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As in:
Fire - red
Water - blue
Earth - yellow / brown / green
Air/wind - green / teal / white

I'm personally interested in knowing which colour do you guys associate with wind and earth? According to TV tropes western works usually use green for earth while eastern works use green for air/wind.

I associate them exactly as I put them above.
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Fire: Red
Water: Blue
Earth: Brown
Air/Wind: White
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Avatar color code.
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Fire = Red
Water = Blue
Wind = Green
Earth = Yellow
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Only a few people have posted but interesting results so far :P calling in @KainWind and @Vyrulisse, I want to see your takes on this.

green wind ftw <3
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Fire = Orange
Water = Blue
Wind = Green
Earth = Brown
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most people prefer the Final Fantasy colors, but I also like the Golden Sun variant where Wind is purple

there's also the Captain Planet version where Earth = Green / Wind = White
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Yomi posted...

green wind ftw <3

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WindIsGreen
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HeeathLivesOn posted...

Fire: Red
Water: Blue
Earth: Brown
Air/Wind: White

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an interesting subversion with the Taito game "Ninja Kids" where Earth is Green and Wind is Yellow
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Forest - Green
Fire - Red
Water - Blue
Shadow - Purple
Spirit - Orange

An_Actual_Chad posted...

Forest - Green
Fire - Red
Water - Blue
Shadow - Purple
Spirit - Orange

Light - Yellow (although light-based items are referred to in sky blue when it comes to text)
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HylianFox posted...

Light - Yellow

Shit, how did I forget that one?

HylianFox posted...

Yomi posted...

green wind ftw <3

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WindIsGreen

Yeah that's what I read first before making this topic. I mostly associate wind with green because that's how Chrono Cross did it and that pretty much was my first RPG.

most people prefer the Final Fantasy colors, but I also like the Golden Sun variant where Wind is purple

I also read about that but I haven't played Golden Sun. So Jupiter is the element of wind but it also includes lightning powers right? that's pretty dope :P

Out of the classical elements, wind is by far my favourite so yesterday I was reading a lot about it and boy did I open a bunch of TV Tropes tabs lol.
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color can also depend on which "classical" elements are being used

for instance, Breath of the Wild has:
Fire - Red
Water/Ice -Blue
Wind - Green
Lighting - Yellow
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Yomi posted...

I also read about that but I haven't played Golden Sun. So Jupiter is the element of wind but it also includes lightning powers right? that's pretty dope :P

yeah, as TVtropes says the color is used to further invoke 'Supernatural is Purple' and 'Purple is Powerful'
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Yomi posted...

green wind ftw <3

Obviously

Fire - red/orange
Water - blue
Earth - brown/yellow
Wind - green

White is reserved for ice when applicable.
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fire - red
earth - brown
wind - light blue
water - dark blue
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When are Fire and Water not associated with red and blue?

Slayerblade11 posted...

When are Fire and Water not associated with red and blue?

Orange can be used for Fire and the Wu Xing uses Black for Water
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Earth is brown and air is green for me.
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Earth: Green
Fire: Red
Wind: White
Water: Blue
Heart: Yellow

And when you mix them captain planet shows up
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Also a light purple is acceptable for wind when it's representing storms or tornadoes, but it's not the first thing I think of.
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KainWind posted...

Also a light purple is acceptable for wind when it's representing storms or tornadoes, but it's not the first thing I think of.

YOU GET
STORM TORNADO
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HylianFox posted...

YOU GET
STORM TORNADO

*cue music*
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KainWind posted...

Yomi posted...

green wind ftw <3

Obviously

Fire - red/orange
Water - blue
Earth - brown/yellow
Wind - green

White is reserved for ice when applicable.

Blame Fire Emblem on my green wind

Fire: Red
Water: Blue
Earth: Brown
Air/Wind: Green
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Here is the color correspondence of each of the five feng shui elements:
Wood: Green, Brown.
Fire: Red, Strong Yellow, Orange, Purple, Pink.
Earth: Light Yellow, Sandy/Earthy, Light Brown.
Metal: White, Gray.
Water: Blue, Black.
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KainWind posted...

White is reserved for ice when applicable.

Fire - Red
Water - Blue
Air - Green
Earth - Black
Stone - Brown
Ice - White

yay, Bionicle
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Lots of green air/wind people here, nice :) you're all invited to be my friends. I feel like I should make more topics like these, it's interesting :P
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Red = Fire
Blue = Water
Green = Wind
Orange = Earth
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The only correct answer is.
Earth: yellow.
Fire: red.
Water/Ice: blue.
Lightning/Wind: green.
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HeeathLivesOn posted...

