moody Blues, Black Sabbath, Purple Haze, White Album, Green Day, King Crimson]], [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Whitesnake]], and [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion Blue Hawaii]]. Aside from the occaasional [[AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure Adaptation Dye Job]], they always match the colors in their names. |
| 45 | ** Averted with the Stand in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' called "Green Green Grass of Home", which is colored blue in the manga. |
| 46 | * The two main characters of ''Manga/KissAndWhiteLilyForMyDearestGirl'' are named Shiramine Ayaka (shira meaning "white") and Kurosawa Yurine (kuro meaning "black") − although ironically, despite their names Ayaka is black-haired while Yurine is blonde. |
| 47 | * In ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'', all plot-relevant character from Teikou with the exception of Sanada have names spelled with colors. And with the exception of Nijimura, they all [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow have matching hair and eye colors]]. Haizaki is a subversion that he ''used'' to have [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow hair color match his eye]], but in highschool dye his hair black. |
| 48 | ** Kuroko, "Kuro"/Black (blue hair and eyes despite the "black" kanji in his name) |
| 49 | ** Kise, "Ki"/Yellow |
| 50 | ** Midorima, "Midori"/Green |
| 51 | ** Aomine, "Ao"/Blue |
| 52 | ** Murasakibara, "Murasaki"/Purple |
| 53 | ** Akashi, "Aka"/Red |
| 54 | ** Momoi, "Momo"/Pink |
| 55 | ** Haizaki, "Hai"/Gray/Ash |
| 56 | ** Nijimura, "Niji"/Rainbow |
| 57 | ** Shirogane "Shiro"/White |
| 58 | * In ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaFourSwords2004'', Link wields the Four Sword, which [[LiteralSplitPersonality splits him into four versions of himself]], each wearing a different-colored tunic. There's [[TheHero Green]], [[TheLancer Blue]], Red, and [[TheSmartGuy Vio, which is short for Violet]]. |
| 59 | * Everyone in ''Manga/MagicKaito'' has this: black (''Kuro''ba), blue (''Ao''ko), red (''Aka''ko), yellow (''Kou''nosuke) white (''Haku''ba), silver (''Gin''zou), and pink (''Momo''i). |
| 60 | * In ''Manga/{{Mahoraba}}'' ''all'' characters have a colour in their surname, usually in Japanese. The list[[note]]written in full on the work page[[/note]] consists of at least 22 characters with unique colours (there are more characters, but some aren't named, and some are related). |
| 61 | * ''Manga/MitsuboshiColors'' stars three girls who identify respectively with the colors red, yellow and blue, and whose known family names are '''Aka'''matsu (red) for Yui and '''Ki'''se (yellow) for Sat-chan. It's safe to assume that Kotoha's surname starts with '''Ao''' (blue). |
| 62 | * ''Manga/MyMonsterSecret'': Many characters have a color in their names, like '''Kuro'''mine (black), '''Shira'''gami (white), '''Ai'''zawa (blue) or Mikan (orange − although it's the fruit)[[OverlyLongGag ...]] |
| 63 | ** '''Shishi'''do (purple), '''Shiro'''u (white), '''Kou'''moto '''Aka'''ri (red), '''Akane''' (rose madder, a red dye), '''Ki'''ryuuin (yellow), '''Shirogane''' (silver), '''Ryoku'''enzaka (green), '''Momo'''chi (pink), '''Mi'''nagawa (aqua). |
| 64 | * ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': |
| 65 | ** Two people from Kirigakure have color-based names: Haku (white) and Ao (blue). |
| 66 | ** Kurenai (crimson), who has crimson eyes and dresses in crimson. Her father's name, Shinkuu, also contains the kanji for crimson, specifically the ''kuu'' part. |
| 67 | * ''Anime/{{Ojarumaru}}'': The Kooni Trio's English names reflect their colors - Aobee becomes Blue-Joe, Akane becomes Scarlet, and Kisuke becomes Khakie (like khaki, a pale brown-yellow color). |
| 68 | * The Three Admirals in ''Manga/OnePiece'' follow this as well: [[InvokedTrope Their code-names]] are ''Aka''inu (Red Dog), ''Ao''kiji (Blue Pheasant) and ''Ki''zaru (Yellow Monkey). Also a case of ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming, as a dog, pheasant, and monkey were the animals that accompanied the folk hero Momotaro on his journey. |
| 69 | ** The next two admirals are called ''Fuji''tora (Purple Tiger) and ''Ryoku''gyu (Green Bull). |
| 70 | *** Smoker, although not an Admiral, is also called "[[RedBaron White Hunter]]." |
| 71 | *** There are also several Marine officers who follow the color-animal trend of the Admirals, despite being of lower rank. To wit, there's ''Momo''usagi (Pink/Peach Rabbit), ''Kuro''uma (Black Horse) and ''Cha''ton (Brown Pig). Momousagi started as AscendedFanon, and the other two seem to just be Oda continuing the trend ForTheLulz. |
| 72 | ** In tenth movie ''[[Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld Strong World]]'', Shiki's main crewmembers have a color in their name. Golden Lion Shiki. Doctor Indigo. Scarlett. |
| 73 | * The Pokédex holders from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' are named for the video game editions that they're from. So the Generation I protagonists are named Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow; two of the three from Gen II are Gold and Silver (the third, Crystal, isn't a color); Gen III has Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald; and Gen V has Black and White in the first arc and Black-Two and Whi-Two (Blake and Whitley in the English translation) in its second, plus side characters Cheren and Bel (Slavic for black and white; in English Bel's name gets swapped out for the Italian equivalent, Bianca). |
| 74 | * ''Anime/PrettyCure'' |
| 75 | ** ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' actually ''gained'' this trope in the English dub, with Nagisa becoming Natalie Blackstone and Honoka becoming Hannah Whitehouse. |
| 76 | *** In fact, Honoka's original surname is Yukishiro, meaning "snow castle", but if "shiro" is written differently, the meaning becomes "snow white". |
| 77 | *** Nagisa had it in the original too. "Misumi" was spelled with the kanji "sumi", which means "black ink". |
| 78 | ** ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' has a similar theme. The first two Pretty Cures are Love ''Momo''zono (pink) and Miki ''Ao''no (blue). The remaining two, Inori Yamabuki and Setsuna Higashi, don't follow this theme (Setsuna and her former comrades are named after speed and cardinal directions). |
| 79 | ** ''Anime/SmilePrecure'': four of the five Cures have their signature colors in their names: '''Aka'''ne Hino (red), Yayoi '''Ki'''se (yellow), Nao '''Midori'''kawa (green), and Reika '''Ao'''ki (blue). |
| 80 | *** In several ''Anime/GlitterForce'' dubs (such as Spanish), the Glitter Force are named for what colour they are (Glitter Rosa, Glitter Verde, Glitter Azul, etc.) |
