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Why are enemies red and allies blue?
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Why are enemies red and allies blue?
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Red is an intense color usually asociated to the devil, blood and anger, blue is a soft color usually asociated to the sky, peace and relief, it got ranslated into red = bad and blue = good
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>>342122273
The oposite of blue is red visa versa
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Because villains like Red+Black more than Blue+Black. White+blue looks better than White+red also, so blue is for heroes.

Also, red is more painful to look at than blue, because of the higher wave intensity, so the bad guys get it so that even looking at them is hard to do. Allies are soothing blue. It's why Luigi is more popular than Mario too.
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The bigger question is why the fuck neutral is green
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>>342122273
Because cold war and communism. No, really.
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God, I want to impregnate Rem.
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>>342123061
because it's not red or blue.
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>>342122773
nigga, did you ever look at a color pattetn? the complementary color of red is green.
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>>342122273
Cold war leftovers.
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>>342123061
And why is it allied force yellow
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blue is freedom

red is oppression

see communism and the GOP
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>>342123043
I want to impregnate these two
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>>342122273
Because stop lights and sings and such which have conditioned humans into one being a good dign and the other being a bad sign
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>>342122273
I would fuck rom
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Do multiplayer games usually even have good or bad guys?
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>>342123043
>Higher wave intensity
What did he mean by this?
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For once, the Game Theory youtube channel actually had some interesting ideas on this, and I'm going to basically rip off them for this. The idea was that red is associated with aggression and other "bad" emotions, while blue is associated with calm and other "good" emotions. He went on to discuss an experiment done with giving monkeys food while the people offering food wore different colors, and the monkey always avoided red, always chose blue, and was neutral on green.

This translates to us, and it's theorized that it affects us in games too, for the same reasons monkeys avoided the person wearing red. Because instinctively we associate red with bad things that we want to avoid or kill.

I unironically recommend finding and watching the Game Theorists video on team colors in gaming. It's actually one of the more interesting things he's done that has some stuff backing it up that isn't clickbait garbage like the "Is Sans actually Ness" bullcrap.
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>>342124483
Red has the highest wavelength, so it's the most straining on the eyes.
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Back in my day green was allies.

Fuck all of you.
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>>342123061
Because green is the softest, most pleasant color to look at
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sure is villainous up here
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I wanna fuck Rem
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>>342123061
After red and blue, the last primary color is green.
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>>342125425
You sure about that?
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>allies are red
>enemies are blue
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>>342125426
White hair, red clothes is a old meme for edge characters, it doesn't count.
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>Dante is red and he is good
>Virgil is blue and he is bad
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>>342122273
These sluts got some pretty nice armpits
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>>342125426
Ragna is an antihero by definition tbqh
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>Allies are green
>Neutral is blue
>Enemies is red
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>>342123061
because some people can't see it
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>>342125284
Blame colorblind people for the switch to blue
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Nazis and commies
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>>342125661
Mhm
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>>342122273
In heraldics, red is the colour of fortitude, valor and victory, also nobility and honor.

Blue signifies piety and honesty, and calmness.

In other words, red should be the friendlies, but commie scare was a real thing.
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>>342122273
White is good and Black is evil (not white is life, black is death)
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>>342123061
Because nature is balance.
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>>342123137
It's true, I suppose. Just look at Rocky 1.
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>>342125080
Higher wavelength literally equates to less energy
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Because Ram a shit and Rem a cute.
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>>342128269
Which means your eyes have to try harder to collect it all.
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>>342122273
But Anon the blue one is the one more likely to murder you.

Either way they're demons.

You know what we do to demons around here.
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>>342128771
[Citation Needed]
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Strategic exercises using miniatures to train and practice tactics for officers in 19th century Prussia. Someone set the standard that enemies were marked with red and allies marked with blue. Everyone has been using the same standard since.
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>>342123061
When is this the case?

The only game that follows all of this that I can think of is Fire Emblem
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>>342128929
http://www.colormatters.com/color-and-vision/color-and-vision-matters

Bright yellow and red are the most exhausting colors to look at.
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>>342129470
Advanced wars.
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>>342122273
Because Ram sucks clown dick
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>>342129634
if black is every color then does that mean tomorrow is the worst or the best theme?
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>>342130121
best
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>>342130121
Best. Any other theme will burn your eyes out, especially if you browse in a dark room at night. It's literally science, like not sitting too close to the TV.
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>>342129734
I've only played DoR so my allies were yellow
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>>342122273
Why does red have smaller tits?
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>>342132092
It's a sign that she's shit while blue is best
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Reminder that red is a slut and Blue is perfect.
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>>342132286
yes
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>>342132092
Being fucked in the ass by a clown since you were a 6 year old stifles growth.
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>>342125914
You can't even see them
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>>342131323
What anime is this anyway?
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>>342134369
re:zero
it's good and has a lot of suffering
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>>342134562
>Suffering
Perfect. I've been looking for something new to burn time while I work on this new piece of shit CYOA.
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>>342134562
>liking grimderp

MEME SHOW. Only good for potential incest doujins.
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>>342134369
>he isn't watching every anime every season
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>>342134863
>CYOA

>>>/tg/
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>>342134980
Yes, it is for /tg/.
It's also total cancer.
I just can't play vidya while I enjoy anime.
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>>342125482
Yellow is the last primary color. Green is a Secondary color.
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>>342135082
Why is it cancer? Why do you do it? CYOA is neat. You only do it on /tg/ to hope for off-topic shit to form. Also, I got b& on /tg/ asking why a quest thread was on the board when there is a quest board. Apparently posting once = spamming.
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Red is often used to show hostility or danger, such as red eyes, devils, lava, etc. Blue is a "calmer" color and would thusly be better suited for something that will not harm you, although there are exceptions.
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>play Warzone 2100
>can be red (best colour)
>one of the enemy factions are blue
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>>342136003
Quests aren't banned from /tg/ yet.
As for why you got banned, /tg/ has some of the worst Janitors and Moderation.
I do it cause CYOA is neat and I like making them sometimes.
Anyway, thanks for the anime.
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>>342135707
RGB
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>>342122273
Because allies suck your dick, after you fuck your enemies in the ass.
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>>342123219
Do people living in former Communist countries perceive the color red as being associated with the good guys?
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>>342122273
Because USA vs Commies.
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>>342137383
m8 I'm not him but red green and yellow are the primary colors. Green is secondary because yellow and blue create it when mixed.
yes I know this is b8 but I'm so hungry
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>>342122273
Better dead than red
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>>342125914
N-No! Rem is PURE!
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>>342138313
No one likes Commies
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>>342138313
>Former Communist countries

Fuck no, if anything they'd hate red more than anyone

Everything the USSR touched turned to shit
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Sounds right to me.
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>>342138313
Yes.
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