Riot, can we get a yellow champion?

Vore Monster··34 votes·4,180 views

Hello! I was wondering if Riot had ever considered making a yellow champion.

You see, I have a visual condition that causes me to see different colors than what others normally see, sometimes their blue is my purple and their red is my orange.

Think of it this way, if a normal blue car passed by us both, I would think and see a purple car unless you pointed out that it was blue. I would also have no way to tell the difference between an actual purple car and a normal blue car unless someone told me what was what.

I understand that red and people are the common champion theme colors, and that bard is yellow, but they all seem so dull and similar to me.

Don't get me wrong, I love bard. But his shade of gold (apparently) looks like a lemon that was bleached. Or pale wood.

The reason I would love a yellow champion is that the color of a ripe, dark pineapple slice or a yellow pepper are some of the most visually appealing colors I have ever seen. The only color to compete are fresh cranberries.

Would Riot ever consider this?

Edit: here's a yellow example. http://www.vectors4all.net/preview/warning-clip-art.jpg

62 Comments

jcwolves9 votes

The only issue I think Riot would have with this, with that bright of a color, especially yellow, is that the champion would simply be hard to look at for many other people. There may be skins released of this color but I doubt a native skin for a champion will look like this.

Vore Monster1 votes

You might be right, but I wouldn't know how it would be hard to look at. Is that yellow really that hard to stare at for ?others

jcwolves3 votes

Personally, I find it hard to look at, especially in contrast with the black background. My roommates agree it is kinda hard to look at, but I still think brighter champions could be worked in. I'm still unsure of how you see colors, and I'm curious. Do you find bright colors, like on star guardian lux, more appealing? Or is it yellow in particular?

Vore Monster1 votes

I find brighter, fuller colors more appealing. If you took a red apple and compared it to a red pen, the apple would look more gray \dull dirt colored with a hint of red. While the pen would look more like a full red. Bright colors look more normal to me.

jcwolves1 votes

Okay, what does the back of this page, this purple, look like to you? Again, if I'm being annoying PLEASE let me know, as I can go bother someone else :P

Vore Monster1 votes

It looks like a foggy purple.

Edit: I thought you meant the actual background. The page you replied to looks black

jcwolves1 votes

You got it, the foggy purple. So is your issue with mainly primary colors? Blue red and yellow?

Vore Monster1 votes

It's with anything close to another color. If a purple is dark, it looks black to me. If blue is dark, it normally looks purple or green. Same for bright colors. Bright reds look pink and orange, bright greens look yellow

jcwolves1 votes

Ahh gotcha. Okay, that makes sense. So colors that are true to themselves are preferred. I guess a lot of the current champions have mixed colors so that they are more appealing to the normal eye, but it makes champions look very plain to you?

Vore Monster1 votes

Yes. As of now, most champions how I see are a dull purple, gray, black, and bronze. I have yet to see a strong red, yellow, or even pink champion.

Same goes for skins, but mostly going red, blue, and purple. Archlight skins are white.

Think of it this way, if a normal blue car passed by us both, I would think and see a purple car unless you pointed out that it was blue. I would also have no way to tell the difference between an actual purple car and a normal blue car unless someone told me what was what.

jcwolves1 votes

That stinks. I'm on the PBE, I'll be sure when the next champion releases to mention it to them. Maybe it will fit in with the style, it would be cool to see a change from Riot, a champion that literally stands out (visually) among the other champions. I still doubt yellow will be the color of choice, but maybe some visual variation can come out soon.

Captain Aishi1 votes

yellow is the color that stands out the most for the human eye (because it's radiation spectrum is what is most strongly emitted by the sun, so it's only natural) so staring at bright yellow colors for any extended period of time is pretty much the same as staring at the sun (without the UV radiation exposure ofc)

which means a yellow character would need to be dulled down to not be an eyesore (unlike champion abilities where they are high impact and rare visual occurrences so seeing them vividly is less straining and easier to read, like zhonyas hourglass being bright yellow)

Niyumi1 votes

Um, no, you're wrong. :3 Red is the weakest wavelength, yellow is the middle ground, and blue is the harshest. ^^

Other than that, you're right. But, replace yellow with blue. (And sunlight is, primarily, blue)

Yellow just contrasts every other color, which is why it pops out so much. It's not a very natural color, and we don't see it as often, so it really pops out when we do see it.

Captain Aishi1 votes

what i was saying is that the sun's wavelength is centered mostly around yellow, thus our eyes perceive yellow light more easily than others on both edges of the spectrum

back in my science classes we were told that the sun's light output was primarily yellow so if it's erroneous on my part, I blame them! :P

Niyumi1 votes

The sun is mostly blue light, with the others mixed in. If you look at something outside on a sunny day, it'll look washed out and faded. If you look at something inside under an incandescent bulb, it will look much warmer and richer. That's the difference between blue light (sunlight) and yellow/red light (fire, incandescent bulbs, so on).

