Colors

Colors are used to distinguish different players in StarCraft and StarCraft II.

StarCraft

There are eight player colors, linked to each player slot. Unless specified by the map, players can choose their own color before a game starts.

Player Number	Color	Hex Codes	Terran Name	Zerg Name	Protoss Name
1	Red	#F40404	Elite Guard	Tiamat Brood	Ara Tribe
2	Blue	#0C48CC	Mar Sara	Surtur Brood	Sargas Tribe
3	Teal (most common hero color)	#2CB494	Kel-Morian Combine	Fenris Brood	Akilae Tribe
4	Purple	#88409C	Antiga	Jormungand Brood	Furinax Tribe
5	Orange	#F88C14	Delta Squadron	Garm Brood	Auriga Tribe
6	Brown (Green on desert maps)	#703014	Omega Squadron (StarCraft), Atlas Wing (Brood War)	Grendel Brood	Venatir Tribe
7	White (Green on ice maps)	#CCE0D0	Alpha Squadron (StarCraft), Cronus Wing (Brood War)	Baelrog Brood	Shelak Tribe
8	Yellow	#FCFC38	Epsilon Squadron	Leviathan Brood	Velari Tribe
9	Green	#088008	Pale Green Blueish Grey Pale Yellow Cyan Pink Olive #74A47C #7290B8 #FCFC7C #00E4FC #FFC4E4 #808000 Lime Navy Magenta Grey Black #D2F53C #000080 #F032E6 #808080 #3C3C3C
10	Pale Yellow	#FCFC7C
11	Tan	#ECC4B0
12	Dark Aqua	#4068D4

There are two different yellow colors, one slightly paler than the other. Custom map editors also include tan and dark aqua (the neutral blue color), and various other options.

Patch 1.23.1 extended the selectable color palette to 22.

Patch 1.23.3 deleted the selectable color palette of 2, Dark Aqua, Cyan.

StarCraft II

Players are usually able to choose their color before a custom match starts.

There are eight primary player colors: red, blue, teal, purple, yellow, orange, green and light pink, with white being reserved for neutral units. More colors are available typically in games with more players. Colors are changed depending on the tileset as to not impact gameplay.

As of Patch 3.3.0, players are able to choose what colors appear for the player's, allied, neutral and enemy units under options.
There is also a color intensity slider.

In single-player missions, colors are not explicitly associated with force names, but red terrans are usually The Dominion, blue are Raynor's Raiders, and pink Mira's Mercs. Moebius Foundation are yellow, Colonist forces are white, and the Covert Ops Crew are black terrans and use a different skin set. Kerrigan's Swarm is consistently colored purple in the single player campaigns, with feral zerg usually being colored orange and Amon Brood being colored red. In the Legacy of the Void campaign, player controlled Protoss Daelaam are colored blue or teal, Purifiers are colored orange, and Nerazim are purple. Both Tal'darim and corrupted Khalai are red. The Tal'darim protoss faction are teal/aqua in the Wings of Liberty campaign and in Heart of the Swarm, and are given their own red skins in Legacy of the Void.

In Co-op Missions, each commander has their own default color, and some use different unit skins as well. For the terrans:

• Raynor is blue
• Swann is orange
• Nova is teal with covert ops skins
• Han and Horner are rose pink with mercenary skins
• Tychus is tuscany orange with unique skins
• Mengsk is red-brown with unique skins.

With zerg commanders:

• Kerrigan is magenta
• Zagara is dark blue with Leviathan Brood skins
• Abathur is yellow
• Stukov is light pink with infested skins
• Dehaka is blue-grey with primal zerg skins
• Stetmann is orange with simulant skins.

Among the protoss:

• Artanis is teal
• Vorazun is purple and uses Nerazim skins
• Karax is yellow and uses a mixture of default and Purifier skins
• Alarak is dark red with Tal'darim skins
• Fenix is orange with Purifier skins
• Zeratul is aquamarine with Ihan-rii skins.

Enemy forces are universally red, and yellow is used for neutral AI units and structures. Objectives are also colored yellow.

Images

StarCraft color palette

StarCraft extended color palette

StarCraft 2 color palette

StarCraft 2 Default alliance colors

StarCraft 2 Co-op colors

StarCraft color palette

StarCraft 2 color palette