Alternate Colouring

Alternate Colouring is a mechanic in the SuperThings Franchise which gives figures a secondary colour, which sometimes replaces the cape colour and body colour, or replaces the body colour only if a figure does not have a cape.

In checklists, while their figure is the same character as the original coloured one, their number is different, being one number above the original figure. They appear next to and almost below the original figure image in a smaller size and with a different character box.

Rare Silvers, Super Rare Golds, Ultra Rares, Kazoom Kids, some Toy Range characters and characters in tins do not have that feature. The first Kazoom Kids series is an exception to this, with all six of the Kazoom Kid characters having alternate colours, though these are exclusively sold alongside the Superthings comic series.

## Colour codes

Each Series has a colour coding for the figures, so several of them will have the same alternate and original colour, or just the same colour but inverted.

### Series 1

* Yellow-Purple.
* Blue-Orange.
* Red-Lime.

### Series 2

#### Crystal Superthings only

* Red-Blue.
* Green-Purple.

#### Ordinary Superthings

* Blue-Purple.
* Green-Dark blue.
* Dark green-Orange.
* Red-Yellow.

### Series 3

* Blue-Yellow.
* Dark blue-Light blue.
* Dark red-Lavender.
* Lime green-Dark purple.
* Red-Dark green.
* Purple-Orange
* Yellow(with more orange)-Green.

### Series 4

* Green-Red.
* Orange-Blue.
* Lime green-Purple.
* Pink-Dark blue.
* Yellow-Other purple.
* Light blue-Dark green.

### Series 5

* Yellow-Dark blue.
* Orange-like colour-Purple.
* Orange-Green.
* Lime-Dark Blue
* Red-Blue.
* Dark Purple-Pink.

### Secret Spies Series

* Yellow-Dark Lavender.
* Pink-Green.
* Brown-Blue.
* Light Blue-Dark blue.
* Red-Lime.
* Purple-Orange.

### Power Machines Series

* Green-Pink.
* Yellow-Dark Green.
* Red-Purple.
* Light Blue-Dark Blue
* Orange-Dark Blue.
* Blue-Orange.

### Kazoom Kids Series

#### Kazoom Kid-assisting Superthings only

* Blue-Yellow.
* Green-Red.
* Purple-Lime.

#### Ordinary Superthings

* Orange-Dark Blue.
* Blue-Purple.
* Pink-Yellow.

Kazoom Kids (Special Comic-Exclusive variation)

* On Badnilla, yellow swaps with orange and green swaps with light blue. Dark blue is replaced with lavender in some places.
* On Starberry, translucent red is replaced with translucent purple, and opaque purple is replaced with yellow.
* On Smash Crash, purple is replaced with yellow.
* On Sugarfun, Red is replaced with a turqoisey-blue colour and and green is replaced with dark blue and red is replaced with orange in some places. the mask is yellow instead of blue and the boots are green instead of red.
* On Trasher, transparent lime is replaced with transparent green and opaque purple is replaced with opaque green and blue being replaced with red. The silver armbands are now orange, and his mask being red instead of purple.
* The other colourations, while confirmed to exist, have not yet been documented. Other variations in colour may not be clear from images.

### Guardians of Kazoom Series

#### Crystal Superthings only

* Blue-Red.
* Orange-Green.

#### Ordinary Superthings

* Pink-Blue.
* Red-Yellow.
* Green-Purple.
* Orange-Other Purple.

### Rescue Force Series

#### Chrome Superthings only

* Red-Blue.
* Green-Yellow.

#### Ordinary Superthings

* Pink-Blue.
* Purple-Yellow.
* Light Purple-Other Blue.
* Orange-Green.

### Neon Power Series

#### Neon Superthings only

* Pink-Yellow.
* Red-Green.

#### Ordinary Superthings

* Red-Purple.
* Green-Yellow.
* Lilac-Cyan.
* Orange-Blue.

### Mutant Battle Series

#### Kazoom Kid Alter Egos

* Red/Orange-Light Orange/Yellow
* Green/Blue-Red/Orange
* Orange/Yellow-Green/Blue

#### Ordinary Superthings

* Pink-Green.
* Light Blue-Light Yellow.
* Purple-Dark Yellow
* Orange-Dark Green.
* Red-Turquoise

## Colour-Changing Superthings

The Colour-Changing Superthings from Series 12 appear in two colours. However, unlike Oculus Max and Morph, who can also change colour and have the same function as the colour-changers, they have a seperate colour-changing figure for each colour. Their figures change colour in water, the colour depending on the water temperature. Oculus Max and Morph appear as a villain in default or in cold water, while they appear as a hero in warm water, though they later revert to their original appearance once dry. Max does that in he cartoons (except he just simply changes it by himself without the use of water) and Morph changes randomly, as he is highly unstable.

## Cartoon Use

In some Superthings Episodes, the use of alternate colouring is shown. Heroes and Villains use it in order to disguise their main colour. However, in some later Series Cartoons, only a few characters appear in their alternate colour. Said characters may have used it for the same function.

## Trivia

* The Kazoom Kids Series is the only Series with separate colour codes for different types of Superthings, without them being crystal.
* Series 12 has the most colour codes due to each silver captain team having 7 Superthings who aren't silver, and there being 48 Common characters. In contrast, Series 1 has the least colour codes, only having 3.
* Certain characters also got a second or third colour in board games. In Monopoly Junior 1, Silver Dice gets a metallic white colour, Lucky Ace gets a gold finish, Lock Down gets a Metallic purple colour, and Wondershine gets a metallic green colour. In Monopoly Junior 2, X-383 II gets a metallic blue colour, Snitchcase gets a metallic red colour, Locke Looker gets a metallic purple colour, and Keytective gets a gold finish. In the Mission Possible Board Game, Nightcoat gets a metallic red colour, and in Juego La Caza Del Espia (Spy Hunt Game) Agent Headdy gets a gold finish.
* For the Superthings Superday in August 2023, Magicbox released a Golden Enigma and Professor K. Only the latter was available in the UK.