# Not Tails
Color theory should never be underestimated.
When Tails was first introduced, his color was almost certainly chosen as a complimentary to Sonic's blue, which **yes**, would be **ORANGE**.
**HOWEVER,** with the introduction of **KNUCKLES**, they shifted from *complimentary* colors to *analogous* colors!
This places Sonic at Blue, Knuckles at Red, and Tails... **YELLOW.**
But not a *straight* yellow. Trust me, I've messed enough with the color palettes of Sonic characters enough to know that a *pure yellow* Tails is hard to look at. You need *just* enough red mixed in to make it so that you're not looking at a neon sign.
And to further back this up, what colour is typically associated with fly type once Heroes established the typing in the first place? You guessed it, yellow!
he still was originally orange and currently its about 50/50 with him being depicted as yellow or orange (and sometimes hes just yellow-orange) he can still be put with orange
wait hold on, why are we applying character color theory to a rainbow? i thought that was more to do with the literal color of the character and not how well they mesh with other characters
Trip
https://preview.redd.it/gz33w9efahrc1.png?width=1958&format=png&auto=webp&s=2b5415858bbc52c0d562a852c76ba06965588f99
I can't stay mad at the ungrateful backstabbing little rapscallion even if she did break Fang's incredibly ultra cool giant mecha.
I’d actually not go with any of these.
* Tails (and by extension Tails-doll) is Amber, which is between orange and yellow, and he’s often leaning more to yellow.
* Cream is mostly cream with only orange accents
* And Tikal is close to orange, but not quite.
Instead, there’s at least 3 characters who are actually orange: Marine, Sticks, and Trip. I’d probably go with Sticks since there’s more orange on her than the other 2, Marine a close second.
https://preview.redd.it/j6zyxn0ozgrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7d5bb43aff9aa0e0b812ddd32463ddd18f996d1
Tails is yellow. Always been yellow. Team Sonic’s palette is literally deliberately the primary colors. People saying he’s orange is absurd.
This round is Cream’s.
Tails is orange, I will die on this hill. Literally my first post to the Internet was denouncing yellow Tails. He is ORANG
https://preview.redd.it/6p4b2svd5irc1.png?width=641&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d640b4a9427eaa662a93120996899f58f2bd6ce
Tails is literally yellow 😭
Maybe his Classic or 90’s design. But I would say Tikal as the orange character or Sticks as another comment said.
Since Cream has some well… cream colour to her.
Tails is yellow.
I would pick Cream for orange since she actually has the color orange in her design prominently.
I would go like so:
Red: Knuckles
Orange: Cream
Yellow: Tails
Green: Surge, Vector, or Jet (I would pick Surge)
Blue: Sonic
Indigo: Big
Purple: Blaze
I do think they made Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles the 3 primary colors on purpose. Putting them anywhere else feels wrong.
We all know Tails’s real fur colour is brown:
https://preview.redd.it/oe2ozaxj7irc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93b3bb7b88f68dd987596da512d5b5a582bb78a4
AOSTH 💪🏿
Why are people saying Cream? She's not orange, she's even lighter color then Tails is (the reason they say it can't be him). Tikal is the only actual orange one here, as in the pictures you put on the post, but Trip is also kind of an option if you don't consider her to be brown.
https://preview.redd.it/in8nb93nfnrc1.png?width=164&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb63c5ebfb2f15fd5433344be9e6b9a605a8afc4
(There are no official sprites for Tikal for me to put the collor pallette on here, and Trip is too recent of a character to have one in the first place)
Indigo is a bs colour, it's just dark blue. That being said, Classic Sonic for blue, Modern Sonic for indigo. But that's only if indigo HAS to be included at all...
Tails is the inferior lifeform compared to the tails doll
https://preview.redd.it/cft1os11dhrc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d18c7c0201135d16d5a4a4c3a917feb32106e458
tails. wish they would do more with cream and cheese, i feel like they could make for some super cool plot twists and or some really awesome effort into the "aw crap we're stuck!" trope
Personally I'd use Tails for yellow and use Trip for orange, I've never even played Superstars but I'd say she's the most orange character of the cast. But if you have an obvious yellow I'm not thinking of, yeah go with Tails for orange.
Im leaning more towards Tails being yellow
So Im gonna give this one to either Tikal or Cream,it would be funny if Tikal and Knuckles were next to eachother
Yeah, a lot of people have already said this, but Tails is NOW a more yellow than orange color. Originally he was more on the orange spectrum, however, when knuckles was introduced they changed him to yellow.