| 81 | ** In ''Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode'', three of the six Cures have a name connected to a colour: '''Ao'''i (blue), '''Yukari''' (purple), and '''Ak'''ir'''a''' (red). The other three have names with only a vague connection to their signature colour; Ichika (similar to "strawberry"; she wears pink, and strawberries are one of her main themes), Himari ("sunny"; her main colour is yellow), and Ciel ("sky"; she wears a sky-blue dress). |
| 82 | * Almost everyone in ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' has the kanji for a color somewhere in their names. ''Aka''shiya [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Moka]] (red), ''Ao''no [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Tsukune]] (blue), ''Shira''yuki [[AnIcePerson Mizore]] (white), ''Kuro''no [[SuccubiAndIncubi Kurumu]] (black), [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Morioka]] ''Gin''ei (silver) and [[CuteWitch Sendou]] ''Yukari'' (written with the kanji for "purple"). These colors are appropriate for the characters, such as Mizore having [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] and Gin being a werewolf. |
| 83 | * Many characters in ''RED: Living On The Edge'' have this type of name. There's the protagonist Red, BigBad Blue, TheLancer Ieroh Itoh "Yellow", ActionGirl Angie ''White'' Night, BadassPreacher Gray, CoolOldGuy Goldsmith and so on. |
| 84 | * In Anime/SamuraiFlamenco, all the Flamengers (With the sole exception of the main character and Red Ranger Masayoshi Hazama) have the word for their respective colors at the beginning of their last names (Soichi '''Ao'''shima, Sakura '''Momo'''i, Hekiru '''Midori'''kawa and Anji '''Kuro'''ki.) |
| 85 | * The girls of ''Manga/TokyoMewMew'' are all named after [[EdibleThemeNaming plants or desserts]], and their last names follow the pattern of Color [[LocationThemeNaming Place]] (Momomiya = Peach Shrine, Midorikawa = Green River, etc.) |
| 86 | * The cast of ''Anime/VividredOperation'' combine this with NumericalThemeNaming. '''Aka'''ne and '''Momo''' Isshiki, '''Aoi''' Futaba, Wakaba Saegusa (wakaba means leaves), Himawari Shinomiya (himawari means sunflower), and Rei '''Kuroki''' (the only one with the colour in her surname). |
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| 89 | [[folder:Asian Animation]] |
| 90 | * ''Animation/SayHiToPencil'' really gets down to it with the red, blue, and yellow pens being named Red, Blue, and Yellow respectively. |
| 91 | [[/folder]] |
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| 93 | [[folder:Comic Books]] |
| 94 | * Chris Ware, in his ''Acme Novelty Library'' series, has two nerd characters named Rusty Brown and Chalky White. |
| 95 | * ''ComicBook/BlueMonday'': Bleu Finnegan, the main character, has blue hair. She's the only character named after a color though. |
| 96 | * A lot of Franchise/{{Transformers}} have their primary colors in their names. ComicBook/TransformersWingsOfHonor features a red Seeker who originally went unnamed but was later given the name "Red Wing." |
| 97 | * The Ravens, very obscure vampiric foes of the original ''ComicBook/XFactor'', all had color names: Crimson, Azure, Coral, Cerise, Beryl, Ruby, and Cobalt. |
| 98 | [[/folder]] |
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| 100 | [[folder:Fan Works]] |
| 101 | * ''FanFic/AmongYou'': Enforced by MIRA; employees aren’t allowed to go by their birth names, only their colours, as it makes it easier to report back to HQ. |
| 102 | * In ''Fanfic/SuperSentaiVsPowerRangersTheLiveblog'', [[Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman Radiguet]]'s six monsters are all named after a color in Japanese and their main elemental powers: '''Ak'''ire (red fire), '''Ao'''cean (blue ocean), '''Midor'''ungle (green jungle), '''Momo'''rtex (pink vortex), Dar'''kuroi''' (black darkness), and '''Ki'''thunder (yellow thunder). |
| 103 | * Creator/AAPessimal takes a look at the ''[[Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons Captain Scarlet]]'' world in the story ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5504060/1/When-the-War-is-Over When The War Is Over]]''. Spectrum needs a ''lot'' of operatives. But the English language has only a limited number of colour terms. How do you get past the bottleneck and get employee numbers up to establishment? The tale discusses various imaginative ways to name new officers... |
| 104 | * ''Fanfic/{{DNMC}}'': As per tradition of [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} the series that spawned it]], all the characters are named after something related to colors, symbolic or otherwise. |
| 105 | ** D'Arg is named after "dearg", the Irish word for "red". |
| 106 | ** Nara is named after "naranja", the Spanish word for "orange". |
| 107 | ** Mak is named after "makani", the Hawaiian word for "wind", [[WindIsGreen which is often represented by the color green]]. |
| 108 | ** Cyena is named after "cyan", a shade of blue, but is meant to be pronounced as "Sienna". |
| 109 | * ''Fanfic/GlitterForceIntoTheGlitterverse'': [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Miki Aono]] ("ao" meaning "blue") is given the English name "Mikayla ''Blue''berg". |
| 110 | * ''Fanfic/InkopolisChaos'': Many characters' names correlate with their respective ink colors: |
| 111 | ** Samuel Turf''blu'' has ''blue'' ink. |
| 112 | ** Samuel's cousin, Sylvia Turf''ora'', has ''orange'' ink. |
| 113 | ** Luke Virigree's surname is a portmanteau of "viridian" and "green", and sounds like “verdigris” (though his ink is lime). |
| 114 | ** Melody ''Rose'''s ink is hot pink. |
| 115 | ** ''Ruby'' Diorite and ''Scarlet'' Spiker have red ink. |
| 116 | ** Jess ''Rubrum'''s ink is also red, and her last name is a term for the short summary of a document, which was often written in red early on. |
| 117 | ** ''Jade'' Grady's ink is the same ''green'' as Luke's. |
| 118 | ** Summer's ink is yellow, a color stereotypically associated with summer and the sun. |
| 119 | ** The aqua-inked Cyalux Clover's name is a portmanteau of "cyan" and "lux", the latter being Latin for "light". |
| 120 | ** The purplish-inked Magentark Clover's name is a portmanteau of "magenta" and "dark". |
| 121 | ** Lieutenant ''Obsidian'''s ink is black, just like the namesake volcanic glass. |
| 122 | * ''Fanfic/ThePalaververse'': A version of ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}'' is played as a form of gambling in ''Wedding March'', and uses the same colorful naming style as in the game: |
| 123 | --> “J’accuse … Commodore Cerise… in the coal cellar … with ...” The jenny checked the cards in the clefts of her hooves before finishing with “ … a very small and exceptionally pointy unicorn.”\ |
