Chocobo Colors

See also: Chocobo and Chocobo Raising

General Information

The default color of the chocobo is Desert Yellow. Players can change the color of their Chocobo by feeding them snacks while the chocobo is in its   Chocobo Stable. Once the chocobo has been fed a suitable combination of snacks, its plume will change after 6 hours (Earth Time). Keep in mind that different snacks will alter the colors differently. The chocobo must be kept in the Stable for a minimum of 6 hours for coloration to take place.

Once a chocobo is stabled, the player can feed it several snacks, each one altering the RGB value of the chocobo's feathers. Once the first snack is fed, the player then has a window of six hours (earth time) to provide a sequence of snacks to the chocobo. After six hours, the sequence of snacks fed will be applied to the Chocobo and - if successful - will alter the color of the feathers.

The sequence of the snacks being fed during the six hours is vital to the change being successful. Each snack will have a different effect on each of the RGB values (see the table below). The player has to be careful not to exceed 255 or go below 0 in any of the three RGB values, or the change will fail.

The Chocobo starts out with the default color of Desert Yellow (which has an RGB value of 216/180/87). If the player then feeds it a   Xelphatol Apple, the RGB value will change (when applied after six hours) to 221/170/75. If the player then feeds (or 'stacks up') another 7   Xelphatol Apples, this would make a total of 8 changes of +5/-5/-5 to the RGB value (or +40/-40/-40) when applied after the full six hours. This would change the RGB value to 256/135/40 - because the 'R' value is 1 point above the maximum of 255, this would fail, and nothing would happen after six hours. To achieve the desired color, players need to carefully choose which order they feed multiple snacks to their Chocobo during the six hours.

Notes:

• After six hours, the sequence is made and the color system 'snaps' the resulting RGB value to the nearest color in the color table. Therefore, it is not necessary to end the sequence of feeding on PRECISELY the RGB value you're trying to achieve.
• If a player makes a mistake, they can simply fetch their Chocobo from the stable and it will wipe out the sequence of any snacks that have been fed during that period. They can then re-stable their Chocobo to restart a new six-hour period.
• If a chocobo's colors have already been changed, the player can feed a   Han Lemon snack to reset the color back to Desert Yellow.
• The player is not notified when the 6-hour period has finished - instead, when the stable is clicked on after the time period, the chocobo's color will change in a short cutscene.
• Chocobo Raising can still be performed even while in the process of changing color.

Note that this is for your companion/mount chocobo. As of patch 2.51, You can only change Racing Chocobo's color through breeding.

Resources

• Official SE forums: Chocobo Dye - The Missing Manual
• Chocobo Colour Calculator
• In-game screenshots of all colors

Snacks

Snack	Effect	R	G	B
Xelphatol Apple	Increases red hue, also reduces blue and green hues.	+5	-5	-5
Mamook Pear	Increases green hue, also reduces blue and red hues.	-5	+5	-5
O'Ghomoro Berries	Increases blue hue, also reduces green and red hues.	-5	-5	+5
Doman Plum	Reduces red hue, also increases blue and green hues.	-5	+5	+5
Valfruit	Reduces green hue, also increases blue and red hues.	+5	-5	+5
Cieldalaes Pineapple	Reduces blue hue, also increases green and red hues.	+5	+5	-5
Han Lemon	Restores to default Desert Yellow color