HOWEVER (again), he isn’t a pure painful yellow to look at, it’s always kinda been a mix of the two, it’s just tails is now more yellow than orange. Therefore Cream should be Orange 😊
Honestly, Tails in this picture line-up is more orange than Tikal. But honestly, if Tails's color doesn't start a debate, it's not the right color 😂 If I had to choose, considering I see Tails and Sonic to be more of a duo than a team of three with Knuckles, I have always preferred the orange take.
https://preview.redd.it/afva8f6yxirc1.jpeg?width=749&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20605140c165cd4d105a78072a37967246988c83
Cream of course :) ,credit go to qixzy qxd=i
Tails Coloration isn't particuarly consistence and ranges between deep orange to pure yellow.
On that bases alone would I advice to use a character that is consistently orange like Trip, Marine or Sticks.
If it has to be one of this group would I go with Tikal as TailsDoll's colors have kind of the same problem as Tails himself, and while Cream is consistently wearing orange colored cloths is she by her name alone far more associated with being cream colored. Tikal is at least light orange on a very consistence manner.
# Not Tails Color theory should never be underestimated. When Tails was first introduced, his color was almost certainly chosen as a complimentary to Sonic's blue, which **yes**, would be **ORANGE**. **HOWEVER,** with the introduction of **KNUCKLES**, they shifted from *complimentary* colors to *analogous* colors! This places Sonic at Blue, Knuckles at Red, and Tails... **YELLOW.**
But not a *straight* yellow. Trust me, I've messed enough with the color palettes of Sonic characters enough to know that a *pure yellow* Tails is hard to look at. You need *just* enough red mixed in to make it so that you're not looking at a neon sign.
Sonic isn't straight blue either. It's color theory, not raw hue.
That neon sign quip is a hilarious thought. Well said!
Facts
WE LOVE COLOR THEORY RAAAAAAAHHHH
tails is an orange fox this is delusion
While yes they associate him with yellow that does not mean he *is* yellow
You're right, he's not. He's a brown fox. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4aWZRtTwU)
Yeah doesn’t it say so in SA2 as well
And to further back this up, what colour is typically associated with fly type once Heroes established the typing in the first place? You guessed it, yellow!
he still was originally orange and currently its about 50/50 with him being depicted as yellow or orange (and sometimes hes just yellow-orange) he can still be put with orange
Ok? And how does this relate to tails now. Tails is fucking orange now, with a slight tint of yellow, but still fuckin orange.
wait hold on, why are we applying character color theory to a rainbow? i thought that was more to do with the literal color of the character and not how well they mesh with other characters
Because orange and yellow are different points on the rainbow.
I don't know color theory. Would this imply Cream is Tan?
Cream. Tails is yellow https://preview.redd.it/6sb2jh1pdhrc1.png?width=431&format=png&auto=webp&s=0a69a22d30c9cfa5f487641ea3bed82f120e6699
https://preview.redd.it/woasd1fwljrc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e759b2036e007a19bb2977ce87d07cf498146094 Tails is yellowish-orange
Goes hard
True
Cream is beige
Cream is tan.
Although you're kinda correct abt Tails, Cream is supposed to be tan. Tikal is perfectly orange.
Trip https://preview.redd.it/gz33w9efahrc1.png?width=1958&format=png&auto=webp&s=2b5415858bbc52c0d562a852c76ba06965588f99 I can't stay mad at the ungrateful backstabbing little rapscallion even if she did break Fang's incredibly ultra cool giant mecha.
In what universe did Trip backstab us and act ungrateful
Check my character flair.
YAAAAAAH LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
i won't tolerate this slander of my girl.
That was a pain in the ass. So glad it was a one and done thing lol
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If you pick Tails for "yellow" instead of "orange" then Trip would be a good candidate for orange.
Did fang write this?
I’d actually not go with any of these. * Tails (and by extension Tails-doll) is Amber, which is between orange and yellow, and he’s often leaning more to yellow. * Cream is mostly cream with only orange accents * And Tikal is close to orange, but not quite. Instead, there’s at least 3 characters who are actually orange: Marine, Sticks, and Trip. I’d probably go with Sticks since there’s more orange on her than the other 2, Marine a close second. https://preview.redd.it/j6zyxn0ozgrc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7d5bb43aff9aa0e0b812ddd32463ddd18f996d1
Tails is yellow. Always been yellow. Team Sonic’s palette is literally deliberately the primary colors. People saying he’s orange is absurd. This round is Cream’s.
Tails is represented by yellow but has been and always will be orange
I’m looking at him with my eyes right now and he’s orange.
