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|name=Color Change
|name=Color Change
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|tmname=Color Change
|jptrans=Color Change
|gen=3
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|text3=Changes type to foe's move.
|colorscheme=arceus
|text4=Changes the Pokémon's type to the foe's move.
|gen=III
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'''Color Change''' (Japanese: '''へんしょく''' ''Color Change'') is an [[ability]] introduced in [[Generation III]]. Only Kecleon has this ability.
{{AbilityInfobox/desc|III|Changes type to foe's move.{{sup/3|RSEFRLG}}<br>Changes type to target's move.{{sup/ss|Colo}}{{sup/ss|XD}}}}
{{AbilityInfobox/desc|IV|Changes the Pokémon's type to the foe's move.}}
{{AbilityInfobox/desc|V|Changes the Pokémon's type to the foe's move.}}
{{AbilityInfobox/desc|VI|The Pokémon's type becomes the type of the move used on it.}}
{{AbilityInfobox/desc|VII|The Pokémon's type becomes the type of the move used on it.}}
{{AbilityInfobox/desc|VIII|The Pokémon's type becomes the type of the move used on it.}}
{{AbilityInfobox/desc|IX|The Pokémon's type becomes the type of the move used on it.}}
|}
'''Color Change''' (Japanese: '''へんしょく''' ''Color Change'') is an [[Ability]] introduced in [[Generation III]]. It is the [[signature Ability]] of {{p|Kecleon}}.


==Effect==
==Effect==
===In battle===
===In battle===
When inflicted by a damage-dealing [[move]], Pokémon with Color Change will change its type so that it is the same as the move used against it. Color Change is analogous to the move {{m|Conversion 2}}.
When a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by a damage-dealing move (with some exceptions mentioned below), the Pokémon's [[type change|types will be changed]] to the type of the move that it was hit by. Even if the Pokémon with Color Change has two types, it will only have a single type after the effect is applied.
 
Color Change does not activate if the Pokémon is hit by a move of the same type as itself, even if the Pokémon has two or three types (the latter from {{m|Forest's Curse}} or {{m|Trick-or-Treat}}). Color Change does not activate if the Pokémon's {{OBP|substitute|doll}} is hit.
 
If a Pokémon with this Ability is hit by {{m|Weather Ball}} during [[shadowy aura]], it will become {{type|Normal}}.
 
[[Status condition]]s 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 {{m|Poison Sting}} has a chance to be {{status|poison}}ed before it becomes {{type|Poison}}.
 
Color Change is not activated by {{m|Struggle}}, [[Shadow move]]s, {{m|Pain Split}} or a typeless {{m|Revelation Dance}}. It will also not activate if the Pokémon is affected by {{m|Forest's Curse}} or {{m|Trick-or-Treat}} and is hit by a {{t|Grass}} or {{type|Ghost}} move, respectively.
 
====Generations III and IV====
Color Change will activate after the first hit of a [[multi-strike move]]. {{m|Future Sight}} and {{m|Doom Desire}} do not activate Color Change.
 
====Generation V onwards====
Color Change now activates after the last hit of a multi-strike move. {{m|Future Sight}} and {{m|Doom Desire}} now activate Color Change when they hit (they do not activate Color Change when used).


===Outside of battle===
===Outside of battle===
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==Pokémon with Color Change==
==Pokémon with Color Change==
===Single ability===
{{Ability/head|arceus}}
{{Abilitylist1}}
{{Ability/entry|0352|Kecleon|Normal|Normal|Color Change|None|Protean|abilityhnote={{color2|000|Generation VI|Gen VI}}+}}
{{Abilityentry1|352|Kecleon|1|Normal}}
{{Ability/foot|arceus}}
{{Abilityfooter}}


