Color

Color is a feature in the Kirby series, introduced in Kirby's Adventure. It is generally used to differentiate players in multiplayer, but can also be used for personal preference.

Kirby's Adventure

When Kirby does not have a Copy Ability, he appears pink. When Kirby has a Copy Ability, he will usually appear a peach color. When Kirby has Freeze or Ice, he appears white with blue feet.

Kirby's Dream Course

In 2-Player Mode, Player 1 plays as Pink Kirby, while Player 2 plays as a Yellow Kirby, nicknamed Keeby. "Keeby" (キービィ Kībyi) is a portmanteau of the Japanese word for yellow, き/黄 (Ki); and Kirby, カービィ (Kābyi).

Kirby Super Star

Like Kirby's Adventure, Kirby's color sometimes changes based on what Copy Ability he has. When Kirby has a Copy Ability, he will usually appear a more saturated pink, giving him a darker appearance; Hammer further saturates Kirby. Mirror instead gives Kirby a less saturated pink, giving him a lighter appearance; Plasma further desaturates Kirby.

• Yellow: Beam
• Blue: Ice
• Red: Fire
• Purple: Ninja
• Brown: Stone
• Light Brown: Suplex

Kirby's Dream Land 3

Like Kirby's Adventure, Kirby's color changes to blue when possessing Ice, however, this only occurs when Kirby is actively using it and is without an Animal Friend.

Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards

Like Kirby's Dream Land 3, Kirby's color changes to blue when actively using Ice or the Ice Ice Power Combo.

Mini-Games

If multiple players use the same character, the earliest instance will be the default, and additional instances will be a different color. Unlike in Super Smash Bros. every Kirby has red blushes and the feet are simply a darker color of the body; the red color for Kirby is absent.

Kirby

• Pink: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Green: Player 3
• Blue: Player 4

Waddle Dee

• Orange: Player 1
• Purple: Player 2
• Green: Player 3
• Blue: Player 4

Adeleine

• Green: Player 1
• Purple: Player 2
• Orange: Player 3
• Blue: Player 4

King Dedede

• Red: Player 1
• Pink: Player 2
• Orange: Player 3
• Blue: Player 4

Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land

Like Kirby Super Star, Kirby's color sometimes changes based on what Copy Ability he has. Copy Abilities that change player color can affect any player.

• Yellow: Needle
• Blue: Ice
• Light Brown: Stone

Sub-games and Multiplayer

Kirby's color is based on player. Player 2's colors are identical to Needle and the green color now features orange feet.

• Pink: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Red: Player 3
• Green: Player 4

Kirby Air Ride

Multiple colors are available to prevent confusion among players. Four colors are unlockable. King Dedede and Meta Knight are also affected by colors, but the character color doesn't always match.

Green Kirby's feet are dark green like Kusamochi Kirby instead of having the orange feet in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land.

With Pink, King Dedede is red; with Red, King Dedede is green; with Green, King Dedede is pink; with Brown, King Dedede is black; all other colors match.

With Yellow, Meta Knight is green; with Green, Meta Knight is pink; with Pink, Meta Knight is navy; with Purple, Meta Knight is black; all other colors match.

Kirby

• Pink: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Blue: Player 3
• Red: Player 4
• Green: Unlockable
• Purple: Unlockable
• Brown: Unlockable
• White: Unlockable

King Dedede

• Pink: Red (default) King Dedede
• Yellow: Yellow King Dedede
• Blue: Blue King Dedede
• Red: Green King Dedede
• Green: Pink King Dedede
• Purple: Purple King Dedede
• Brown: Black King Dedede
• White: White King Dedede

Meta Knight

• Pink: Navy (default) Meta Knight
• Yellow: Green Meta Knight
• Blue: Blue Meta Knight
• Red: Red Meta Knight
• Green: Pink Meta Knight
• Purple: Black Meta Knight
• Brown: Brown Meta Knight
• White: White Meta Knight

Kirby & The Amazing Mirror and Kirby: Squeak Squad

Spray Paint

The collectible Spray Paint item allows Kirby to change his color while in the Collection Room. In Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, there are 14 colors, and any player can use any color that is available. Green returns with the orange feet from Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land instead of the dark green feet of Kusamochi Kirby. Blue is referred to as Ocean; Purple is referred to as Grape; Brown is referred to as Chocolate; White is replaced with Chalk.