Red light is the weakest in the visible spectrum, and causes the least impact on your eyes (and doesn't cause as much activity in your retina) -- red light also isn't strong enough to totally take away your night vision (you can try it with your phone, just look up something pure red). Yellow light is in the middle ground. Blue light is the strongest in the visible spectrum, and causes the most impact on your eyes.

Blue and red (and their combinations) are the most common types of light we see, and our eyes are accustomed to it. Yellow is more rare though, and isn't often seen in nature. When we do see it, we immediately notice it.

The sky is blue because of light refraction from the sun, by the way. Same with water in the open. :P

What do they teach kids in school these days? xD

Captain Aishi1 votes

yeah the sky being blue is something i thought of after my comment XD

and my science classes are quite far away from 'these days' too :P

I also knew of red being easy on the eyes because that's how U-boats operated at night during the 2nd world war

BoxOfDOG3 votes

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You might be right, but I wouldn't know how it would be hard to look at. Is that yellow really that hard to stare at for ?others

While it's not the case for some, Yellow is generally considered a pretty ugly color.

There's also that a lot of us are white, and white people can't pull off yellow. We jelly.

Niyumi2 votes

Yellow is my second favorite color, right next to green. ^^ SO HA!

... And hey, I think I look good in yellow, and it's hard to be whiter than I am.

Bloo Toylit2 votes

I'm sorry to hear your condition. But for most people I believe, the yellow above is too bright and for me it feels "sharp" i guess. It's like when ur in a dark room and ur used to the dark and then there's that bright light that is blinding. yeah, that's the word. U should maybe suggest skins with that color or suggest new colors for chrome skins.

alasarcher6 votes

What about Azir, Rammus,Leona, Xin?

Jingerbeardman5 votes

you might actually want to try upping your contrast on your monitor/screen and see what happens

GreenLore4 votes

what about Azir Blitzcrank JarvanIV Kayle Leona Rammus ?

Vore Monster2 votes

Most of them look like polished bronze if not skin colored

HentRex2 votes

Yes, that may be so for you. You can't deny that Riot has made numerous shades of yellow champions though. It's not like they only use one color and do it over and over. Azir Bard Blitzcrank Heimerdinger JarvanIV Kayle Rammus XinZhao all different. It seems more so that your condition dulls how bright colors are for others. Your yellow hurts my eyes.

Vore Monster1 votes

The problem, to me, is that xin and j4 look orange, blitz, heim, bard, azir have bleach yellow and bronze on them, and Kayle looks brown. Rammus a skin color.

My condition makes most colors, mostly impure ones, look like something else. My yellow is normally unappealing to others because it's too bright or ugly, but to my eyes it isn't bright nor dim, it's just a plain yellow

GatoHombre2 votes

Zac chroma pack (Zac Sweet Honey)Zac

ElectroScalar2 votes

I really like yellow! You're right, there aren't champions whose primary colour is Yellow so far. Only Leona is similar, but she's much more gold/orange/red.

MAN OF INTELLECT2 votes

Golden Fizz.

patmax172 votes

Hi!

I never heard of this condition, I hope it doesn't give you too many problems in your everyday life?

Just out of curiosity, would this be a good shade for yellow? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O3URanxIa6Q/VBNcm698sgI/AAAAAAAAYag/BkQ9Tt3ckLY/s1600/new12.jpg

Vore Monster1 votes

That doesn't look like a yellow to me. :p. It looks more like she's naked

patmax171 votes

That... could be closer to the truth than Riot would like to admit xD

But I think that's one of the closest shades of yellow that can be put into the game without being too flashy. What about the left of these two? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5D66dmKuHMo/VBNcm8KwL2I/AAAAAAAAYak/0nTm5Oq_5a8/s1600/new1.jpg (That's before and after texture rebalance, many bright colors were toned down to better match the new map)

Chaotic Reks1 votes

Bard Azir Leona Kayle

look yellow-ish to me...

3tyson1 votes

LeeSin with bruce lee skin

A Liberal1 votes

Have you tried skins? Zac and Bard have yellow chromas, anivia has hextech anivia, soraka has celestine.... I guess none of these are neon yellow though.

WolfBV1 votes

Blitzcrank Kayle Lux MasterYi Sivir yellow ish

TwoD1 votes

is zed orange ninja to you?

Vore Monster1 votes

He's gray and red

AATTRROOXX1 votes

Try yellow Alistar out :D

BastionKross1 votes

Not gonna lie, when I saw this thread title, I expected something really racist.

EatMyUdyr1 votes

A large bee. 'nuff said.

Solari Fortune1 votes

Do Banana Auto Attacks count? Soraka

Ipols1 votes

Fizz chroma pack!

Noctius281 votes

I'm pretty sure Tyrone has a chroma skin that makes him that color

Saphixia1 votes

i have asked for a bee-like champikn for a while that could be a rival to elise

Shénzhì1 votes

#Arclight?

Vore Monster1 votes

That's white

JustBoneBrook1 votes

If only Riot could get the right for pacman ! https://pmcdeadline2.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/pac-man-pacman-mobile-game.png

Heimerdinger ? ,JarvanIV, old Janna ?

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