AE Powerset color cheat sheet

[VeiledOwl]

I mess around in the Mission Architect editor a lot (but rarely finish anything) and decided to make myself a cheat sheet of how power colors can differ depending upon the AT they're selected from.

 

It ballooned. A lot. So now it's also a list of what color each powerset's main color is (weapon sets excluded, for the most part, since those can be recolored.) It may not be 100% correct, but it's a useful starting point for color coordinating my characters' costumes with powers. Someone in chat a while back asked if there was a place that listed which sets differed by AT in AE, so I decided to tidy it up a bit and post it for others to reference.

 

Spoilers to compact everything.

 

Sets that differ color by AT:

 

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Attack/support sets which differ by AT

Electrical

Red
Electrical Affinity (Corruptor, Mastermind)
Electricity Assault (Dominator) - Voltaic Sentinel is purple-blue
Electrical Melee (Brute, Stalker)

 

Purple-Blue

Electrical Affinity (All ATs)

Electrical Blast (Blaster, Corruptor, Defender)
Electrical Melee (Scrapper, Tanker)

Electricity Manipulation (Blaster)
Electric Control (Controller, Dominator)

 

Energy

Red
Energy Assault (Dominator)
Energy Manipulation (Blaster)
Energy Melee (All ATs)

 

Blue

Energy Blast (Blaster, Corruptor, Defender)

 

Spikes
Spines (Brute, Scrapper, Stalker, Tanker) - Yellowish-white spines
Plant Manipulation - Dark brown thorns
Thorny Assault (Dominator) - Dark brown thorns

 

Armor sets which differ by AT

 

Electric

Red
Electric Armor (Brute, Stalker)

 

Purple-Blue
Electric Armor (Scrapper, Tanker)

 

Invulnerability

Invulnerability (Brute, Stalker) - Red-Black
Invulnerability - White

 

Edit: After testing, found that although they differ in the costume creator, Invulnerability and Electrical Affinity do not differ in the AE editor.

 

 

 

Attack/support sets by color:

 

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Red
Beam Rifle (red and blue)
Electrical Affinity (Corruptor, Mastermind)
Electricity Assault (Dominator) - Voltaic Sentinel is purple-blue
Electrical Melee (Brute, Stalker)
Energy Assault (Dominator)
Energy Manipulation (Blaster)
Energy Melee (All ATs)
Pain Domination (red-black)
Robotics (single targets attacks red, grenade is blue)
Savage Melee/Assault (orange and red)

 

Orange
All Fire powersets
Kinetic Melee (orange and purple)
Kinetics (gold-orange and blue-purple)
Savage Melee/Assault (orange and red)
Sonic Resonance (white and orange)
Street Justice (pale orange)
Thermal Radiation

Yellow/Gold
Spines (sort of off yellow-white)
Super Strength
Symphony Control

 

Green
Demon Summoning
Empathy (green and blue)
Nature Affinity
Plant Manipulation
Poison
Radiation Blast/Melee/Manipulation/Assault/Emission
Thorny Assault (Brown spikes, green toxin)

 

Blue
Beam Rifle (red and blue)
Cold Domination
Energy Blast (Blaster, Corruptor, Defender)
Force Field (pale teal)
Ice powersets
Illusion Control
Kinetics (gold-orange and blue-purple)
Marine Affinity
Martial Arts
Martial Assault
Storm Blast (blue-grey-white)
Storm Summoning (blue-grey)
Water Blast

Purple-Blue
Electrical Affinity (Defender, Controller)
Electrical Blast (Blaster, Defender)
Electric Control (Controller, Dominator)
Electricity Manipulation (Blaster)
Electrical Melee (Scrapper, Tanker)
Plasma Shield (Thermal Radiation)

Purple
Kinetic Melee (orange and purple)
Mental Manipulation
Mind Control
Psionic Assault
Psionic Blast
Psionic Melee

White
Gravity Control (mostly white, with blue and reddish effects?)
Mind Control (faint purple hue)
Sonic Assault
Sonic Blast
Sonic Manipulation
Sonic Resonance (white and orange)
Spines (sort of off yellow-white)
Temporal Manipulation (grey and white)