Colors

• Desert Yellow is the default Chocobo color. || 219 || 180 || 87 ||

Color	R	G	B	Total snacks required to change to target (n.b. not necessarily fed in the listed order) It is recommended to alternate your fruits when feeding, so that you do not max out your R/G/B values by continually feeding the same type of fruit.
Snow White	228	223	208	Doman Plum x16, Cieldalaes Pineapple x5, Valfruit x13
Ash Grey	172	168	162	O'Ghomoro Berries x7, Valfruit x3, Doman Plum x7
Goobbue Grey	137	135	132	O'Ghomoro Berries x13 Mamook Pear x3
Slate Grey	101	101	101	O'Ghomoro Berries x20, Xelphatol Apple x7, Mamook Pear x11
Charcoal Grey	72	71	66	O'Ghomoro Berries x26, Xelphatol Apple x13, Mamook Pear x17,
Soot Black	43	41	35	O'Ghomoro Berries x32, Xelphatol Apple x19, Mamook Pear x23,
Rose Pink	230	159	150	O'Ghomoro Berries x1, Doman Plum x4, Valfruit x7,
Lilac Purple	131	105	105	O'Ghomoro Berries x17, Xelphatol Apple x6, Mamook Pear x7,
Rolanberry Red	91	23	41	O'Ghomoro Berries x29, Xelphatol Apple x21, Mamook Pear x18,
Dalamud Red	120	26	26	Xelphatol Apple x21, O'Ghomoro Berries x25, Mamook Pear x16
Rust Red	98	34	7	Xelphatol Apple x23, O'Ghomoro Berries x27, Mamook Pear x20
Wine Red	69	21	17	Xelphatol Apple x23, O'Ghomoro Berries x31, Mamook Pear x22
Coral Pink	204	108	94	Xelphatol Apple x6, O'Ghomoro Berries x9, Mamook Pear x1
Blood Red	145	59	48	Mamook Pear x12, O'Ghomoro Berries x19, Xelphatol Apple x17
Salmon Pink	228	170	138	Valfruit x6, Doman Plum x4
Sunset Orange	183	92	45	Xelphatol Apple x13, O'Ghomoro Berries x13 Mamook Pear x8
Mesa Red	125	57	6	Xelphatol Apple x20, O'Ghomoro Berries x21 Mamook Pear x8
Bark Brown	106	75	55	Xelphatol Apple x14, O'Ghomoro Berries x22, Mamook Pear x14,
Chocolate Brown	110	61	36	Xelphatol Apple x3, O'Ghomoro Berries x3, Mamook Pear x16,
Russet Brown	79	45	31	Xelphatol Apple x20, O'Ghomoro Berries x28, Mamook Pear x20,
Kobold Brown	48	33	27	Xelphatol Apple x21, O'Ghomoro Berries x32, Mamook Pear x23,
Cork Brown	201	145	86	Xelphatol Apple x4, O'Ghomoro Berries x6, Mamook Pear x2,
Qiqirn Brown	153	110	63	Xelphatol Apple x9, O'Ghomoro Berries x14, Mamook Pear x9,
Opo-Opo Brown	123	92	45	Xelphatol Apple x13, O'Ghomoro Berries x19, Mamook Pear x14,
Aldgoat Brown	162	135	92	O'Ghomoro Berries x10, Mamook Pear x5, Xelphatol Apple x4
Pumpkin Orange	197	116	36	Xelphatol Apple x11, O'Ghomoro Berries x8, Mamook Pear x7,
Acorn Brown	142	88	27	Xelphatol Apple x15, O'Ghomoro Berries x17, Mamook Pear x14,
Orchard Brown	100	66	22	Xelphatol Apple x18, O'Ghomoro Berries x23, Mamook Pear x19,
Chestnut Brown	61	41	13	Xelphatol Apple x21, O'Ghomoro Berries x30, Mamook Pear x23,
Gobbiebag Brown	185	164	137	O'Ghomoro Berries x5, Valfruit x2, Doman Plum x3,
Shale Brown	146	129	108	O'Ghomoro Berries x12, Mamook Pear x12, Xelphatol Apple x3,
Mole Brown	97	82	69	Xelphatol Apple x12, O'Ghomoro Berries x22, Mamook Pear x14,
Loam Brown	63	51	41	O'Ghomoro Berries x29, Mamook Pear x21, Xelphatol Apple x18,
Bone White	235	211	160	Doman Plum x10, Valfruit x9, Cieldalaes Pineapple x5,
Ul Brown	183	163	112	O'Ghomoro Berries x5, Doman Plum x1, Mamook Pear x1,
Desert Yellow  (Default Color)	219	180	87	Han Lemon x1
Honey Yellow	250	198	43	Cieldalaes Pineapple x5, Xelphatol Apple x2, Mamook Pear x1,
Millioncorn Yellow	228	158	52	Xelphatol Apple x6, Mamook Pear x3, O'Ghomoro Berries x1
Coeurl Yellow	188	136	4	Mamook Pear x11, Xelphatol Apple x12, O'Ghomoro Berries x7,
Cream Yellow	242	215	112	Doman Plum x6, Cieldalaes Pineapple x6, Valfruit x5,
Halatali Yellow	165	132	48	Xelphatol Apples x9, Mamook Pears x9, O'Ghomoro Berries x10
