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{{quote|"''...For I am Saruman the Wise, Saruman Ring-maker, Saruman of Many Colours!' I looked then and saw that his robes, which had seemed white, were not so, but were woven of all colors, and if he moved they shimmered and changed hue so that the eye was bewildered. 'I liked white better,' I said.''"|'''[[The Lord of the Rings|Gandalf]]''', telling the Council of Elrond of Saruman's [[Face Heel Turn]].}}
There is an idea (codified by [[
As the title suggests, this is a subtrope of [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]. Related to [[Colour Coded Elements]].
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== [[Card Games]] ==
* ''[[Magic:
** They sometimes dress in those colors, too, but thankfully don't always...
*** Part of the reason for dressing 'in-color' is that most ([http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/stf/96 but not all!]) card art has a palette that matches the card's color.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' has (at the beginning of the book) Saruman the White, Gandalf the Grey, and Radagast the Brown. Tolkien's notes also make reference to Alatar and Pallando, who are both blue.
* [[Discworld]] parodies Radagast with Ridicully the Brown (probably with the intention of making you think of... certain body functions), who, rather than a nature lover, is more of an [[Egomaniac Hunter]]. One book also references this by having the wizards' washerwomen mock the cleanliness of those who use "The White" as a title. Finally, a straight example is Ipslore the Red in ''[[Discworld
** Mrs Whitlow's line in ''[[Discworld
** Most recently parodied in ''[[Discworld|Unseen Academicals]]'', where Unseen University's late sports instructor was Evans the Striped. Presumably, they were black and white stripes, as per referees.
* ''[[The Baroque Cycle]]'' by [[Neal Stephenson]] engages in some [[Magical Realism]] by having Enoch Root, who also appears in ''[[Cryptonomicon]]'', which is set several centuries later - it's implied that he's a sort of "Wandering Jew" type. His last name is similar to the Dutch or German word for red and, at one point, he's referred to as Enoch the Red and linked to wizardry.
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** Also, at the end of ''The High Lord'', {{spoiler|Lord Balkan becomes the new high lord and changes the robe color to white, and the black robes are now worn by the [[Black Magic|Black Magician]].}}
* [[Andre Norton]] describes a similar system in ''The Jargoon Pard'' but with more colors; brown, orange, purple, violet...
* ''[[
* Colors are a really big deal in ''[[The Seventh Tower]]'', where there is a whole society of Light-magic wielding mages who organize themselves according to the colors of the rainbow: with Red being the lowest rank and Violet the highest. On top of that, most magic in this series has to do with manipulating light, and using one's Sunstone to generate light in various colors has uses ranging from battle to music to common courtesy.
* Katherine Kurtz's Deryni are somewhat color-coded. Deryni with green or silver auras are able to Heal. The Haldanes have red auras. Since the society is feudal, Deryni nobility tend to have their aura colors included in their coats of arms (Haldane red, Morgan's Corwyn green).
* Allen L. Wold's ''The Eye In The Stone'' takes color-coded magic to the extreme, running through the spectrum of magic-associated pigments three times, so even different hues have their own meanings. Purchasing supplies for a ritual circle to invoke a needed spell, the protagonist has to buy an extra-large box of crayons, because the smaller boxes ''didn't have a dark enough blue''!
* ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' has the Red Priests of R'hllor who have impressive magical abilities, supposedly powered by the sacred fire of that god. One of the major characters who belongs to this group is the [[Evil Sorceror|Evillish Sorceress]] Mellisandre, who [[Word of God]] has stated to be a similar figure to Gandalf. The other is the much more benevolent Thoros of Myr, who, at one point, is referred to as the Red Wizard.
* In ''[[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
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== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[8-Bit Theater (Webcomic)|Eight Bit Theater]]'' naturally has this, being a parody of ''[[
* The magicians of ''[[Zebra Girl]]'' earn a The X after their first ascension. The color tends to be something they wore before their near death experience, though. J-jack became Jack The Plaid, for example, with a major boost in power, a tendency to have some rather nice plaid-oriented spells, and a shapeshifting robe that's a pocket into a [[Unmoving Plaid|plaid dimension]].
* In [[Trigger Star]], Breadbun explains to Avocado that Mages are colour coded depending on what their spell specialty is. Breadbun herself is a Panda Mage, which means she uses both [[White Magic|holy]] and [[Black Magic|dark]] magic.
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'''Breadbun:''' No, they're homosexuals. Their magic makes everything fabulous.<br />
'''Avocado:''' Zounds! }}
* in ''[[The Order of the Stick
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Flight of Dragons]] '' animated movie had four wizards (green, blue, gold, and red) assigned to different realms.
* In ''[[
** Eye colour also enters the equation, with the people from the Water Tribe having blue eyes, Earth Kingdom having green eyes, Fire Nation having amber eyes, and Air Nomads having grey eyes.
* In ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
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