| 124 | [...]\ |
| 125 | “So many potential enemies, this victim,” [...] “Last time, it was Granny Glaucous in the walk-in wardrobe with a half-brick in a sock, and before that, it was Inspector Infrared in the billiards room with a forthrightly-appendaged fertility statue. |
| 126 | * ''Fanfic/WithPearlAndRubyGlowing'': Several people's codenames have a color in them or are related to colors: |
| 127 | ** [[WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017 Huey, Dewey, Louie, and Webby]] respectively have the names "Red", "Blue", "Green", and "Purple". |
| 128 | ** [[WesternAnimation/TheDragonPrince Soren and Claudia]] are "Silver and Gold", which represents how Viren favored Claudia for being gifted while Soren was BookDumb. |
| 129 | ** In the collection ''Closet of Colors'', all the characters have color-themed names. |
| 130 | * ''Fanfic/TheSunWillComeUpAndTheSeasonsWillChange'' features an anthropamorphic marshmellow named Blanca and her son Shiro. Both names mean white, in Spanish and Japanese respectively. |
| 131 | [[/folder]] |
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| 133 | [[folder:Films -- Live-Action]] |
| 134 | * ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'': The members of Thanos's "Black Order" squad all have names evocative of the color black: '''Corvus''' Glaive ("corvus" is the Latin name for ravens, which are black), '''Ebony''' Maw, Cull '''Obsidian''', and Proxima '''Midnight'''. |
| 135 | * In ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'', Mr. White's employer is a certain Dominic Greene, and one of Greene's subordinates is a Mr. Slate. |
| 136 | * ''Film/ReservoirDogs'' contains an {{homage}} to ''Pelham'' with Mr. Blonde, Mr. Blue, Mr. Brown, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, and Mr. White. (Although, to be fair, these are assigned aliases deliberately chosen to adhere to a theme.) Some guy on some other job is Mr. Purple according to Joe, or else he was just claiming as much to shut down Mr. Pink's complaints about his alias. |
| 137 | * Coincidentally occurs among a few cast members of ''Film/SchoolOfRock'': Jack ''Black'', Mike ''White'', Sarah ''Silver''man, Jordan-Clair ''Green'' and Rebecca ''Brown''. |
| 138 | * Mr. Blue, Mr. Grey, Mr. Brown and Mr. Green (note that these are all quite normal American surnames) from ''Film/TheTakingOfPelhamOneTwoThree'' |
| 139 | [[/folder]] |
| 140 | |
| 141 | [[folder:Literature]] |
| 142 | %%* There is a famous series of picture books from Sweden about three [[MaidenAunt unmarried sisters sharing a house]]. While not their real names, they are always called after the colours they wear: Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender. Their neighbour is similarly known as Uncle Blue. |
| 143 | * From the ''Literature/AubreyMaturin'' series: Aubrey and his friend and fellow post-captain Heneage Dundas discuss the captain of ''HMS Iris'', who not only wants to dress his bargemen in the colors of the rainbow (due to the connotation of his ship's name), but specifically seeks out sailors ''named'' for said colors: e.g., with surnames like "Scarlett," "White," or "Green." He offered Dundas a brass "chaser" cannon in exchange for one of his sailors whose name was Blew. (Dundas declined, sharing with Aubrey a dislike for "costumed" bargemen.) |
| 144 | * In ''Literature/TheBalladOfSongbirdsAndSnakes'' (a prequel to the ''[[Literature/TheHungerGames Hunger Games]]'' trilogy) the members of the Covey all have two given names, one of which is taken from a traditional ballad while the other is a colour. They are always referred to by both names (Tam Amber, Barb Azure, Billy Taupe, Lucy Gray, Clerk Carmine, Maude Ivory) and Lucy Gray is quick to correct a Capitol reporter who addresses her simply as "Lucy". |
| 145 | * Each of stories that make up ''Literature/BrothersOfTheSnake'' is named in "[color] [X]" pattern, such as ''Black Gold'', ''Blue Blood'' or ''Crimson Wake''. |
| 146 | * In the ''Literature/CassonFamilySeries'', all four children are named after colours, their parents being artists. The eldest is Cadmium Gold, and the colour yellow sums up her personality pretty well, she is bright, cheerful and [[FriendToAllLivingThings everyone likes her]]. Her younger brother Indigo (dark blue) is quieter, thoughtful and sensitive. He also likes to watch the starry sky at night. Saffron on the other hand is a proud, independent girl who feels lonely and isolated since she found out that she was adopted when her mother, her stepmother's twin sister, died. Saffron is outspoken, direct and can be quite harsh at times. It is said that she resembles Cadmium, meaning she is very pretty. The youngest is Permanent Rose, an adorable, very stubborn girl and the artist of the family. She nearly died when she was born, so her mother named her Permanent Rose, as a promise that she would stay. |
| 147 | * ''Literature/{{Discworld}}'': In ''Thief of Time'', after [[spoiler: the Auditors take human form en masse]], they name themselves after various colours, possibly a nod towards ''Film/ReservoirDogs''. Since there's so many of them, they're hard pressed for available colors, such as one furiously arguing that yes, dark avocado is a color so shut up. Not to mention arguing over which colors are higher in hierarchy and trying to take them for themselves. |
| 148 | * In ''Literature/{{Domina}}'', Akane and her sisters all have color names: Midori (green), Shiro (white), Murasaki (violet), and Akane (red). The trend apparently started with Midori: Despite being pure-blooded Japanese, she has green eyes, which are ''extremely'' rare. It seems like the rest were just named to fit the theme. |
| 149 | * ''Literature/GoodOmens'': Three of TheFourHorsemenOfTheApocalypse have taken on human identities, all referring to the colour of their horse in ''Revelation'': War is initially Scarlett, but later adopts a new identity as Carmina "Red" Zuigiber; Famine is Dr Raven Sable; and Pollution goes through a series of OnlyKnownByTheirNickname identities called Chalky, Snowy, Blanco, etc. |
| 150 | * ''Literature/TheGoodTheBadAndTheMediochre''. Mediochre himself insists his name is a shade of red. His boss is named Kiwi, a shade of green. The dragon he encounters is named Deep Ocean, which she tells him is a shade of blue. The BigBad uses the code name 'Sapphire', another shade of blue. |
| 151 | * ''Literature/TheMagicalRevolutionOfTheReincarnatedPrincess'': Many surnames in the series have a color theme to them. Euphyillia '''Magenta''', Ilia '''Coral''', Tilty '''Claret''' (a reddish-purple), and at the top of all the colors is the royal family of '''Palettia''', or color palette. |
| 152 | * ''Literature/RoTeO'' has a TV show called ''Crimson'' which is crucial to the plot. In it, there's the titular thief Crimson and the White Knight (a {{Kaitou}}). |