Raisin Brown	64	51	17	Xelphatol Apple x20, O'Ghomoro Berries x29, Mamook Pear x23,
Mud Green	88	82	48	Xelphatol Apple x14, O'Ghomoro Berries x23, Mamook Pear x17,
Sylph Green	187	187	138	Doman Plum x6, O'Ghomoro Berries x2, Valfruit x2,
Lime Green	171	176	84	Mamook Pear x5, O'Ghomoro Berries x5
Moss Green	112	115	38	Xelphatol Apple x12, Mamook Pear x16, O'Ghomoro Berries x18
Meadow Green	139	156	99	Xelphatol Apple x7, O'Ghomoro Berries x10, Mamook Pear x7,
Olive Green	75	82	50	Xelphatol Apple x14, O'Ghomoro Berries x24, Mamook Pear x18,
Marsh Green	50	54	33	Xelphatol Apple x18, O'Ghomoro Berries x30, Mamook Pear x22,
Apple Green	149	174	92	Doman Plum x1, O'Ghomoro Berries x6, Mamook Pear x5,
Cactuar Green	101	130	65	Xelphatol Apple x7, Mamook Pear x14, O'Ghomoro Berries x17
Hunter Green	40	75	38	O'Ghomoro Berries x29, Xelphatol Apple x15, Mamook Pear x22
Ochu Green	64	99	57	Xelphatol Apple x11, O'Ghomoro Berries x24, Mamook Pear x19,
Adamantoise Green	95	117	88	Xelphatol Apple x6, O'Ghomoro Berries x18, Mamook Pear x12,
Nophica Green	59	77	60	Xelphatol Apple x13, O'Ghomoro Berries x26, Mamook Pear x19,
Deepwood Green	30	42	33	Xelphatol Apple x19, O'Ghomoro Berries x33, Mamook Pear x24,
Celeste Green	150	189	185	Doman Plum x11, Valfruit x3, O'Ghomoro Berries X6,
Turquoise Green	67	114	144	Xelphatol Apple x4, O'Ghomoro Berries x22, Mamook Pear x12,
Morbol Green	31	70	70	Xelphatol Apple x13, O'Ghomoro Berries x30, Mamook Pear x21,
Ice Blue	178	196	206	Doman Plum x14, Valfruit x8, O'Ghomoro Berries x2,
Sky Blue	131	176	210	O'Ghomoro Berries x9, Valfruit x3, Doman Plum x12
Seafog Blue	100	129	160	O'Ghomoro Berries x17, Mamook Pear x5, Doman Plum x2,
Peacock Blue	59	104	134	Xelphatol Apple x3, O'Ghomoro Berries x24, Mamook Pear x11,
Rhotano Blue	28	61	84	Xelphatol Apple x12, O'Ghomoro Berries x31, Mamook Pear x19,
Corpse Blue	142	155	172	Valfruit x1, Doman Plum x6, O'Ghomoro Berries X10,
Ceruleam Blue	79	87	102	Xelphatol Apple x7, O'Ghomoro Berries x23, Mamook Pear x12,
Woad Blue	47	56	81	Xelphatol Apple x14, O'Ghomoro Berries x29, Mamook Pear x18,
Ink Blue	26	31	39	O'Ghomoro Berries x34, Xelphatol Apple x20, Mamook Pear x24,
Raptor Blue	91	127	192	O'Ghomoro Berries x15, Doman Plum x6, Mamook Pear x2,
Othard Blue	47	88	137	O'Ghomoro Berries x26, Xelphatol Apple x4, Mamook Pear x12,
Storm Blue	35	65	114	Xelphatol Apple x10, O'Ghomoro Berries x30, Mamook Pear x17,
Void Blue	17	41	68	Xelphatol Apple x16, O'Ghomoro Berries x34, Mamook Pear x22,
Royal Blue	39	48	103	Xelphatol Apple x11, O'Ghomoro Berries x31, Mamook Pear x16,
Midnight Blue	24	25	55	Xelphatol Apple x19, O'Ghomoro Berries x36, Mamook Pear x23,
Shadow Blue	55	55	71	Xelphatol Apple x14, O'Ghomoro Berries x29, Mamook Pear x18,
Abyssal Blue	49	45	87	Xelphatol Apple x14, O'Ghomoro Berries x31, Mamook Pear x17,
Lavender Purple	135	127	174	Valfruit x1, O'Ghomoro Berries x13, Doman Plum x4,
Gloom Purple	81	69	96	Xelphatol Apple x10, O'Ghomoro Berries x58, Mamook Pear x13,
Currant Purple	50	44	59	Xelphatol Apple x17, O'Ghomoro Berries x31, Mamook Pear x20,
Iris Purple	183	158	188	Valfruit x6, O'Ghomoro Berries x6, Doman Plum x8,
Grape Purple	59	42	61	Xelphatol Apple x17, O'Ghomoro Berries x30, Mamook Pear x19,
Lotus Pink	254	206	245	Cieldalaes Pineapple x7, Doman Plum x19, Valfruit x20,
Colibri Pink	220	155	202	Doman Plum x9, Valfruit x12, O'Ghomoro Berries x3,
Plum Purple	121	82	108	Xelphatol Apple x8, O'Ghomoro Berries x20, Mamook Pear x8,
Regal Purple	102	48	78	Xelphatol Apple x14, O'Ghomoro Berries x25, Mamook Pear x13,