Fire: Red
Water: Blue
Earth: Brown
Air/Wind: White

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in some cases you might find Blue - Air/Wind (sky) and Green - Water (sea)

for example, in Harry Potter Ravenclaw(blue) is associated with Air and Slytherin(green) is associated with Water. Gryffindor(red) and Hufflepuff(yellow/black) are Fire and Earth, naturally.
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Fire: Red
Water: Blue
Earth: Green/ Brown
Air/ Wind: White
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Technically speaking, the 'classical elements' include ether/spirit. Also that is only the western classical elements, since the eastern elements are radically different (Wood, Metal, Fire, Earth, Water).

Anyway, they generally line up perfectly with the primary colors (both versions, and + white);
Fire - Red
Water - Blue
Air - Yellow
Earth - Green
Aether - White

@Dash_Harber posted...

Technically speaking, the 'classical elements' include ether/spirit. Also that is only the western classical elements, since the eastern elements are radically different (Wood, Metal, Fire, Earth, Water).

Anyway, they generally line up perfectly with the primary colors (both versions, and + white);
Fire - Red
Water - Blue
Air - Yellow
Earth - Green
Aether - White

I know, I know. I researched this countless of times before making the topic all I really wanted to know is which colour you guys /personally/ associate with air/wind in a fantasy/videogame setting regardless of anything else. Everything else is filler :P

Needless to say, I am most pleased with the results
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@HylianFox posted...

in some cases you might find Blue - Air/Wind (sky) and Green - Water (sea)

for example, in Harry Potter Ravenclaw(blue) is associated with Air and Slytherin(green) is associated with Water. Gryffindor(red) and Hufflepuff(yellow/black) are Fire and Earth, naturally.

I wasn't aware the houses had elements associated with them. Is there any point to that?
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KainWind posted...

I wasn't aware the houses had elements associated with them. Is there any point to that?

No, not really. It doesn't come up in the books, either. Mostly used by Pottermore (which is official, so it's not totally made up)
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Yomi posted...

@Dash_Harber posted...

Technically speaking, the 'classical elements' include ether/spirit. Also that is only the western classical elements, since the eastern elements are radically different (Wood, Metal, Fire, Earth, Water).

Anyway, they generally line up perfectly with the primary colors (both versions, and + white);
Fire - Red
Water - Blue
Air - Yellow
Earth - Green
Aether - White

I know, I know. I researched this countless of times before making the topic all I really wanted to know is which colour you guys /personally/ associate with air/wind in a fantasy/videogame setting regardless of anything else. Everything else is filler :P

Also the classical elements of Japanese are not that different considering they're eastern too. It's just the four classics + void/nothingness. But I get your point with the Feng Shui ones.

According to Hindu Yogic, Shakta and Buddhist Tantric traditions the heart chakra (Anahata) is also associated with air and its colour is green.

Needless to say, I am most pleased with the results

Fair enough, I just thought it was good to note in the topic.

Anyway, the thing that seems to be common in all is a fifth element (Aether, Void, Spirit) that is ill defined and basically boils down to "paranormal energy/variable energy".

Black underrepresented again. How CE.

Then there's my all-time favorite JRPG, Skies of Arcadia which has:

Green - Earth/Wood
Purple - Ice
Blue - Wind & Water
Red - Fire
Yellow - Lightning
Silver - Void(Life & Death)
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Fifth Element style:

Fire - Red
Water - Blue
Earth - Green
Wind - Yellow
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something I always found odd about Tales of Symphonia is that it uses two different sets of color for its elements:

one is
Fire - Red
Water - Blue
Wind - Green
Earth - Orange
Ice - L. Blue
Lightning - Purple
Light - Yellow
Darkness - Black

but the colored Quartz items are as follows:
Fire - Red
Water - Aqua
Wind - Green
Earth - Yellow
Ice - Blue
Lightning - Purple
Light - White
Darkness - Black

and there are the Gems you get from the Summon Spirits, which don't always match their element's color (like Gnome giving you the Ruby and Volt who gives you Sardonyx, for example)
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HylianFox posted...

something I always found odd about Tales of Symphonia is that it uses two different sets of color for its elements:

one is
Fire - Red
Water - Blue
Wind - Green
Earth - Orange
Ice - L. Blue
Lightning - Purple
Light - Yellow
Darkness - Black

but the colored Quartz items are as follows:
Fire - Red
Water - Aqua
Wind - Green
Earth - Yellow
Ice - Blue
Lightning - Purple
Light - White
Darkness - Black

Here's the page about elements in the tales of wiki: http://aselia.wikia.com/wiki/Elements

Interestingly enough, one powerful spell of the Earth Element is called Air Pressure (called just like that in both Japanese and English), lol.
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