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=== Tabletop Games ===

* Just open a ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' Monster Manual or similar setting supplement. Even if you entirely ignore the various "magical" monsters borrowed from mythology (such as the couatl, a feathered serpent based on depictions of Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec god) and the [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|color-coded dragons]] you will find e.g. an amazing technicolor dream-coated wolf with feathered wings instead of front legs ([http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/d&d%20beasts%20%20senmurv%20gay%20pride.jpg the Senmurv]), and Tribex, horned beasts of burden that resemble African antelopes but with a bright blue stripe along its flank instead of a brown stripe (in the ''[[Eberron]]'' setting).

* Just open a ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' Monster Manual or similar setting supplement. Even if you entirely ignore the various "magical" monsters borrowed from mythology (such as the couatl, a feathered serpent based on depictions of Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec god) and the [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|color-coded dragons]] you will find e.g. an amazing technicolor dream-coated wolf with feathered wings instead of front legs ([https://web.archive.org/web/20171120000915/http://www.headinjurytheater.com/images/d%26d%20beasts%20%20senmurv%20gay%20pride.jpg the Senmurv]), and Tribex, horned beasts of burden that resemble African antelopes but with a bright blue stripe along its flank instead of a brown stripe (in the ''[[Eberron]]'' setting).

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* Averted: Most depictions of dinosaurs tended 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, ''Sinosauropteryx'', was white with orange stripes, the [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/01/100127-dinosaurs-color-feathers-science/o/ second], ''Anchiornis'', was black, with mottled white and a rufous mohawk. ''Confuciusornis'', a primitive bird, had varying shades of gray, white and orange. ''Sinornithosaurus'' was most likely orange and black. In any case, ''every'' species of dinosaur was very likely flamboyantly-colored. They, like all other reptiles, had great vision and likely relied on visual signals and bright colors to communicate.

* [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].

* [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]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20150911040035/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].

* [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 camouflage and to communicate with one another, they ''cannot'' instantly change into ''every'' color in existence despite what movies/cartoons would like you to believe.