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[[File:colorchipmunks.gif|link=Alvin and The Chipmunks|frame|Alvin, Simon, The-o-dore! Doot, doot, doo-doo-doo-doot...]]
The primary colors, based on light as opposed to physical pigments, are red, green, and blue. Many writers and character designers seem to know this, as characters that are [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] tend to be gathered in the order of red (or pink), blue, and green at the beginning of the series. Green counts as it is a primary color of light, but not pigments. Just look at an older TV! (This may also be related to the fact that yellow rarely looks good on anyone.)
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Compare [[Rainbow Motif]], which this trope has a tendency to grow into, and [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]], which is this trope as applied to only two main characters.
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Digimon Tamers]]'' - Takato (red), Ruki (blue), and Jianliang (green) were met in that order and quickly became the [[Power Trio]] and main characters. Five more came in the second half of the series, some of whom were shoved into the roles thanks to [[Executive Meddling]], but the main trio remain quite clearly the focal characters (the next most important Tamer after them, Juri, fits in that her Digivice was yellow). The trio even has their own image song called ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXoMVjaLOsY Primary Colors]''.
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* ''[[One Piece]]'': The top tier of the Straw Hat Pirates: Luffy, the leader, red; Zoro, the strongest, green; Sanji, the smartest (of the three, as shown in Skypea and Enies Lobby when he brings down Enel's ship and opens the gates, respectively), blue.
** The 3 Captains: Kidd (red; the most aggressive with the then highest bounty among Supernovas), Luffy (blue; the good guy) and Law (yellow; the laid-back) who made brief alliances outside the Slave Auction House during Sabaody Archipelago arc.
* The [[Power Trio]] of ''[[BB Senshi Sangokuden]]'': Ryuubi (blue...well, "RX-78 colored", but a lot of blue), Kanu (green), and Chouhi (red).
* [[Those Two Bad Guys|Those three bad guys]] from ''Kishin Douji Zenki'': Gulen (red), Gaula (blue), and Anju (green).
* ''[[Dragonball Z]]'': during the Buu saga, the saiyans that infiltrated Babidi's ship were noticeably Red (Red/Orange Goku), Blue, (Vegeta), and green (Gohan). And After Gohan's [[Clothing Damage|fight with Dabura]], he was wearing all black.
* ''[[The Idolmaster (anime)|THE iDOLM@STER]]'' - the ''Live For You'' OVA has Haruka (red), Chihaya (Blue), and Miki (Green) as the main stars.
== [[Card Games]] ==▼
* Most [[Collectible Card Game]]s with color coded factions use Chromatic Arrangement. The rest and change use a Light/Dark dichotomy. How much of this is due to [[Magic: The Gathering|the grandaddy]] using both is up for debate.▼
** Magic uses white, blue, black, red, and green. Blue is [[The Smart Guy]]. Red fits more with [[The Lancer]] (to white) than [[The Hero]], though. Green can be [[The Big Guy]], since green's only way of dealing with creatures is a contest of sheer power, or [[The Chick]], because its mana acceleration is faster than any other color and bleeds into other colors.▼
* ''[[Star Trek]]''' Customizable Card Game. The first three factions were Federation (blue), Klingon (red), and Romulan (green).▼
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* In ''[[Young Justice (comics)|Young Justice]]'', though their costumes are far from monochromatic, the writers generally use green, red, and blue as shorthands for Robin, Impulse, and [[Superboy]], respectively.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* The [[Iconic Logo]] of [[Eyrie Productions, Unlimited]], authors of ''[[Undocumented Features]]'', includes three colored bars -- red, green and blue -- under the group's initials.
== Eastern European Animation ==
* In ''[[Son of the White Horse]]'', yellow is for Fanyűvő, blueish-green for Vasgyúró, red for Kőmorzsoló, and the same for their respective princesses.
== [[Film]] ==
* ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'': the three good fairies are Flora (red), Fauna (green), and Merryweather (blue).
* All ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' merchandise, including the special edition DVDs, was color-coded by film. Fellowship was green, Two Towers was red, and Return of the King was blue.
** Except, irritatingly, the Complete Recordings soundtracks: Fellowship was red, Towers blue, King green.
* In ''[[Star Wars]]'', the most common three lightsaber colors are red, green, and blue. Red ones are usually reserved for Sith and other villains; some expanded universe materials have implied specific meanings behind these and other colors, but these are not canon.
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== [[Live
* The Babylon stations themselves in ''[[Babylon 5]]'', with the eponymous B5 blue, Babylon 4 green, and the original Babylon station red. The other two stations were never shown onscreen, so it remains unclear what their colors
* ''Big Bad [[Beetleborgs]]'' used this for the first set of powers the heroes had, with Blue Stinger as the leader, Green Hunter, and Red Striker.
** Also, the villains. The Magnavores are Typhus (green), Noxic (blue), and Jara (red). When the series became ''Metallix'', we had the Crustaceans: Nukus (red), Horribelle (green), and Vilor (blue).
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** The three Highness Dukes from ''[[Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger]]'' fit: Shuten is red, Ura is green, and Rasetsu is blue. Naturally, their ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'' counterparts, the Org Generals, also fit: Retinax is red, Nayzor is green, and Mandilok is blue.
▲* Most [[Collectible Card Game]]s with color coded factions use Chromatic Arrangement. The rest and change use a Light/Dark dichotomy. How much of this is due to [[Magic: The Gathering|the grandaddy]] using both is up for debate.
▲** Magic uses white, blue, black, red, and green. Blue is [[The Smart Guy]]. Red fits more with [[The Lancer]] (to white) than [[The Hero]], though. Green can be [[The Big Guy]], since green's only way of dealing with creatures is a contest of sheer power, or [[The Chick]], because its mana acceleration is faster than any other color and bleeds into other colors.
▲* The ''[[w:Star Trek
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* The Sunday edition of the San Francisco Chronicle has a partial version of this (or used to) as well: with The Sporting Green (sports news printed on [[Captain Obvious|green paper]]) and the Datebook (entertainment news, printed on pink paper, popularly known as "[[Fan Nickname|The Pink Section]]").
* Communism descended from Socialism (which was usually red), so communist countries chose red, and this led to the [[Red Scare]].
* Speaking of additive color (we were, way back at the beginning), when TV first went to color, red-green-blue [[Vanity Plate|network idents]] popped up ''everywhere''. It helped that there were so many [[NBC|networks]] [[CBS|with]] [[
* At least in Germany, most producers colour-coded the three basic varieties of chocolate thusly: red - plain, blue - milk, green - with nuts.
* American milk packaging is color-coded: red - whole milk (about 3% butterfat), blue - 2% butterfat, green = 1% butterfat, pink or light blue - skim, and brown = chocolate milk is the most common but only the red, blue, and brown are anything like a universal standard.
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