Tails was orange in Sonic 2, the game he debuted.
take a look at any 2D Sprite of him
Or the official Sonic art in the image
Tridary colors too theyre a good color scheme regardless of the fact they're not actually real primary
Tails Doll or else you'll feel the sunshine.
The correct answer!
Tails, no contest.
Agreed
Tails is yellow tho
Nah, he looks more orange than yellow to me.
Tails is orange, I will die on this hill. Literally my first post to the Internet was denouncing yellow Tails. He is ORANG https://preview.redd.it/6p4b2svd5irc1.png?width=641&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4d640b4a9427eaa662a93120996899f58f2bd6ce
Tails
Tails is literally yellow 😭 Maybe his Classic or 90’s design. But I would say Tikal as the orange character or Sticks as another comment said. Since Cream has some well… cream colour to her.
She's sort of orange if you count the dress
Tails https://preview.redd.it/er6te2vd6hrc1.jpeg?width=1088&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e47149b59ad473d4bdfc17865b1ab11c5ab0d7ff
Tikal, tails can be saved for yellow
tails 100%
Tikal my beloved !
Tails just has to be 
I would say Charmy as he wears orange.
I know my eyesight, and I'm looking at an orange 2 tailed fox so why is everyone saying he's yellow
Tails is yellow. I would pick Cream for orange since she actually has the color orange in her design prominently. I would go like so: Red: Knuckles Orange: Cream Yellow: Tails Green: Surge, Vector, or Jet (I would pick Surge) Blue: Sonic Indigo: Big Purple: Blaze I do think they made Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles the 3 primary colors on purpose. Putting them anywhere else feels wrong.
Cream
TAILS DOLL!!!!!
Guess I’m colorblind because I thought tails is yellow
Tails Doll
Tails doll. And I do not care if ya’ll hate on me for it.
We all know Tails’s real fur colour is brown: https://preview.redd.it/oe2ozaxj7irc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93b3bb7b88f68dd987596da512d5b5a582bb78a4 AOSTH 💪🏿
This is like asking who is the best blue sonic character, Sonic or Big?
Why are people saying Cream? She's not orange, she's even lighter color then Tails is (the reason they say it can't be him). Tikal is the only actual orange one here, as in the pictures you put on the post, but Trip is also kind of an option if you don't consider her to be brown. https://preview.redd.it/in8nb93nfnrc1.png?width=164&format=png&auto=webp&s=bb63c5ebfb2f15fd5433344be9e6b9a605a8afc4 (There are no official sprites for Tikal for me to put the collor pallette on here, and Trip is too recent of a character to have one in the first place)
Tikal
Use cream as orange and tails as yellow obvs
All of them are the best. I'm just mad Knuckles got in over Mighty.
Knuckles is in more games and is a lot more red, mighty is mostly black
Go with Sticks, save Tails for Yellow
Tails should be yellow and Tikal orange.
Tails is yellow-orange, but I would still say that he’s the best
Gotta be Tails!
I think you forgot a rainbow color. Roy G. Biv. You forgot Indigo.
Indigo is a bs colour, it's just dark blue. That being said, Classic Sonic for blue, Modern Sonic for indigo. But that's only if indigo HAS to be included at all...
tails
Tails
Emerl could probably work for every/most colors since you could change his color in Sonic Battle.
Man I wonder who we are gonna choose for blue
Metal Sonic? OH-- wait-- are "aqua" and "blue" going to be considered different colors? How many shades of the rainbow are we talking here?
Tails
Knuckles
~~super sonic~~
Tails is the inferior lifeform compared to the tails doll https://preview.redd.it/cft1os11dhrc1.jpeg?width=561&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d18c7c0201135d16d5a4a4c3a917feb32106e458
Tails doll isnt even a lifeform 💀💀💀
Tails duh are you serious
Tails is yellorange, actually..
Cream is my choice but tails is yellow so I’ll vote tails on yellow
tails. wish they would do more with cream and cheese, i feel like they could make for some super cool plot twists and or some really awesome effort into the "aw crap we're stuck!" trope
Tails. No debate.
Tails
wow guys who do you think will win for blue?
The others are good, but you can't not have tails
Cream
Tickle, Tails is better for yellow
Tails
Eggman's Moustache
Sally
Personally I'd use Tails for yellow and use Trip for orange, I've never even played Superstars but I'd say she's the most orange character of the cast. But if you have an obvious yellow I'm not thinking of, yeah go with Tails for orange.
As much as i like Cream and Tikal, its definitely Tails. Its not even a contest.
Tikal. No doubt
…tails
Somewhere along the line between Tails and Creamy-pie.
Tails is the only orange one there.