Black
Dark Blast, Manipulation, Melee, Miasma, Assault (black-blue)
Darkness Control (Blue-white core due to Soul Noir-style animations)
Necromancy (black-blue)
Pain Domination (red-black)

Grey
Storm Blast (blue-grey-white)
Storm Summoning (blue-grey)
Time/Temporal Manipulation

Brown
Earth Assault
Earth Control
Earth Manipulation
Seismic Blast
Stone Melee

??? (Hard for me to classify due to color ranges)
Arsenal Control
Beast Mastery
Gravity Contol (mostly white, with blue and reddish effects?)
Kinetics (gold-orange and blue-purple and... lots of other colors between powers.)
Martial Combat (Blaster) - Blue/orange/purple
Trick Arrow

 

Armor sets by color:

 

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Red
Electric Armor (Brute, Stalker)
Invulnerability (Brute, Stalker) - Red-Black
Radiation Armor - Proton Armor
Stone Armor - Brimstone Armor

 

Orange
Energy Aura
Fiery Aura

 

Yellow
Bio Armor (yellow energy veins, brownish grey armor)
Willpower

 

Green
Radiation Armor
Regeneration
Stone Armor - Crystal Armor

 

Blue
Electric Armor (Scrapper, Tanker) - Blue-Purple
Fiery Aura - Plasma Shield
Ice Armor
Ninjitsu

 

Purple
Super Reflexes

 

White
Invulnerability (Scrapper, Tanker) - White

 

Black
Dark Armor
Invulnerability (Brute, Stalker) - Red-Black

 

Grey
Stone Armor - Granite Armor

 

Brown
Stone Armor

 

???
Bio Armor (yellow energy veins, brownish-grey armor)
Ninjitsu (purples and blues)

 

 

Customizable Weapon/Armor Sets:

 

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This segment is merely me listing things I've suitably recolored to feign being a different powerset.

 

Melee
Ninja Training (Blaster)/Katana/Dual Blades
'Fire and Ice Blade - Elemental' is a flaming blade of energy which lends itself well to recoloration to appear to be a different element. I've used it to be fire, shadows, non-purple psionic melee, melee pain manipulation, toxic fire, ghost blades...

Titan Weapons
'Fire and Ice Blade - Elemental' - Same idea as Katana's, but bigger.

 

Claws
The Vanguard claws can work well for representing various elements when recolored - orange for fire blades, pale blue for ice, etc.

 

 

Armor
Shield Defense
Elemental Shields - Electrical and Energy Shields

 

 

Sets that grant invisibility/stealth:

 

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Rather than dividing this section by attack/support/defense, I've split it into primary and secondaries. It's possible I've missed a power or two, but this should work as a quick reference list if you want an invisible/translucent enemy.

 

Invisibility:

 

Primary Powers

Arsenal Control - Cloaking Device

Illusion Control - Group Invisibility (Will not trigger until combat starts)

 

Secondary Powers

Dark Armor - Cloak of Darkness

Devices (Blaster) - Field Operative

Ninjitsu - Hide

 

 

Translucency:

 

Secondary Powers

Cold Domination - Arctic Fog

Dark Miasma - Shadow Fall

Storm Summoning - Steamy Mist

 

 

Notes: Shinobi from Ninja Training (Blaster secondary) doesn't appear to apply invisibility to the enemy I tested it with.

 

 

Edit: Made some color corrections for the ones that vary by AT - Invulnerability and Electrical Affinity, specifically. Turns out I really should have tested them all in AE before posting this. Ah, well, the list is still useful, otherwise. Incorrect colors have struck through, but left for costume creator power reference. Also added stealth/invisibility powers section.

Edited December 22, 2024 by VeiledOwl
Put sets that differ by AT under color coded headers for quicker reference

[ZamuelNow]

This is pretty useful, especially the AT section since hero/villain color coding may affect some set choices for authors.

[Jiro Ito]

just wanted to circle back to this post and give it some love, as I'm using it now in putting together a customer character full of various electrical powers and it's good to know how to color-match them all.  thanks!