| 153 | * ''Literature/TheStrangerTimes'': In the second book, a group of pick-up artists refer to each other only by colour nicknames corresponding to their preferred outerwear. Mr. Red has a red hoodie, Mr. Green has a green anorak, etc. |
| 154 | * All four of ''Literature/TheUltraViolets'' are named after colours: Iris, Cheri, Scarlet, and Opaline. |
| 155 | * In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', the first part of cats' names come from things a forest cat would know, such as plants, animals, and natural objects. They also use a lot of colors -- every basic color except purple and pink. They even use some more unusual colors, such as "golden", "silver", "copper", "russet", "tawny", "amber", and "fallow". Oddly enough, out of over 1000 characters, "white" is the most common prefix of all, and even "fallow" got used about five times, but "brown" only got used once, and the cat in question disappeared from the cast list before recieving his warrior name. |
| 156 | * ''Literature/TheYoungAncients'': The Ancients, a group of immortal test-tube babies who each take charge of rebuilding a continent in their image AfterTheEnd all take their favorite colors as their names, having started out with only alphanumeric strings. Over time, several add to them like Laura Grey, Derren Brown, and Burkes Laird[[TheArchmage Gren]]. Others include White, Black, Red, Orange, and Blue. Once the protagonist gets recognized by the Ancients as an equal, they take to calling him Purple, again for his favorite color. |
| 157 | [[/folder]] |
| 158 | |
| 159 | [[folder:Live-Action TV]] |
| 160 | * ''Series/OnceUponATime'': "Quite A Common Fairy" reveals that some of the major fairies are named after the dominant color of their dresses besides having more elaborate, unique names. Tinker Bell was referred to as "Green" by the Blue Fairy until she requested otherwise. |
| 161 | * ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'' Act Zero has the three policemen Kuroi (black), Shiroi (white) and Akai (red). |
| 162 | * The vast majority of ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' shows feature color-based codenames for its heroes, to the point that it's easier to name the handful of exceptions where they ''don't'' use color-based codenames (which are ''Series/JAKQDengekitai'', ''Series/BattleFeverJ'', ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'', ''Series/DengekiSentaiChangeman'', ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'', ''Series/GoseiSentaiDairanger'', ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'',''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'' and ''[[Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVsKeisatsuSentaiPatranger Keisatsu Sentai Patranger]]''). |
| 163 | ** A couple of ''Sentai'' series (''Series/DenshiSentaiDenziman'' and ''Series/DaiSentaiGoggleFive'') worked this in even the heroes' civilian names. Even ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'', an ''unofficial'' Sentai series joined in on this trend. |
| 164 | ** While ''[[Series/ResshaSentaiToQger ToQger]]'' did not use it for its main characters, its antagonists on the other hand gleefully ran with it: ''all'' major Shadow Line operatives (except the BigBad himself) have names that mean "black" in a variety of languages. |
| 165 | * Members of MAC in ''Series/UltramanLeo'' include '''Kuro'''da (black), '''Aka'''ishi (red), '''Ao'''shima (blue), '''Shira'''kawa & '''Shira'''ido (white), and '''Momo'''i Haruko (pink). [[spoiler: By the way, all these individuals died violently.]] |
| 166 | [[/folder]] |
| 167 | |
| 168 | [[folder:Music]] |
| 169 | * Two of Eir Aoi's studio albums are named after translations of the word "blue", which is also part of her surname (Ao). They are ''Blau'' (German) and ''d'Azur'' (French). |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | [[folder:Pinballs]] |
| 173 | * All of the rivals in ''Pinball/BanzaiRun'' follow this theme: Green Machine, Blue Beard, Yellow Belly, and Red Hot. |
| 174 | [[/folder]] |
| 175 | |
| 176 | [[folder:Puppet Shows]] |
| 177 | * In ''Series/CaptainScarletAndTheMysterons'', all code names are colours: Captain Scarlet, Lieutenant Green, Colonel White, and so on. |
| 178 | [[/folder]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | [[folder:Sport]] |
| 181 | * New Zealand's UsefulNotes/RugbyUnion team is called the All Blacks, and other national sporting teams have followed their lead: the All Whites (soccer), Tall Blacks (Basketball), and Black Caps (Cricket). Their netball team, the Silver Ferns, may also count. |
| 182 | [[/folder]] |
| 183 | |
| 184 | [[folder:Tabletop Games]] |
| 185 | * ''[[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} Cluedo]]'' (known as ''Clue'' in America) has all the main characters named after the colors of the pawns used in the older versions (Miss Scarlet, Mrs. White, Mrs. Peacock, Prof. Plum, Mr. or Rev. Green, and Col. Mustard). The victim's name is Dr. Black (though changed to Mr. Boddy in the American version). Extended versions and variations keep with the trend, naming characters after other colors. There was Miss Peach, Mme. Rose, M. Brunette, Capt. Brown, Inspector Brown, Rusty (also brown), Sgt. Gray, Mr. Slate-Gray, Lord Gray, Inspector Gray, Lady Lavender, Prince Azure, Mrs. Meadow-Brook (blue-green), and Dr. Orchid, though of course (since some colors are repeated) they're not all used in the same variations. |
| 186 | ** And in the French version: Dr. Lenoir (the victim), Dr./Rev. Olive (Rev. Green), Prof. Violet (Prof Plum), Mlle Rose (Miss Scarlet), Mme Leblanc (Mrs. White), Mme Pervenche (Mrs. Peacock)... And Col. Mustard, whose name was literally translated. |
| 187 | * ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': |
| 188 | ** Most of the original Space Marine chapters were named for their armour colours, only later developing personalities, traits, idiosyncracies and histories of their own. These being the Blood Angels (blood red), Flesh Tearers (dark red), Ultramarines (blue), Space Wolves (grey), Dark Angels (black), Whitescars (white), Silver Skulls (bright silver), Iron Hands (dark silver) and Rainbow Warriors (blue with a rainbow slash on the helmet). |
| 189 | ** And then you have the Gray Knights, who are, well, gray (their armor isn't painted like other chapters, those knights who achieve greatness instead have their personal heraldry painted on it). |
| 190 | * The ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card game has the DarkWorld archetype, each of which has a name similar to that of a color. They all have the common tie in that their effects depend on being discarded from the player's hand by the opponent. |