• Pink
• Yellow
• Red
• Green
• Snow
• Carbon
• Ocean
• Sapphire
• Grape
• Emerald
• Orange
• Chocolate
• Cherry
• Chalk

In Kirby: Squeak Squad, in addition to the 14 colors featured in Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, five more colors were added. Additionally, Chalk now additionally affects the appearance of Copy Abilities, making them appear monochromatic; White now has its own Spray Paint.

• Shadow
• Ivory
• Citrus
• White
• Lavender

Sub-games and Multiplayer

Kirby's color is based on player. In Kirby & The Amazing Mirror, these are the default colors, which can be changed with Spray Paint.

• Pink: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Red: Player 3
• Green: Player 4

Kirby Super Star Ultra

As in Kirby Super Star, Kirby's color sometimes changes based on what Copy Ability he has. Mirror's and Plasma's colors have now been changed from a less saturated pink to white and green, respectively. Plasma was originally depicted as green in its Kirby Super Star artwork, but did not appear green in the game; Plasma also features orange feet instead of the dark green featured in artwork and the Super Smash Bros. Brawl Trophy.

• Light Brown: Suplex
• Yellow: Beam
• Blue: Ice
• Red: Fire
• Green: Plasma
• Purple: Ninja
• Brown: Stone
• White: Mirror

Gourmet Race

Yellow Kirby appears when playing multiplayer on Gourmet Race. His body color is near-identical to Beam's, and his feet are a deeper red.

Sub-games

In the touch-controlled sub-games, Kirby's color is based on player.

• Pink: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Red: Player 3
• Green: Player 4

Kirby Mass Attack

By default, Kirby appears pink. A damaged Kirby, however, appears blue, and a KO'd Kirby appears white with gray feet and angel wings.

Color Change

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In Kirby Mass Attack, there is an unused feature called Color Change, which would presumably change the color of the Kirbys; this may have gone unused due to Kirby's color change upon being damaged.^[1][2] The possible colors were:

• Sapphire
• Ocean
• Chalk
• Light Pink
• Pink
• Red
• Orange
• Yellow
• Emerald
• Green
• Grape
• Shadow
• Chocolate

Kirby's Return to Dream Land and Kirby's Return to Dream Land Deluxe

In multiplayer, Kirby's color is based on player. Unlike in Kirby Air Ride, multiple players cannot be Meta Knight, King Dedede, or Bandana Waddle Dee; as such, they are independent of player position and only use their default colors. Colors affect Pop Flowers, Ninja Dojo ninja stars, and Scope Shot reticles.

• Pink: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Blue: Player 3
• Green: Player 4
• Purple: Meta Knight
• Red: King Dedede
• Orange: Bandana Waddle Dee

In Magolor Epilogue: The Interdimensional Traveler, Magolor follows a similar color scheme:

• Gray: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Blue: Player 3
• Green: Player 4

Kirby: Triple Deluxe and Kirby Fighters Deluxe

In the Kirby Fighters sub-game and the downloadable Kirby Fighters Deluxe, multiple colors are available to prevent confusion among players.

• Pink
• Yellow
• Blue
• Green
• Red
• Gray
• Navy

In Kirby Fighters Deluxe, in addition to the seven colors featured in Kirby Fighters, Shadow was added as an unlockable color, but its appearance is a dark purple instead of a dark gray.

• Shadow

Kirby and the Rainbow Curse

In multiplayer, Bandana Waddle Dee's color is based on player. In artwork, there is a Blue Waddle Dee. It is possible this was going to be the color for a potential Player 5, but it went unused due to the lack of 5-player gameplay in the final release.

• Red: Player 2
• Green: Player 3
• Yellow: Player 4

Kirby: Planet Robobot, Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, and Super Kirby Clash

In the Team Kirby Clash sub-game, Team Kirby Clash Deluxe, and Super Kirby Clash, Kirby's color is based on player.

• Pink: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Blue: Player 3
• Green: Player 4

Kirby Battle Royale

In multiplayer, multiple colors are available. Due to the game's visuals being different for each player, colors are usually for player preference. Waddle Dee, Meta Knight, and King Dedede are also playable characters; unlike in Kirby Air Ride, all of their colors properly correspond to the color choice, although some are particularly notable.

Kirby

• Pink
• Yellow
• Blue
• Green
• Orange
• Gray

Waddle Dee

• Pink: Based on the EX color in Kirby's Blowout Blast.
• Yellow
• Blue
• Green
• Orange: Based on the default color.
• Gray: Based on the Game Boy appearance.

Meta Knight

• Pink: Based on Galacta Knight.
• Yellow
• Blue: Based on his default color.
• Green
• Orange
• Gray: Based on Dark Meta Knight.

