Chocobo Colors

See also: Chocobo and Chocobo Raising

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 Stable. Once a suitable combination of snacks have been fed, the chocobo's plume will change after 6 hours (Earth Time). The color of chocobo's feather will change depending on the snacks fed to it. Different snacks will alter the colors differently. The chocobo must be kept in the Stable for the minimum of 6 hours for the effect to take place.

Once a Chocobo is stabled, the player can feed a number of snacks, each one altering the RGB value of the Chocobos feathers. Once the first snack is fed, the player then has a window of six hours (earth time) to feed 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. Because you cannot physically see what difference the sequence you are feeding snacks has on the RGB value, it takes careful planning to make sure the sequence applied does not force an RGB value over 255 or under 0.

The Chocobo starts out with the default color of Desert Yellow (which has an RGB value of 216/175/80). 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 Xelaphatol 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. Therefore players need to carefully choose which order of sequence they feed multiple snacks to their Chocobo during the six hours in order to achieve the desired color.

• After six hours, the sequence is made and the color system 'snaps' the resulting RGB value to the nearest color in the color table, so 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.

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

Snacks

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Chocobo Colour Calculator

Snack	Icon	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.

Color	R	G	B	Obtained By (From default Desert Yellow)
Snow White	226	221	205	Doman Plum x15, Cieldalaes Pineapple x6, Valfruit x12
Ash Grey	167	162	156	O'Ghomoro Berries x5, Valfruit x5, Doman Plum x5 O'Ghomoro Berries x12, Cieldalaes Pineapple x10, O'Ghomoro Berries x6 O'Ghomoro Berries x6 or 7 ?, Doman Plum x3, Valfruit x3, Mamook Pear x3
Goobbue Grey	130	128	125	O'Ghomoro Berries x12
Slate Grey	94	94	94	O'Ghomoro Berries x21, Xelphatol Apple x7, Mamook Pear x7
Charcoal Grey	65	64	59	O'Ghomoro Berries x45, Xelphatol Apple x30, Mamook Pear x22, Valfruit x10, Doman Plum x3
Soot Black	47	47	39	???
Rose Pink	228	153	144	O'Ghomoro Berries x3, Valfruit x3 Valfruit x6, O'Ghomoro Berries x1, Xelphatol Apple x1
Lilac Purple	124	98	98	O'Ghomoro Berries x11 or 12 (?)
Rolanberry Red	84	19	35	O'Ghomoro Berries x30, Xelphatol Apple x15, Mamook Pear x15 (?) numbers may be off
Dalamud Red	113	22	22	Xelphatol Apple x32, O'Ghomoro Berries x22, Mamook Pear x15 Valfruit x8, Xelphatol Apple x4
Rust Red	91	29	5	???
Wine Red	62	17	14	???
Coral Pink	200	101	87	Xelphatol Apple x3 Xelphatol Apple x3, O'Ghomoro Berries x10 Xelphatol Apple x4, O'Ghomoro Berries x4, Valfruit x4 Valfruit x10, O'Ghomoro Berries x4 Xelphatol Apple x9, O'Ghomoro Berries x6, Valfruit x7
Blood Red	139	52	34	Valfruit x14, O'Ghomoro Berries x14, Xelphatol Apple x14
Salmon Pink	226	165	131	Valfruit x5 Valfruit x8, Cieldalaes Pineapple x4 Valfruit x4, Doman Plum x3, O'Ghomoro Berries x8, Cieldalaes Pineapple x3
Sunset Orange	178	85	39	Xelphatol Apple x22, O'Ghomoro Berries x3 Xelphatol Apple x27
Mesa Red	118	51	4	???
Bark Brown	99	68	49	???
Chocolate Brown	103	54	31	???
Russet Brown	72	39	26	???
Kobold Brown	42	28	23	???
Cork Brown	197	139	79	Xelphatol Apple x3, O'Ghomoro Berries x3 O'Ghomoro Berries x3, Valfruit x3
Qiqirn Brown	147	103	56	???
Opo-Opo Brown	116	85	39	???
Aldgoat Brown	156	128	85	O'Ghomoro Berries x3, Mamook Pear x1, Xelphatol Apple x1
Pumpkin Orange	193	109	31	Xelphatol Apple x11 Xelphatol Apple x8, O'Ghomoro Berries x3, Cieldalaes Pineapple x1, Valfruit x1