| 191 | ** Latinum: Platinum or white |
| 192 | ** Goldd: Gold, or yellow. |
| 193 | ** Siilva: Silver, or gray. |
| 194 | ** Scarr: Scarlet, or red. |
| 195 | ** Brron: Bronze, or green. |
| 196 | ** Gren: Green. |
| 197 | ** Renge: Orange. |
| 198 | ** Zure: Azure, or blue. |
| 199 | ** Beiige: Beige, or brown. |
| 200 | ** Celuri: Cerulean, or cyan. |
| 201 | ** Snoww: Snow, or white. |
| 202 | ** Reign-Beaux: Rainbow. Incidentally, he's the strongest of the bunch. |
| 203 | ** Grapha: Graphite or grey. He's stronger then Reign-Beaux. |
| 204 | [[/folder]] |
| 205 | |
| 206 | [[folder:Video Games]] |
| 207 | * Both the Erusean Air Force and the Belkan Air Force from ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' use colours for squadron names, though Belka uses the German versions. In an aversion of the LawOfChromaticSuperiority, Yellow Squadron is Erusea's elite unit. |
| 208 | * ''VideoGame/BombClub'': All the members of the titular club have names that matches their CMYK ChromaticArrangement. Ian for cyan, Maggie for Magenta, Jon for yellow[[note]]from the French word for yellow, ''jaune''[[/note]], and Blake for Black. |
| 209 | * In ''VideoGame/BugFables'', Vi's full name is Violet (using French pronunciation (vee-oh-lay), to preserve the punniness of [[ALizardNamedLiz her shortened name]]). Though she ironically [[NonIndicativeName lacks any purple in her design]], her name is complimentary to her sister's name, Jaune, which is a French word for yellow. |
| 210 | * ''VideoGame/CragneManor'': The positions of the Aldermen of the Variegated Court are all named after archaic colors. For example, Mazarine is a shade of blue, while Fuscous is a combination of colors averaging out to a brownish gray. |
| 211 | * All of the main cast and some supporting characters from ''VideoGame/CromaHeroes'' has the name of a color. Even towns and other places follow the theme, such as Brush, Hue, Canvas, Inky mines and Watercolor Port. |
| 212 | * The three player characters in the ''VideoGame/DetectivesUnited'' series are Anna Gray, Agent Brown, and James Blackthorne. This might simply be a coincidence - the series is a CrisisCrossover for three mystery game series produced by Creator/ElephantGames, so they had these names in their original games - but it still fits. |
| 213 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Everhood}}'', almost all of the major characters have colors as part of their names. You have Red, Blue Thief, Gold Pig, Purple Mage, Green Mage, Professor Orange, [[spoiler:Pink, and Yellow]]. |
| 214 | * Roughly half the characters in ''Exodus: Escape From Fort Bullwark'' are named after colors, from Carmine to Coral to Captain Bur-Gundy to the main character, Fuchsia. |
| 215 | * The villains of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII: VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus'' are called Rosso (red) the Crimson, Azul (blue) the Cerulean, Shelke (amber) the Transparent, Nero (black) the Sable and Weiss (white) the Immaculate. |
| 216 | * In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTacticsA2'', you get to engage with the Cinquleur (from ''cinq couleurs'', five colours in French), whose names are Ruuj (red), Bliu (blue), Verre (green), Nware (black), and Blanch (white), each representing their job class. Unfortunately the enemy sprite colors don't match the names. |
| 217 | * In ''VideoGame/FreedomPlanet'', the main character's name is Sash Lilac. Lilac color is a pale shade of purple, and it's also the color of her skin. |
| 218 | * '''Every major character''' in ''VideoGame/GunstarHeroes'' is named after a color, with the exception of Pink's two sidekicks, as well as Smash Daisaku. |
| 219 | * ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'': The managers in ''GO'' and ''Chrono Stone'' are named after colours, both in the Japanese version and in the dub: '''Ao'''i/Skie Blue (blue), '''Aka'''ne/Rosie Redd (red), and '''Midori'''/Jade Greene (green). The fourth major girl added to the cast, '''Ki'''nako/Goldie Lemon (yellow), follows the same pattern. |
| 220 | * The three high school friends from ''VideoGame/JackFrench and the 7 Dwarfs'': Michel ''Lebrun'' (French for "brown"), Sam ''Black'' and Will ''White''. |
| 221 | * ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' has a colourful music theme of the 'bell' type [[TheHeartless Heartless]] (Red Nocturne, Blue Rhapsody, Yellow Opera and Green Requiem in the first game and ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsChainOfMemories''; Crimson Jazz, Silver Rock, and Emerald Blues in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII''). [[GoddamnBats About a dozen more]] were added in ''[[VideoGame/KingdomHearts358DaysOver2 358/2 Days]]''. |
| 222 | * ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'': |
| 223 | ** [[GreenHillZone Green Greens]], [[DeathMountain Red Canyon]], [[PalmtreePanic Orange Ocean]], [[RemixedLevel Purple Plants]]... the list goes on (maybe). |
| 224 | ** ''VideoGame/KirbyAndTheRainbowCurse'' features worlds that are named after the 7 colors of the rainbow. [[note]]They are: Green Valley, Yellow Dunes, Indigo Ocean, Blue Sky Palace, Orange Woodland, Red Volcano and Purple Fortress. [[/note]] |
| 225 | * Six of the seven sages from ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'' are named after colors of the rainbow (with the odd one out being Impa, whose status as a LegacyCharacter means that her name predates the theme). |
| 226 | * ''VideoGame/LiEat'' has Vermillion Town, Azure Town and Gold Town. |
| 227 | * In the Japanese version of ''VideoGame/{{Miitopia}}'', the Slime enemies are named after their colour. This is dropped in the English traduction, in which they follow EdibleThemeNaming instead. |
| 228 | * In ''VideoGame/TheMysteriousMurasameCastle'', the four lesser castles are named Aosame, Akasame, Ryokusame and Momosame, which respectively contain the Japanese words for blue, red, green and pink. |
| 229 | * All the Neons in ''VideoGame/NeonWhite'' are named with colors that correspond to the color of their hair and clothes. Neon White has black hair, but he's dressed head to toe in white. |
| 230 | * The main [=CPUs=] in the ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' series, aside from Neptune, are named after French color names, matching their outfits and the consoles they're based on: [[Platform/PS3 Noire]] (black), [[Platform/{{Wii}} Blanc]] (white) and [[Platform/Xbox360 Vert]] (green). Additionally, the [[SuperMode HDD form]] of every [=CPU=] is named "[color] Heart", with Neptune being Purple Heart, Noire being Black Heart, Blanc being White Heart and Vert being Green Heart. |
