Color Change (Ability)

Color Change

へんしょく

Color Change

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Generation III
Changes type to foe's move.^RSEFRLG Changes type to target's move.^Colo^XD


Generation IV
Changes the Pokémon's type to the foe's move.


Generation V
Changes the Pokémon's type to the foe's move.


Generation VI
The Pokémon's type becomes the type of the move used on it.


Generation VII
The Pokémon's type becomes the type of the move used on it.


Generation VIII
Currently unknown


Generation IX
Currently unknown

Color Change (Japanese: へんしょく Color Change) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. It is the signature Ability of Kecleon.

Effect

In battle

Generations III and IV

When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a damage-dealing move (except Struggle and Shadow moves), Color Change will change the Pokémon's own type to the type of the move that it was hit by. Color Change does not activate if the Pokémon's substitute is hit.

Even if the Pokémon with Color Change has two types, it will only have a single type after the effect is applied. If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by Weather Ball during shadowy aura, it will become Normal-type.

Color Change will activate after the first hit of a multi-strike move. Future Sight and Doom Desire do not activate Color Change.

Status conditions are inflicted before Color Change activates. As a result, even if Color Change would make the Pokémon become a type that is immune to the status condition, the Pokémon can still be afflicted with the status condition; for example, a Pokémon with Color Change that is hit by Poison Sting has a chance to be poisoned before it becomes Poison-type.

Generation V

Color Change now activates after the last hit of a multi-strike move.

Future Sight and Doom Desire now activate Color Change when they hit (they do not activate Color Change when used).

Outside of battle

Color Change has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Color Change

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0352		Kecleon	Normal		Normal	Color Change	None	Protean
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

Pokémon	Method
Harrison's Kecleon Angela's Kecleon
The Pokémon turns invisible to match its surroundings.
User	First Used In	Notes
Kecleon	Kecleon's body turns invisible to blend in with its surroundings. The only thing visible after it changes is the red stripe on the center of its stomach.
Madison's Reddy	The Kecleon Caper	Debut
	Kecleon's body turns invisible to blend in with its surroundings. The only thing visible after it changes is the red stripe on the center of its stomach.
Alexa's Greeny	The Kecleon Caper	Debut
A wild Kecleon	Pikachu's Pikaboo	None
Harrison's Kecleon	Playing With Fire!	None
Unknown Trainer's Kecleon	Now That's Flower Power!	None
Angela's Kecleon	From Cradle to Save	None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Pokémon	Method
Kecleon
The Pokémon turns invisible to blend in with its surroundings.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Kecleon turns invisible to match its surroundings.
Wally's Kecleon	Tongue-Tied Kecleon	Debut

Trivia

Color Change shares its Japanese name with a Pokémon Power which has a similar effect.
Color Change was the first Ability demonstrated in the anime.

In other languages

Language		Title
Mandarin Chinese		變色 Biànsè
Dutch		Kleur verandering
French		Déguisement
German		Farbwechsel
Italian		Cambiacolore
Korean		변색 Byeonsaek
Portuguese		Troca de Cor
Spanish		Cambio Color

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.