Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4010415-20150417123554

Is it, at all, possible to add a section to the Dust page on what colors we've seen so far, and what confirmed effects we've seen in connections to certain colors? Of course, we'd have to find where to draw the lines on speculation and whatnot. Would anyone object to having a color section?

The colors we've definitely seen so far are:


 * Red


 * Blue


 * Yellow


 * Green


 * Cyan


 * White


 * Orange (Possibly two different shades?)


 * Purple (Slot in Myrtenaster; Slot in Blake's Dust clip)

Red, blue, yellow, and green are the four naturally occurring colors of Dust,. Yes, that's yellow, not brown. We haven't seen any evidence of there being brown Dust (or black, for that matter. Hush, that black in Blake's Dust clip is an empty slot), and dark yellow has a tendency to go into the territory of brown.

That red Dust crystal's shape seems to point to fire, the blue one's shape seems to point to ice, the yellow one has a lightning bolt shaped shine on it (and is seen being used to summon lightning), and the green one's shape points to wind (and we've been told it's wind).

We know for certain what the four naturally occurring colors of Dust do, thanks to being told that green is wind (by the artist behind WoR: Dust) and thanks to Ruby's sneeze scene in The Shining Beacon showing us what red, blue, and yellow do.

In that scene, Weiss slams her suitcase shut, letting blue and yellow Dust puff out the sides of it, and shakes a vial of red Dust at Ruby. We even see red, blue, and yellow Dust cloud the air in front of Ruby. (Pic 1, Pic 2) The resulting explosion is fiery, followed by ice crystals and bolts of electricity. (Pic)

Plus, in "Ruby Rose," the red Dust crystal is referred to as "Burn, uncut," and in WoR: Dust, we see someone pick up the yellow Dust crystal and use it to summon lightning. 

So...


 * Red is fire


 * Blue is ice (Dark blue, not cyan)


 * Yellow is lightning


 * Green is wind

Speculation that I can't wait to confirm or deny is:


 * Cyan is responsible for that shield thing that Neo and Weiss did (Pic 1, Pic 2)


 * Orange (One of the shades of orange?) is lava, which is why Cinder could use it to create black glass swords (Obsidian is black glass formed after volcanic eruptions). It's also why, in "Ruby Rose," when Glynda blocked her attack, it splattered onto the ground as if liquid instead of fire. (Watch it for yourself) She even created an eruption from the splatter. And to be honest, Cinder's dress had more of a yellow-orange glow, than yellow. (Pic) So, maybe if there are two shades of orange Dust, lava is the bright orange Dust (the one to the far right in this pic).

What we don't have enough info to thoroughly (keyword, thoroughly) speculate on is:


 * What color does stone?


 * What color does this thing? Because that is not the usual effect that Blake's clones have when they're struck. Maybe it's purple Dust? But what is it? Darkness? 