| 231 | * ''VisualNovel/OlympiaSoiree'': Keeping in line with the color themes of the story, most of the characters are named after the color of their respective clan. For example, Olympia's real name "Byakuya", means "white night" in Japanese, reflecting her heritage as a member of Tennyo Island's White clan, while Akaza's name can be read as "red sand", which is fitting for someone who belongs to the Red clan. |
| 232 | * ''VideoGame/PaperMarioColorSplash'': Piper's friends are Redd, Bloo, Greenie, Yella, and Purp, all named after their respective colors. |
| 233 | * ''VideoGame/ThePath'': All the girls' names are variations on "Red": Robin, Rose, Ginger, Ruby, Carmen, and Scarlet. |
| 234 | * ''VideoGame/PhantomBrave'' examples include Ash, Walnut, Canary, Scarlet, and I'm fairly sure Marona, Castile and Sulphur count as well. Of course there are others. |
| 235 | ** To specify, the characters are named after wood hues (though some just have normal colors as their names) Marona is derived from the french world from Maroon, Ash is synonymous with grey/black, Scarlet is a shade of red (and Sienna, a yellow-brown) and Canary (a one man AnimalWrongsGroup) is named from Canary Yellow. Of cuse some don't match this pattern (Namely Raphael and Sprout). Other characters with color names include Chief Editor Indigo, Sienna's assistant, Murasaki (Japanese for purple). Marona's mother is Jasmine, and Walnut's real name is Faded. |
| 236 | ** Most unique abilities for characters are also color themed. Marona's family has the ability "Chartreuse". Scarlet the Brave and Walnut have "Psycho Burgundy", Raphael's ability "Heliotrope" (Pink), Sprout's "Dark Eboreous" (Ebony), Flame's "Cobalt Blues", Fox's "Viridian Copper", Lierre's "Myosotis" (The color of forget-me-nots), and Drab's "Mega Crocus" (A color of lilies) |
| 237 | * The first generation of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' games have color-themed town names (playing the games on the SNES's Super Game Boy or through one of the ''Stadium'' games on the N64 yields a different color scheme for each town based on the name). |
| 238 | ** The second generation games combine this with theme naming based on plants - for example, Ecruteak (teakwood and the color ecru), Cianwood (wood in general and cyan), and Mahogany (both a type of wood and a color derived from it). |
| 239 | ** Red and Blue are the main characters of the [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue original games]]. A character named Leaf (after "[=LeafGreen=]") was added in the remakes as it adds the ability to choose the [=PC's=] gender found in later games (storywise, she's pretty much just [[DistaffCounterpart Red, but female]]). The sequels, ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'', have Gold (later renamed Ethan), Kris, and Silver as main characters. It wasn't until after that generation that they stopped naming characters after colors. |
| 240 | ** [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Two]] [[VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite generations]] got color-named games - and the intervening ones were named after [[RockThemeNaming valuable minerals]], which also have homonymous colors (except Crystal and Diamond). ''VideoGame/PokemonScarletAndViolet'' would eventually bring the tradition back and continue it with the [=DLCs=] "The Teal Mask" and "The Indigo Disk". |
| 241 | *** All of the Seven Sages in ''VideoGame/PokemonBlackAndWhite'' are named after colours of the rainbow... except for Ghetsis, who shares MusicalThemeNaming (G-C#) [[spoiler:with his son N]]. |
| 242 | *** Cheren and Bianca, also from ''Black'' & ''White'', complement each other in both personalities and names - Cheren is Slavic for black, Bianca is Italian for white. |
| 243 | *** Hugh from ''Black 2'' and ''White 2'', whose name is derived from "hue". |
| 244 | ** The two mascots of ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' might illustrate the ArmsAndArmorThemeNaming, but their names allude to their primary color - the blue-furred blade-carrying Zacian ("the cyan") and the red-furred armor-producing Zamazenta ("the magenta"). |
| 245 | * In ''VideoGame/{{Runbow}}'', the main characters are named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV the HSV color space]]. The default male PlayerCharacter is named Hue, the BigBad is named Satura(tion), and the default female player character is named Val(ue). |
| 246 | * ''VideoGame/SagaFrontier'' brings us twins Blue and Rouge, as well as Red, who seems to be an expy of the ''VideoGame/TreasureHunterG'' character. |
| 247 | * ''VideoGame/ShanghaiEXEGensoNetwork'': Autoroid variants are named based on their color. Red, Blue and Green, and also TieredByName: |
| 248 | ** The first tier is [=AutordR=], [=AutordB=], [=AutordG=]. |
| 249 | ** The second tier has V2 as the tier name suffix. Red is just [=AutordV2=] while Blue and Green are [=AutordBV2=], and [=AutordGV2=]. |
| 250 | * ''VideoGame/{{Solatorobo}}'': The protagonist is named Red, while two antagonists who claim Red is related to them are named Blanck and Nero (White and Black). |
| 251 | * RED and BLU of ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'', natch (which doubles as FunWithAcronyms). Other fronts for the organizations seen in the in-game signage also follows this convention (such as Red Bread and Blue Corn in the Granary map), as do the names of their founders, Redmond and Blutarch Mann. |
| 252 | ** Continuing the trend is the [[CainAndAbelAndSeth third brother]], Gray Mann, and his [[DaddysLittleVillain daughter]] Olivia (olive green). |
| 253 | * In ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', Chen, Ran, and Yukari's names mean Orange, Indigo, and Violet respectively. Each name's color's position on the electromagnetic spectrum corresponds to its owner's power level with violet being the strongest and orange being the weakest. |
| 254 | ** And then there are [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Scarlet sisters]], and "Lily Black", who is Lily White {{cosplay}}ing, or [[{{Fanon}} a completely different character]]. |
| 255 | * Red and Blue, heroes of ''VideoGame/TreasureHunterG'', are members of an entire family of color-based names. Other characters are exempt from the theme, though. |
| 256 | * The three siblings from ''Detana!! VideoGame/TwinBee'' are named after their respective colors: namely Light (Blue), Pastel (Pink) and Mint (Green). |
| 257 | * All of the characters of ''VideoGame/{{VVVVVV}}'' are named after colors. For bonus points, all of their names also start with the letter "V" (Viridian, Vermilion, Violet, etc.; hence the game's title). |
| 258 | * The members of the AbsurdlyPowerfulStudentCouncil from ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' are named after the colours which correspond to their hair colours and one of TheFourGods of the Chinese mythology. |
