Do you have a name for the original Kirin color?

[Nightcrow]

I’ve always wondered about this! The dragons seem to have always had color names, but what about the Kirins? Is there an official Windstone name for the chestnut/pearl color of the original Kirin family?

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[Melody]

I’ve always wondered about this! The dragons seem to have always had color names, but what about the Kirins? Is there an official Windstone name for the chestnut/pearl color of the original Kirin family?

I think we just called it “brown”.

[Scathach]

I’ve always wondered about this! The dragons seem to have always had color names, but what about the Kirins? Is there an official Windstone name for the chestnut/pearl color of the original Kirin family?

I think we just called it “brown”.

That would have been my guess. 😉

Life is beautiful.

[Lupuslunae]

I’m not a fan of “brown”. It needs a little more something-something. Can we call it “classic fawn” or “vintage russet”. OOhh, how about “mystical chocolate”? Anyone that hears “mystical chocolate” is gonna want some, no matter what it is. 🙂

[Nightcrow]

I like these suggestions! And I agree; “brown” sort of sells it short (and is just plain wrong; it’s 50% non-brown!)

I was thinking “Chestnut” or “Pearl Chestnut” or “Ivory/Brown” or “Fire Metal” or “Earth Metal” (since in Chinese colors white symbolizes the element of metal, and red symbolizes the element of fire; yellow/brown symbolizes the element of earth) or “Lychee” or “Jujube” (the “Chinese date,” a brownish-reddish fruit), or, uh… “Cinnabar Pearl”? “Lucky Brown”? “Snow Tree”? 😀

…”Impala“? “Gazelle“? (Or “Mhorr”?)

“Oryx“? The curved horn fits well, though the white to brown ratio is off…

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[Scathach]

It doesn’t matter anyway. It’s retired. I think if Melody called it brown, then it’s brown. That’s plenty good enough for me. Just as white dragons are fine being called white.

There have been some lovely fawn variants in eBay over the years that would make a lovely production colour once the horn issue is resolved.

Life is beautiful.

[Landipan]

Yeah, I don’t see much point in renaming a retired color, it’s unlikely it’ll come back into production. And everyone has known the color as ‘brown’ for so long I think it would just cause confusion if it was renamed.

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[etruscan]

I don’t think they could go back and use “Chestnut” for the original color. Melody did do a couple of “Chestnut” test paint kirins. They are brown/brown.

[Nightcrow]

I don’t think they could go back and use “Chestnut” for the original color. Melody did do a couple of “Chestnut” test paint kirins. They are brown/brown.

That’s true — I had forgotten about the Chestnut test paints. Scratch all names including chestnut, then!

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