Official Pokemon Colors Are Not What You Think

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The huge restraint of John not picking Drowzee during the Yellow round is astounding.

As a colorblind, this is really funny to watch Also, 22:25 at first I was wondering "Why none of them are catching Tinkatink? This is the pinkest thing I've ever seen in my entire life".... but after that Tatsugiri incident, I understand

I'd love to see them do this again, but with pokemon shapes, since Mikey also proved that those were fairly wild and not right either

Underrated moment is John's reaction to the Grimer transforming into ditto while searching for purple

That Tatsugiri moment may be one of the best things in JMC history.

They really should have made orange a category. It would clear up a good amount of confusion.

Love that Mikey caught Gligar, my go-to Pokémon for the colour Purple, as Pink. Absolute genius move, right there.

One thing I'd like to point out about Espeon is that it actually used to be purple. If you look at earlier sprites of it, it actually is purple. Aside from a brief period in Crystal, it first started appearing as pink in HGSS. Even spin-offs during this era depicted it as purple. Source: Bulbapedia

I’m so glad to see Mikey get some shines this time 😅

I love how Mikey got several shinies throughout the course of this video. Especially the Shiny Male Pyroar.

10:40 I love how the purple blob turned into a slightly smaller purple blob

3:48 Probably the most chill reaction of a shiny.

For Gligar being classified as purple, in the original gen 2 games (GSC) it was purple and then changed to a more pinkish color in later gens. The older Pokemon's color classification will always be the same as they originally were, regardless if their colors have changed over time.

The fact that both Sewaddle and Leavanny are yellow makes it more upsetting that John lost.

On a hunch, looked up Gligar's early sprites, and it's... confusing. In gen 2, it was pink. In gens 3 and 4, it looks purple. Only from gen 5 onwards does it become pink again and stay that way. I checked when the sorting by colour mechanic was introduced and lo and behold, it was in gen 3, when it still looked purple. Gliscor is also classified as purple btw (despite clearly being gray) so at least Mikey's theory of giving the same colour to evolutionary lines is holding up. By that logic, I guessed that Lotad would be green because Lombre and Ludicolo are primarily green, and I was right! It is classified as green. So you guys really did learn something from this challenge and helped us make more sense of this nonsensical classification.

the despair in john’s voice saying “it’s purple” is killing me

The turns have properly tabled this time with Mikey's shiny luck

Geez Mikey getting a shiny before John, never woould have guessed 😅😅

I love it when Mikey says “ the color of blood” 😂😂😂