Acorn Brown	135	81	23	???
Orchard Brown	93	59	18	???
Chestnut Brown	54	35	10	???
Gobbiebag Brown	180	158	130	O'Ghomoro Berries x6 O'Ghomoro Berries x11
Shale Brown	140	122	101	O'Ghomoro Berries x11 O'Ghomoro Berries x12, Xelphatol Apple x2
Mole Brown	90	75	62	???
Loam Brown	56	45	35	O'Ghomoro Berries x5, Mamook Pear x5, Xelphatol Apple x5 O'Ghomoro Berries x30, Xelphatol Apple x22, Mamook Pear x15
Bone White	233	208	154	Doman Plum x5, Valfruit x6, Cieldalaes Pineapple x4 Doman Plum x2, Cieldalaes Pineapple x1
Ul Brown	178	157	105	O'Ghomoro Berries x4
Desert Yellow  (Default Color)	216	175	80	Han Lemon x1
Honey Yellow	250	194	37	Cieldalaes Pineapple x3 Cieldalaes Pineapple x6 (Also produced when someone fed their chocobo 36 of all 3 "lightening" feeds - likely indicative of a cap per 6h session.)
Millioncorn Yellow	226	152	46	Xelphatol Apple x2 Xelphatol Apple x4 Xelphatol Apple x10
Coeurl Yellow	182	129	3	(From Million Corn Yellow) Mamook Pear x6
Cream Yellow	241	212	105	Doman Plum x3, Cieldalaes Pineapple x4 Mamook Pear x8 Doman Plum x5, Valfruit x6, Cieldalaes Pineapple x4
Halatali Yellow	159	125	42	Xelphatol Apples x10, Mamook Pears x10, O'Ghomoro Berries x10
Raisin Brown	57	45	14	???
Mud Green	81	75	42	???
Sylph Green	182	182	131	Doman Plum x5 Xelphatol Apple x2, Doman Plum x12, Mamook Pear x1
Lime Green	166	171	77	Mamook Pear x7, O'Ghomoro Berries x2
Moss Green	105	108	33	Xelphatol Apple x10, Mamook Pear x15, O'Ghomoro Berries x15
Meadow Green	132	150	92	???
Olive Green	68	75	44	???
Marsh Green	44	48	28	???
Apple Green	149	174	92	Doman Plum x4, O'Ghomoro Berries x3, Mamook Pear x2 Doman Plum x5, O'Ghomoro Berries x7, Mamook Pear x3 Doman Plum x3, O'Ghomoro Berries x10, Mamook Pear x5
Cactuar Green	94	123	58	Xelphatol Apple x10, Mamook Pear x10, O'Ghomoro Berries x15
Hunter Green	34	68	38	O'Ghomoro Berries x32, Xelphatol Apple x25, Mamook Pear x15
Ochu Green	57	92	51	???
Adamantoise Green	88	110	81	???
Nophica Green	52	70	53	???
Deepwood Green	25	36	28	???
Celeste Green	144	184	180	Doman Plum x28
Turquoise Green	60	107	107	???
Morbol Green	26	63	63	???
Ice Blue	173	192	202	Doman Plum x22, Valfruit x7
Sky Blue	124	171	207	O'Ghomoro Berries x13, Mamook Pear x10, Valfruit x1, Doman Plum x5 O'Ghomoro Berries x12, Doman Plum x11, Xelphatol Apple x3 Doman Plum x28
Seafog Blue	93	122	154	O'Ghomoro Berries x20, Mamook Pear x10
Peacock Blue	52	97	127	O'Ghomoro Berries x19, Mamook Pear x10
Rhotano Blue	23	54	77	???
Corpse Blue	135	149	167	O'Ghomoro Berries x10, Doman Plum x3 (?)
Ceruleam Blue	72	80	95	???
Woad Blue	41	50	74	???
Ink Blue	22	26	34	O'Ghomoro Berries x34, Xelphatol Apple x19, Mamook Pear x22
Raptor Blue	84	120	188	O'Ghomoro Berries x21 O'Ghomoro Berries x22, Valfruit x1, Doman Plum x1, Mamook Pear x7
Othard Blue	41	81	130	O'Ghomoro Berries x21 O'Ghomoro Berries x30, Mamook Pear x10
Storm Blue	30	58	107	???
Void Blue	14	35	61	???
Royal Blue	34	42	96	O'Ghomoro Berries x30, Xelphatol Apple x10 O'Ghomoro Berries x25, Mamook Pear x10, Xelphatol Apple x10 O'Ghomoro Berries x85
Midnight Blue	20	21	49	???
Shadow Blue	49	49	64	???
Abyssal Blue	43	39	80	O'Ghomoro Berries x3, Mamook Pear x1, Xelphatol Apple x1 O'Ghomoro Berries x20, Mamook Pear x10, Xelphatol Apple x8
Lavender Blue	128	120	169	O'Ghomoro Berries x15 O'Ghomoro Berries x17
Gloom Purple	74	62	89	O'Ghomoro Berries x24, Xelphatol Apples x3
Currant Purple	44	38	52	???
Iris Purple	178	152	183	O'Ghomoro Berries x7 O'Ghomoro Berries x8, Valfruit x4
Grape Purple	52	36	54	???
Lotus Pink	254	202	244	???
Colibri Pink	217	149	198	Doman Plum x7, Valfruit x8 (?)
Plum Purple	114	75	101	O'Ghomoro Berries x18 O'Ghomoro Berries x20
Regal Purple	95	42	71	O'Ghomoro Berries x17, Xelphatol Apple x15, Valfruit x18 (From Blood Red) Valfruit x3, O'Ghomoro Berries x1