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* 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 ''[[Septimus Heap]]'', Wizardry is color-coded: Purple is used by the ExtraOrdinary Wizards and their Apprentices, while bright green is associated with other Magyk.
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** Summoners are usually associated with green, but varies, especially when Summoning is triggered by [[Upgrade Artifact|some kind of magicite]] or the summoner also fulfills one of the other mage classes (such as Yuna in ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'').
* ''[[Battle for Wesnoth]]'', since it's inspired by ''Final Fantasy'', has a similar categorization. Brown is for apprentice magi, red for master (fire) magi, white for holy magi, silver for teleporting magi, and black for dark (necromantic) magi.
* ''[[Eternal Darkness]]'' combines this with [[Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors]]. Red, Blue, Green, Purple and Yellow Magick each correspond to a specific [[Eldritch Abomination|Ancient]]; offensive Magicks cast gain an alignment advantage while defensive magicks grant an alignment-specific bonus. (Red grants [[White Magic|Health]], Green restores [[Sanity Meter|Sanity]], Blue [[Useless Superpowers|restores as much Mana as you've spent casting it]] and Purple [[Game Breaker|grants Health, Sanity, embues your weapons with Poison and turns your character invisible]]. Yellow Magick is never available to the protagonists, but apparently belongs to [[The Stinger|some other, unseen being]]...
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* 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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