
![]() |

I know this is a sort of "out there" topic, but ever since PF2 introduced the 4 magical traditions, I always imagined them to have their own particular palette of colors. Here's what is going on in my mind:
Arcane - bright, almost neon colors
Divine - a lot of whites, blacks, some grays and some yellows/golds
Occult - deep dark colors, particularly blues, reds and purples along with grays
Primal - fairly flat and basic primary and secondary colors
Does anybody else get this effect? Is it just me?

Captain Morgan |
3 people marked this as a favorite. |

I know this is a sort of "out there" topic, but ever since PF2 introduced the 4 magical traditions, I always imagined them to have their own particular palette of colors. Here's what is going on in my mind:
Arcane - bright, almost neon colors
Divine - a lot of whites, blacks, some grays and some yellows/golds
Occult - deep dark colors, particularly blues, reds and purples along with grays
Primal - fairly flat and basic primary and secondary colorsDoes anybody else get this effect? Is it just me?
I was actually right there with you until Primal, which evokes earthy tones. Green for plants and red for blood, and brown for earth.

![]() |

John R. wrote:I was actually right there with you until Primal, which evokes earthy tones. Green for plants and red for blood, and brown for earth.I know this is a sort of "out there" topic, but ever since PF2 introduced the 4 magical traditions, I always imagined them to have their own particular palette of colors. Here's what is going on in my mind:
Arcane - bright, almost neon colors
Divine - a lot of whites, blacks, some grays and some yellows/golds
Occult - deep dark colors, particularly blues, reds and purples along with grays
Primal - fairly flat and basic primary and secondary colorsDoes anybody else get this effect? Is it just me?
I think my brain instinctively goes to the 4 elements and the general colors they are usually represented by. I can definitely appreciate the "earthy tones" though.

![]() |

Did someone cast Synesthesia on you?
Ha, no but I was expecting someone to say something like that eventually.

breithauptclan |

breithauptclan wrote:Did someone cast Synesthesia on you?Ha, no but I was expecting someone to say something like that eventually.
Happy to oblige ;-)

AnimatedPaper |

AnimatedPaper wrote:That one is interesting. I'm curious why, if you are even aware of why, you relate those colors to the Arcane tradition.To me:
Arcane = Black or Gold
Final fantasy Black Mages. The blue, red, and white associations were similar.
I don’t remember why I also assigned gold to that tradition. I might have notes somewhere

![]() |

John R. wrote:AnimatedPaper wrote:That one is interesting. I'm curious why, if you are even aware of why, you relate those colors to the Arcane tradition.To me:
Arcane = Black or Gold
Final fantasy Black Mages. The blue, red, and white associations were similar.
I don’t remember why I also assigned gold to that tradition. I might have notes somewhere
Ah ok. That all makes a lot more sense now.

Deriven Firelion |

I know this is a sort of "out there" topic, but ever since PF2 introduced the 4 magical traditions, I always imagined them to have their own particular palette of colors. Here's what is going on in my mind:
Arcane - bright, almost neon colors
Divine - a lot of whites, blacks, some grays and some yellows/golds
Occult - deep dark colors, particularly blues, reds and purples along with grays
Primal - fairly flat and basic primary and secondary colorsDoes anybody else get this effect? Is it just me?
\
Occult sort of seems like a black void surrounded by lighter blacks with stars as though you get to draw from the various levels of the cosmos as it spirals into the insane void.

Furialcon |
Slight tangent: what if each magical essence has a color, and the different traditions are made up of the different colors of each of the essences?
Cool, something along the lines of primary colors plus white and their combination? Thou i would give blue to MIND and green ot PRIMAL for sure, so that does not add up as i immagine them.
What would be orange? I cant associate it with any tradition
Deriven Firelion |

Ventnor wrote:Slight tangent: what if each magical essence has a color, and the different traditions are made up of the different colors of each of the essences?Cool, something along the lines of primary colors plus white and their combination? Thou i would give blue to MIND and green ot PRIMAL for sure, so that does not add up as i immagine them.
What would be orange? I cant associate it with any tradition
Primal for sun type magic?

Furialcon |
So what's green? I cant realy see primal not green but i do see primal as the lightest/brightest traditions (divine also has evil/negative, and arcane is a mixed bag) so it makes sense
Matter red, Life yellow, Mind blue and Spirit white? Could work
That would make primal orange, arcane purple... Oh damn no green, also of the combinations with white the most defined as a color is Pink, and that would not be present as well