| 259 | ** For Kuroko, "kuro" means black, named after the Black Tortoise of the North. |
| 260 | ** For Akane, "aka" means red, named after the Vermilion Bird of the South. |
| 261 | ** For Aoi, "ao" means blue, named after the Azure Dragon of the East. |
| 262 | ** For Shiromi, "shiro" means white, named after the White Tiger of the West. |
| 263 | [[/folder]] |
| 264 | |
| 265 | [[folder:Web Animation]] |
| 266 | * ''WebAnimation/OverlySarcasticProductions'' is a channel co-run by Red, who makes videos about works of fiction, and Blue, who makes videos about history. Both their on-screen avatars are drawn in these colors as well. Their staff and family members also have color-coded nicknames despite rarely appearing in videos -- Indigo is their editor, Cyan is Blue's wife, and Magenta is Red's brother. |
| 267 | * ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': Volume 2's ''Field Trip'' reveals that eighty years before the series begins, there was a terrible world war where even artistic self-expression was at stake. In memory and defiance of this, people have ever since named their children after colors, a core concept of art. Nearly all characters in the show are colour-themed, as are their team names. Using the show's titular Team RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") as an example: Ruby is red-themed and named after a red precious stone; Weiss' name comes from a German word for 'white' because she's white-themed; the black-themed Blake wears predominantly black and white, and her name comes from two Old English sources that mean "dark" and "pale"; Yang is named after a Chinese word for light and the sun to represent her yellow theme. [[BigGood Ozpin]] and [[BigBad Salem]] are an exception to the rule for plot-significant reasons. The creators [[http://rwby.wikia.com/wiki/Color_Naming_Rule published online]] the rules they follow for the colour-theme naming, so some character names only indirectly reference colours such as the Vale news reporter Cyril Ian, whose name is a pun of the colour "cerulean". |
| 268 | |
| 269 | [[/folder]] |
| 270 | |
| 271 | [[folder:Webcomics]] |
| 272 | * ''Webcomic/{{Beanstalked}}'' has Azure, who's based on the Blue Fairy from [[WesternAnimation/{{Pinocchio}} Disney's adaptation of]] ''Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio''. |
| 273 | * ''Webcomic/CollegeRoomiesFromHell'': Michael Redford Green and his sister Blue, and mother Hazel. |
| 274 | * In ''Webcomic/ColourWheel'', all the named characters so far are named after their color scheme. Some are more blatant than others. |
| 275 | * ''Webcomic/LittleLapses'': Blue the Phanpy and her sister Navy are shades of, well, blue, both physically and in name. Cinnabar the Scorbunny is also named after a shade of red. |
| 276 | * The ''Webcomic/MenageA3'' spinoff ''Webcomic/StickyDillyBuns'' features sisters Amber and Ruby, hitting this and also RockThemeNaming. |
| 277 | * In ''Webcomic/NoRestForTheWicked'', [[http://www.forthewicked.net/archive/01-16.html Perrault remembers the red theme]] of Red's name. |
| 278 | %%* ''Everyone'' in ''Webcomic/PastelDefenderHeliotrope''. |
| 279 | * In ''Webcomic/PlusEV'', the mother's name is Violet. Her first daughter is Scarlett, which is a shade of red. And violet is a mixture of red and blue. So it was logical to give their second daughter a name that's a shade of blue, and thus she was named... Ultramarine! |
| 280 | * In the ''Webcomic/SequentialArt'' Webcomic, the [[http://www.collectedcurios.com/sequentialart.php?s=470 squirrel sisters]] Scarlet, Amber, Jade and Violet. Though when written it's rather [[LeetLingo 5C4RL37, 4M83R, J4D3 and V10L37]]. |
| 281 | * In ''Webcomic/{{Sinfest}}'', the first two succubi to become actual characters are Fuschia and Baby Blue -- whose hair and clothing are that color. Others of them have been given color nicknames by fans, and one, Sapphire, has been made official. Amber, a human, may have been inadvertent. |
| 282 | * In the (short-lived) WCI High, there was a trio of girls named Goldie, Sylvie, and Rusty. |
| 283 | [[/folder]] |
| 284 | |
| 285 | [[folder:Web Original]] |
| 286 | * ''WebVideo/FranceFive'', being a parody of ''Franchise/SuperSentai'', naturally follow the same format with its heroes: Red Fromage, Black Beaujolais, Blue Accordéon, Yellow Baguette, Pink à la mode. |
| 287 | * In ''Roleplay/WeAreOurAvatars'', the Original Character Orange continues the color theme of the [[Franchise/DragonBall Red Ribbon Army Color Theme]] as he's the brother of Capt. Yellow), but he's also named after [[EdibleThemeNaming a citrus fruit]], as he's the rival of [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Lime]]. |
| 288 | * In WebVideo/TheWithVoicesProject, All the [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSRV2j8i5ybbLiM4ZmFbtEvmJWHeZ7ifj Ib With Voices]] episodes are named for the colors of the walls of the rooms Ib is exploring during that particular episode. |
| 289 | * In Jake Adelstein's [[https://boingboing.net/2010/08/10/yakuza-3-review.html article]] about the ''[[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Yakuza/Ryu ga Gotoku]]'' videogame series, as reviewed by actual yakuza, he gives the yakuza members he interviewed the aliases "'''Shiro'''kawa" (white), "'''Kuro'''ishi" (black) and "'''Midori'''yama" (green) in the transcript to protect their identities. |
| 290 | [[/folder]] |
| 291 | |
| 292 | [[folder:Western Animation]] |
| 293 | * ''WesternAnimation/BluesClues'' has the title character, who in a subversion of color-related norms is female. Several other animal characters are also named for their colors, such as the puppies Magenta and Green, and kittens Orange and Periwinkle. |
| 294 | * The members of the Sabrewing family in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', being violet sabrewing hummingbirds, are all named after shades of purple. The only exception to the rule is Lena, who is a duck and was adopted in her teens. |
| 295 | [[/folder]] |
| 296 | |
| 297 | [[folder:Real Life]] |
| 298 | * This is a very common way to designate mass transit lines. Different lines tend to have different colors on maps anyway, and simply calling them after their colors makes them easy to remember and less confusing to outsiders. Some examples: |
| 299 | ** The UsefulNotes/WashingtonMetro has the Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Orange, and Silver Lines. |
| 300 | ** The UsefulNotes/ChicagoL has the Red, Blue, Orange, Green, Purple, Pink, Brown, and Yellow Lines. |
| 301 | ** The UsefulNotes/TheT in Boston has Orange, Red, and Blue subway lines plus the Green Line, which is a subway/surface streetcar line, and the Silver Line, which is Bus Rapid Transit. |
