Mar 17 2008

Image Color

Published by celestia at 1:01 am under Momusu, berryz, c-ute

With all my love of categorizing and ranking things, the entire concept of image colors really appeals to me. I like the idea of them each having their own little category, and I’ve often wondered if there’s any meaning behind the colors chosen for them beyond, “the girl who used to have this color graduated, so here you go new member”. In an attempt to find out if there was any real correlation between the girl and her color, I looked up the most common personality associations with each of the ‘image colors’ and compared with my perceptions of the girl’s personalities. I’m considering the fairy costumes worn at the winter WH concert to be indicative of the most current image colors for each of them. It seems like Risako and Miyabi have been switched around, but the rest are all consistent with what they’ve been for a while.

 

Team Pink- Sayu, Maimi, Momoko

+Associations: feminine, appreciative, romantic

-Associations: passive, weak

Pinkitude Rating:

Sayu- she’s certainly feminine and romantic, but she’s definitely not passive. Pretty weak when it comes to physical strength

Maimi- I don’t see her as being all that feminine, I mean, she is, but not like Sayu is.

Momoko- she’s a pretty little princess isn’t she?

 

Team Red- Koharu, Kanna, Miyabi

+Associations: Passion, strength, leadership/power

-Associations: arrogant, quick tempered, masculine

Reditude Rating:

Koharu- certainly got the arrogance, and wielding a fair amount of power lately, and it’s hard to argue that she’s not passionate

Kanna- doesn’t really seem to fit her at all, I only give her points for the ‘masculine’ thing due to that lesbian comment

Miyabi -I’ll give her passion and leadership, her jaw covers the masculinity, but I don’t really see her as a ‘firey’ red kind of person


Team Orange- Eri, Nakki, Chinami

+Associations: enthusiastic, playful, energetic

-Associations: over-emotional, attention demanding

Orangitude Rating:

Eri- hmm. Not really. I guess she’s playful, but she’s not especially any of those other things, she’s one of the more low energy, less attention demanding members

Nakki- Nakki, however, fits this quite well. She’s very energetic and enthusiastic, she cries a lot (over-emotional)

Chinami- a good fit on the positive traits, but not so much on the negatives


Team Yellow- Ai-chan, Erika, Risako

+Associations: outgoing, joyful, friendly

-Associations: cowardly, dishonest

Yellowitude Rating:

Ai-chan- she’s not super-sunny really, I would say that she’s friendly though not particularly outgoing, and if you see her in a haunted house it’s not a stretch to call her a bit of a coward, but then again, she’s been quite brave with all she’s had to handle lately

Erika- Good match on the positives

Risako- I don’t know why, but I see her as kind of dishonest; don’t know if she’s all that friendly either


Team Green- Risa, LinLin (because I’m not making a new category for “turquoise”), Airi, Yurina (SO my favorite team)

+Associations: gentle, kind, sincere

-Associations: envious, inexperienced

Greenitude Rating:

Risa- All of the positives fit her to a T, and while she’s not actually inexperienced, the “Gaki-san” indicates otherwise, and I wouldn’t blame her for being envious after being shafted for so long

LinLin- Hmm. No. Not especially sincere or gentle, and not inexperienced either

Airi- Yes on the positives. No on the negatives. Who exactly could she be jealous of?

Yurina- I don’t really see her as this type


Team Blue- Reina, JunJun, Chisato, Maasa

+Associations: calm, confident, dependable

-Associations: aloof, sad

Blueitude Rating:

Reina- I totally give this one to her. She’s full of confidence, has been accused of being kind of aloof, and has certainly proven herself dependable over the years

JunJun- I guess she’s calm sometimes, but nothing else really fits so far

Chisato- Calm and aloof? Nope.

Maasa- Not so much with this one either.


Team Purple- Aika, Mai, Saki

+Associations: creative, mysterious, noble

-Assiciations: prideful, fake

Purpleitude Rating:

Aika- The only mystery about her is how she became so cute

Mai- I’ve heard her called both prideful and fake, and she does have a bit of a noble baring about her, despite her age. I think she’ll fit this even more as she grows up

Saki S.- No. Not at all.

 

I’ve ended with everything from “fits her perfectly” to “couldn’t fit her worse”. I think if I were to reassign the image colors, I’d do it as follows.

Team Pink v.2 Sayumi, Ai-chan, Airi, Yurina

Team Red v.2 Koharu, Chisato, Maasa

Team Orange v.2 LinLin, Nakki, Momoko

Team Yellow v.2 Aika, Erika, Chinami

Team Green v.2 Risa, JunJun, Kanna, Saki S.

Team Blue v.2 Reina, Maimi, Miyabi

Team Purple v.2 Eri, Mai, Risako

Whew. That was kind of difficult since there were some categories where no one from a certain group matched and some where I wanted to add more than one. I think I’m satisfied with what I came up with though, or at least that these colors are much better matches than what they had before. Any ideas on switches that should be made? Also, any idea why the formation of ‘teams’ automatically makes me want to pit them against each other in some kind of hypothetical death match?

 

Silly Rabbit, Trix are for Kids,

~Celestia~

 

 

7 Responses to “Image Color”

  1. cfbon 17 Mar 2008 at 6:54 am

    Momo’s description had me laughing…then again, I almost always find Momoko at least a little bit funny.

  2. Amberon 18 Mar 2008 at 3:42 am

    Very interesting article…
    one thing that bothered me: Kanna…lesbian? 0:

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  4. Caton 18 Mar 2008 at 11:15 am

    Hmm… Very interesting! I like the analysis you made on the color subject!

    As far as the rearrangement of the teams goes… Momoko out of Pink group makes me weep, and I’ve always thought that Yurina is more of an Orange - Yellow type of girl <3

    Oh! And to me… Aichan is blue. I just had to say that.

    ~Cat

  5. celestiaon 18 Mar 2008 at 12:05 pm

    @amber- I’m not saying she actually is, but she made some kind of comment about liking girls once. Probably she was just kidding, but who knows?

  6. maiZeon 19 Mar 2008 at 8:28 am

    I loved this post, and I particularly LOLed (and agreed) with your comment on Chisato: “Chisato- Calm and aloof? Nope.”

    Just a thought on Miyabi: she’s mentioned one of her weaks points as ‘get mad easily’ on theppn, so I’d say she can have a fiery personality. We tend to see the more goofy (behind-the-scenes) or confident (performing) sides of her, but I’d say she’s got the potential for fiery. That being said, I also like her in the blue group, as you’ve reassigned her. ^_^

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