King Dedede

• Pink: Based on his Revenge form.
• Yellow
• Blue
• Green
• Orange: Based on the default color.
• Gray: Based on his Game Boy appearance.

Kirby Star Allies

Friends' colors are based on player. In Story Mode, the first instance of a Dream Friend uses the default color and subsequent iterations of that Dream Friend have the color based on player; in The Ultimate Choice and Heroes in Another Dimension, Dream Friends' colors are only based on player.

• Default: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Blue: Player 3
• Green: Player 4

Sub-games

In Chop Champs and Star Slam Heroes, Kirby's color is based on player. Like in Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, every Kirby has red blushes and the feet are simply a darker color of the body.

• Pink: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Blue: Player 3
• Green: Player 4

Kirby Fighters 2

Like Kirby Star Allies and unlike Kirby Fighters and Kirby Fighters Deluxe, color is based on player. Characters other than Kirby can use their default color as Player 2 in Story Mode: The Destined Rivals if Player 1 is not the same character.

• Default: Player 1
• Yellow: Player 2
• Blue: Player 3
• Green: Player 4

Kirby's Dream Buffet

Kirby can earn Colors by increasing his Gourmet Rank. Many Colors are based on characters and correspond to Costumes or are named after food.

Each of the four alternate colors would have their origins referenced in their names in Kirby's Dream Buffet, although the name for the green color was changed from "Kusamochi" to "Tea" in English, as the name had not been officially localized before and tea can serve as a substitute that still conveys the green color.

Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros.

If multiple players pick the same character, subsequent pickings will receive a different color; players can also choose a specific color by pressing one of the C buttons. In team battles, characters also change color to represent their teams. For Kirby:

• Peach: Player 1/C↑
• Yellow: Player 2/C→ (Nickname Keeby: Kirby's Dream Course)
• Blue: Player 3/C↓ & Blue Team (Ice ability: SNES Kirby Super Star)
• Red: Player 4/C← & Red Team (Fire ability: SNES Kirby Super Star)
• Green: Green Team (Nickname Kusamochi Kirby)

Super Smash Bros. Melee

As with Super Smash Bros., multiple colors are available per character to prevent confusion when multiple players choose the same one. Red, blue, and green are also always available due to team battles. Kirby's white color uniquely has gray eyes and blushes and a black mouth.

• Pink
• Yellow
• Blue (Blue Team)
• Red (Red Team)
• Green (Green Team)
• White

Super Smash Bros. Brawl

In addition to Kirby, Meta Knight and King Dedede appear and also feature multiple colors per character. Red, blue, and green are also always available due to team battles.

Kirby

Green Kirby's feet are now orange. The white color is replaced with gray.

• Pink
• Yellow
• Blue (Blue Team)
• Red (Red Team)
• Green (Green Team)
• Gray

Meta Knight

• Blue
• White
• Red (Red Team)
• Green (Green Team)
• Blue (Blue Team)
• Pink

King Dedede

• Red (Red Team)
• Pink
• Green (Green Team)
• Purple
• Blue (Blue Team)
• Brown

Trophies

Certain trophies are of Kirby's Copy Abilities, some of which have Kirby's color change:

• Beam Kirby: Yellow
• Needle Kirby: Yellow
• Fire Kirby: Red
• Ice Kirby: Blue
• Plasma Kirby: Green

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U

Eight colors are available per character to prevent confusion when multiple players choose the same one. A player's color also affects whether or not a player will receive an upgrade or downgrade from the Dark Emperor on the Find Mii stage; as such, each color is associated with one of the 12 Mii colors.

Kirby

• Pink
• Yellow
• Blue (corresponds to Light Blue Mii color)
• Red
• Green
• Gray (corresponds to White Mii color)
• Orange
• Meta Navy (corresponds to Black Mii color)

Meta Knight

• Blue
• White
• Red
• Green
• Blue
• Pink
• Purple
• Gray (corresponds to Black Mii color)

King Dedede

• Red
• Pink
• Green
• Purple
• Light Blue
• Gray (corresponds to Black Mii color)
• Blue
• Black

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate

Eight colors are available per character to prevent confusion when multiple players choose the same one.

Kirby

Meta Knight

King Dedede

Related Quotes

“	You can pretend to be other characters by changing Kirby's base Color and putting on a Costume. Add some role-playing to your roll-playing!”
	— Tasty Tidbit • Kirby's Dream Buffet

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