| 302 | ** The UsefulNotes/LosAngelesMetroRail has Blue, Red, Purple, Green, and Gold Lines of varying characters. There are other lines that do not adhere to the theme, however, like the Expo Line. |
| 303 | ** The UsefulNotes/NewYorkSubway doesn't use color names, however, the color of a route's emblem is indicative of which trunk line that service uses in Manhattan. Specifically, red emblem routes use the IRT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line, orange is for the IND Sixth Avenue Line, yellow is for the BMT Broadway Line, apple green is for the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, lime green is for the IND Crosstown Line, blue is for the IND Eighth Avenue Line, purple is for the IRT Flushing Line, light gray is used for the BMT Canarsie Line, and dark gray is used for shuttle services. |
| 304 | ** The UsefulNotes/TwinCities' mass transit system has light rail Green and Blue Lines, an operational Bus Rapid Transit Red Line, and an under-construction Bus Rapid Transit Orange Line. |
| 305 | ** The UsefulNotes/{{Portland}} Trimet MAX transit system has Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, and Blue Lines. |
| 306 | ** The [[UsefulNotes/NorthEastEngland Tyne and Wear]] Metro has two lines, Yellow and Green. |
| 307 | ** UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia|Subways}} has this--sort of. Because nothing about Philadelphia transit nomenclature is simple, here's a breakdown: |
| 308 | *** Philadelphia has two primary heavy-rail rapid transit lines, operated by the Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA). Officially, these are named for the streets they generally follow: one is called the Broad Street Line (because it follows Broad Street), and the other is called the Market-Frankford Line (because it mostly follows Market Street and Frankford Avenue). Real Philly people generally call the Broad Street Line the Subway (because it is underground for practically all of its length) and the Market-Frankford Line the "El" (short for "Elevated," because it is elevated outside of Center City[[note]]i.e. downtown[[/note]] and University City[[note]]a neighborhood immediately west of Center City so named because it is home to the [[UsefulNotes/IvyLeague University of Pennsylvania]] and Drexel University[[/note]]). However, some materials refer to the Subway as the "Orange Line" and the El as the "Blue Line" because that is how they are universally colored on Philadelphia transit maps. Also, the signage and trim on the lines match the colors: Subway stations have signs with white lettering on orange and have trains with orange decorations and orange seats, while the El has signs with white lettering on blue and the trains have blue decoration and blue seats. |
| 309 | *** The SEPTA trolley (i.e. streetcar) system is universally colored green on transit maps. These have multiple different names, although the most heavily used are the Subway-Surface Lines that run from West and Southwest Philadelphia and into tunnels in University City and Center City. All the trolleys have green trim and green seats and the stations generally have white lettering on a green background. The trolley lines are sometimes called the Green Lines (a bit like Boston, actually), although nobody is really sure whether that refers to just the Subway-Surface ones. |
| 310 | *** The Norristown High Speed Line--a weird modernized dinosaur of a service, running bus-like service on dedicated rail after the fashion of the interurbans of old--is universally colored purple on transit maps and has white-on-purple signage. However, it doesn't have purple trim or seats, and is rarely called the "Purple Line." |
| 311 | *** The heavy-rail PATCO train to UsefulNotes/NewJersey is basically never called the "Red Line"--even though PATCO uses red very heavily in its branding and sand the line is universally colored red on Philadelphia/South Jersey transit maps. |
| 312 | *** Significantly, in the 1980s, the authorities tried to get everybody to start referring to these named services by their colors. Everybody--led by the city's main paper, the ''Philadelphia Inquirer''--proceeded to laugh in the authorities' faces. While the ''Inky'' has since renounced its vehement opposition to the idea of colored lines (doubtless inspired by Chicago's experience), nobody has tried to actively revive it since. |
| 313 | *** Finally, and fascinatingly, while the 80s push to use colored designations mostly fizzled, it seems to have caught on in Philadelphia's substantial Spanish-speaking community. Hispanic Phillies are liable to call the El ''la Línea Azul'' and the Sub ''la Línea Naranja'' in Spanish even if they'd say "the El" and "the Sub" in English. |
| 314 | ** UsefulNotes/{{Pittsburgh}} has three light rail lines, designated Red, Blue, and Silver. Kind of.[[note]]The Silver is mostly concurrent with the Blue but branches off. Meanwhile the Red, Blue, and Silver run concurrently downtown, only for the Red to branch off from the Blue and then meet it again around the same place the Silver splits off. Most transit planners would denounce this as bad planning until they realized this was dictated to no small degree by Pittsburgh's absurdly difficult terrain. (This isn't to say it's the optimal setup, but one can see why the decisions were made.)[[/note]] Additionally, many of the city's bus services use three busways (highways dedicated exclusively to bus traffic), which all have names, but are also assigned colors: the South Busway is yellow, the West Busway is green, and the Martin Luther King Jr. East Busway is coded purple. The routes that run on those busways have letters designating the busway (so Routes P1 and P67 run on the East Busway, while Route G2 would be on the West). |
| 315 | ** UsefulNotes/{{Cleveland}}'s single heavy-rail rapid transit line is called the Red Line. Cleveland also has two premetro/light rail lines, designated Blue and Green. |
| 316 | ** Walt Disney World monorail trains are designated different colors. Blue, Black, Coral, Gold, Green, Lime, Orange, Peach, Red, Silver, Teal and Yellow are the colors used. Pink and Purple were retired after an incident in 2009 where one train crashed into another and the driver of Pink was killed. |
| 317 | ** Somewhat subverted with the UsefulNotes/TheLondonUnderground: Like other examples here, London uses a colour coding system to distinguish between the various lines. However, ''nobody'' who lives in London actually refers to the lines with their colours. If you approach a Londoner for information about the Green Line, you will probably get a momentary blank stare followed by the answer to your question about the [[InsistentTerminology District Line]]. |
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