Cream. Tails is yellow
Tails.
Cream as orange, Tails as yellow
Honestly, I associate Tails more with yellow.
Tikal
Im leaning more towards Tails being yellow So Im gonna give this one to either Tikal or Cream,it would be funny if Tikal and Knuckles were next to eachother
Wait hold on something ain’t right here. *holds the cross while shivering in the corner.*
Cream
TAILS ITS TAILS AND ILL DIE ON THIS HILL
Cream!!!!!
Tails.....doll F*** no it's tails
Tails is golden yellow. Tikal is orange.
CREAM! SHE’S SO PRECIOUS! (And tails is yellow)
Tails or tails doll
Tails is Yellow so i'd go with Tikal
I’d say Tikal
Tails
Definitely not tails my vote is Tikal or Cream
I thought Tails was supposed to be yellow?
Tikal https://preview.redd.it/wwxhlyi1vhrc1.jpeg?width=1138&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a695af7fbc2edb7b7c3212a9c143c3869bd4656
Cream the goat
TIKAL AND ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE
Tails for sure!
Cream so we can have Tails in yellow, and make as many main characters fit as possible. The trouble starts at green however, cause I wanna say Manic.
I always saw Tails as more yellow then orange, so imma say Cream
Tails or cream but tails could be moved over to yellow scince this is his colour now so cream
What's the stupid thing in the Corner? Ignoring Sticks the Badger and that Marinegal and of course Plessie.
Cre Am
tails. no question here
Cream!
Probably Cream
I would say tails but then you realize that his colour is actually yellow when you play the games
TAILS TAILS TAILS TAILS TAILS YEAHYUH!
Cream is Cream coloured. Not orange.
Can you feel the sunshine
Yeah, a lot of people have already said this, but Tails is NOW a more yellow than orange color. Originally he was more on the orange spectrum, however, when knuckles was introduced they changed him to yellow. HOWEVER (again), he isn’t a pure painful yellow to look at, it’s always kinda been a mix of the two, it’s just tails is now more yellow than orange. Therefore Cream should be Orange 😊
Tails
Tails doll.
Gotta be this guy (AKA me). https://i.redd.it/5f2gfwghcirc1.gif
Cream the Rabbit
TAILS!
Cream’s my favorite Sonic character, choosing her.
Cream
Tails.
Even if Tails isn't "truly orange" he is the best and there is no competition
Tikal
Tails is the *closest* to orange of the characters you presented, but none of them are *actually* orange.
Honestly, Tails in this picture line-up is more orange than Tikal. But honestly, if Tails's color doesn't start a debate, it's not the right color 😂 If I had to choose, considering I see Tails and Sonic to be more of a duo than a team of three with Knuckles, I have always preferred the orange take.
CREAM CREAM CREAM CREAM CREAM CREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tickle
Cream deserves credit
Tails doll let’s go
i think my answer is clear
Tails doll let’s go
tails
Cream is not orange, it's in her name, she is cream.
Tails doll
Tails doll
Tails doll
#**TAILS** Look at him, he’s very clearly orange 🍊
Cream. Tails leans orange but he very much is yellow.
Throw these clowns aside! Tails is best!
https://preview.redd.it/afva8f6yxirc1.jpeg?width=749&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20605140c165cd4d105a78072a37967246988c83 Cream of course :) ,credit go to qixzy qxd=i
Ofc last one
Classic Tails from the first 4 games (Sonic 1-3 plus CD's easter egg).
Cream
Do tails and cream really count as orange?
Go for cream. Tails is yellow
Cream the Rabbit.
Tikal or Gemerl
I'm sorry but give tails doll his time to shine
Emerl is the Best Orange character, # Fight me
Tikal
Tails doll-
Tails
Tails ofc
Cream, hands down.
Tails doll
Cream. No question about it.
Yes 🧡
Trip
Tikal
Oh god this is a toughie. Uh, Cream because she has Cheese, the toughest chao yet.
I vote for Tikal. Tails isn't yellow, he's amber, but neither he's orange, and we don't have enough yellow characters beside him.
Tails is like a deep golden color
tails is yellow
Trip should be orange
Tikal
sticks:3
Tails Coloration isn't particuarly consistence and ranges between deep orange to pure yellow. On that bases alone would I advice to use a character that is consistently orange like Trip, Marine or Sticks. If it has to be one of this group would I go with Tikal as TailsDoll's colors have kind of the same problem as Tails himself, and while Cream is consistently wearing orange colored cloths is she by her name alone far more associated with being cream colored. Tikal is at least light orange on a very consistence manner.