Wizard Colours

TethorilofLathander

Can anyone tell me which colours refer to which nature?

I know grey is meant to signify a neutral tone (i.e. not getting involved for good or evil, even though Gandalf is a bad example of this xD)

Metalloman

Well, depends on the world/culture/religious lore that you could find in different settings: for example, in Dragonlance setting, on Krynn, neutral mages are red dressed, white for good and black for evil.

Mathsorcerer

Can we name a color which does *not* refer to nature in some way? White, black, all shades of light orange down to dark brown, reds, greens, golds, tans, etc. are all naturally occurring. Blue? There are species of Amazonian frogs which are a bright blue color, so that is also natural and doesn't even consider various flower petals.

CrevsDaak

An early conception of Chaos, Neutrality and Law are stated by:
Chaos: black, since you need all the colors to do it.
Law: white, there is no difference at all, you don't need any colors to make it.
Neutrality: all the colors but no black and white.

While I also think that:
Chaos: all the colors expect white.
Law: only white
Balance: it nonexistent. So it does not have a color.

Kamigoroshi

On a related side note: What textile patterns would wizards of different alignments like to wear? How about plaid for Neutral, argyle for Evil and end-on-end for Good?

Tsyrith

I've always been partial to the brown leathers.

Other than personal preference, it's my belief that outside of various uniform and regalia, there isn't really an established color for things. This is likely borne of the painfully bright colors you see mages both evil and good wandering about in constantly. (Elminster red, Ramazith green)

nano

You could go with the colors for the Robes of the Archmagi. I know Good is white, yellow, and some orange. Someone else can fill in the others

Naveen

The AD&D 2nd edition book Forgotten Realms Adventure(1990) has a few references about schools of magic and this subject. It says it's not a definitive description but a general rule:

-Abjuration: The "coward mages". Use brown or dark green (camouflage colors). They follow local customs and many dress like common people.
-Divination: Modest but severe clothes. They are tidy, somewhat fastidious and organized in their customs, behaviour and clothes. I imagine them as a Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes-Mage.
-Conjuration: They like to draw attention to themselves and say "Hey I'm a mage! And a great one!". Exotic clothes, brilliant colors, jewells, etc. (like Edwin)
-Enchanters: They dress well and care about their apperances. Follow local customs, but not of the common people.
-Illusionists: They like gray and brown colors. They don't hide but dont like to draw much attention to themselves (what matters is the illusion, no the illusionist)
-Evocation: Brilliant colors; red, yellow, sometimes blue or white.
-Necromancy: Mostly black, but some good necromancers more interested in healing than creating undead armies use white.
-Transmutation: They are social animals and dress comfortably. They like tunics and similar archetypical mage clothes.

-General mage: Whatever he likes, but tunics and robes are the standard mage status symbol.

Mathsorcerer

Wizards wear leisure suits...made of polyester....or possibly crushed velvet...which are either light blue, maroon, or white with horizontal and vertical stripes of some other color....with a wide, white belt....and white shoes....with a polyester shirt that is unbuttoned at least one-third of the way down their chest to feature either chest hair and/or a big, gold medallion.

Groovy. You dig?