===Dual ability===
==In other games==
No Pokémon have Color Change as one of their two abilities.
===Description===
{{movedesc|arceus}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|RB}}|Changes the Pokémon's type to that of the move that hit it last.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|TDS}}|Changes the Pokémon's type to match that of the move that hit it last.}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|BSL}}|{{tt|うけたわざと おなじタイプに なる|Changes the Pokémon's type to match that of the move that hit it last.}}}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|GTI}}|When the Pokémon is damaged by a move, its type changes to match the type of that move.{{tt|*|Ability description}}<br>When it's damaged by a move, the Pokémon's type changes to the type of the move that damaged it!{{tt|*|Used in message log}}}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|SMD}}|When it's damaged by a move, the Pokémon's type changes to the type of the move that damaged it!}}
{{movedescentry|{{gameabbrevmd|DX}}|When it's damaged by a move, the Pokémon changes type to the type of the move that damaged it. The Pokémon will return to its original type when it goes to a different floor.}}
|}
|}{{left clear}}
 
==In the anime==
{{moveanime|type=arceus|exp=yes|gen=The Pokémon turns invisible to match its surroundings.|image1=Angela Kecleon Color Change.png|image1p=Angela's Kecleon|image2=Gizmo Kecleon Color Change.png|image2p=Gizmo's Kecleon|image3=Harrison Kecleon Color Change.png|image3p=Harrison's Kecleon}}
{{movep|type=arceus|ms=352|pkmn=Kecleon|method=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.}}
{{movemid|type=arceus|user=Madison and Alexa|user1=Alexa's Greeny|startcode=EP205|startname=The Kecleon Caper|notes=Debut}}
{{movemid|type=arceus|user=Madison and Alexa|user1=Madison's Reddy|startcode=EP205|startname=The Kecleon Caper|notes=Debut}}
{{movemid|type=arceus|user=Kecleon (Pokémon)|user1=A wild Kecleon|startcode=PK10|startname=Pikachu's Pikaboo}}
{{movemid|type=arceus|user=Harrison (Johto)|user1=Harrison's Kecleon|startcode=EP271|startname=Playing With Fire!}}
{{movemid|type=arceus|user=Pokémon Trainer|user1=A Trainer's Kecleon|startcode=AG033|startname=Now That's Flower Power!}}
{{movemid|type=arceus|user=Angela|user1=Angela's Kecleon|startcode=AG156|startname=From Cradle to Save}}
{{movebtm|type=arceus|user=Gizmo Bilt|user1=Gizmo's Kecleon|startcode=JN078|startname=Detective Drizzile!}}
 
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
{{movemanga|type=arceus|exp=yes|gen=The Pokémon turns invisible to blend in with its surroundings.|image1=Wally Kecleon Color Change Adventures.png|image1p=Kecleon}}
{{movep|type=arceus|ms=352|pkmn=Kecleon|method=Kecleon turns invisible to match its surroundings.}}
{{movebtmManga|type=arceus|user=Wally (Adventures)|user1=Wally's Kecleon|startcode=PS187|startname=Tongue-Tied Kecleon|notes=Debut}}


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* This is one of the only ways to achieve a pure Flying-type [[Pokémon]].
* Color Change shares its Japanese name with a {{TCG|Pokémon Power}} which has a [[Venomoth (Jungle 13)|similar effect]].
* This ability, along with {{a|Battle Armor}}, originated as a TCG Poké-POWER.
* Color Change was the first Ability demonstrated in the {{pkmn|anime}}, as well as the only one seen in the [[original series]].
** It was also the first Ability demonstrated in [[Pokémon Adventures]].
 
==In other languages==
{{langtable|color={{arceus color}}|bordercolor={{arceus color dark}}
|zh_yue=變色 ''{{tt|Binsīk|Color Change}}''
|zh_cmn=變色 / 变色 ''{{tt|Biànsè|Color Change}}''
|nl=Kleur verandering
|fr=Homochromie{{tt|*|Generation VIII onwards}}<br>Déguisement{{tt|*|Generations III-VII}}
|de=Farbwechsel
|it=Cambiacolore
|pt=Troca de Cor
|es=Cambio Color
|ko=변색 ''Byeonsaek''
|vi=Đổi Màu
}}
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