Rainbow Motif: Difference between revisions

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Indigo is generally considered the odd man out among the seven, due to it simply being a dark blue.<ref> There is evidence to suggest that Isaac Newton in fact considered the shade that we consider to be blue to be indigo, while ''cyan'' is what he considered to be blue</ref>. If the creator needs a few more colors to round out the cast, '''black''' and {{color|silver|white}} are common additions. Alternatively, some creators opt to branch out into the non-visible parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, such as infrared and ultraviolet. Curiously, {{color|cyan|cyan}} is missing, creating a conspicuous gap between the primaries green and blue, while indigo and violet replace {{color|magenta|magenta}} between red and blue .<ref> (magenta is an odd color; usually if an object reflects multiple pure colors, your brain sees the average color reflected, but if only the edges of spectrum are being reflected, ie red and violet\blue, your brain sees it as magenta rather than green)</ref>. For printing inks and finer art, cyan, magenta, and yellow are the primary colors.

* In ''[[Paranoia]]'', Alpha Complex's security clearance system was based on [[Rainbow Motif|RoyGBiv]] with two additions: Infrared (black), Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet, Ultraviolet (white).

** In adventure WG6 ''Isle of the Ape'', one puzzle required the [[PC|PCs]]s to follow color-coded corridors in [[Rainbow Motif|RoyGBiv]] order to gain valuable information and avoid a death trap. Oddly enough this was never actually stated in the module: the DM and players had to figure it out for themselves.

** The color of Wizshades (a type of monster) depended on how old they were. The scale was in reverse [[Rainbow Motif|RoyGBiv]] order: the youngest were violet, and the oldest were red.

** Subverted in adventure I12 ''Egg of the Phoenix''. A puzzle to open a magical doorway appears to be based on choosing which colors to touch from a [[Rainbow Motif|RoyGBiv]] palette, but it's a trick.

** WG7 ''Castle Greyhawk''. Level 5 is filled with [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]] to other [[Tabletop RPG|Tabletop RPGs]]s. One room has a variety of creatures each colored one of the [[Rainbow Motif|RoyGBiv]] colors as a reference to ''[[Paranoia]]''.

* ''[[Rainbow Brite]]''. The seven Color Kids are named after the [[Rainbow Motif|RoyGBiv]] scale: Red Butler, Lala Orange, Canary Yellow, Patty O' Green, Buddy Blue, Indigo and Shy Violet.