Color Change (Ability)

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Color Change	へんしょく
	Color Change
Flavor text Generation III Changes type to foe's move. Generation IV Changes the Pokémon's type to the foe's move. Generation V Changes the Pokémon's type to the foe's move.

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

Generation III to IV

After being hit by a damage-dealing move, a Pokémon with Color Change will change its type so that it is the same as that of the move that harmed it. If a Pokémon with Color Change has a substitute take the hit, its type will not change. It will change both types of a dual-type Pokémon that has gained this Ability. This Ability does not apply to Shadow, and getting hit with Weather Ball powered by Shadow Sky changes the Pokémon with this ability to a Normal-type. Color Change will activate after the first hit of a multi-strike move.

Generation V

Color Change now activates after the last hit of a multi-strike move. Inferno inflicts burn before the type is changed.

Outside of battle

Color Change has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Color Change

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#	Pokémon	Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
	Kecleon	Normal		Normal	Color Change	None	None
Please note that this is only 100% accurate to Generation V games. For Generation III games, ignore Abilities introduced in Generation IV and Hidden Abilities. For Generation IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In the anime

	Harrison's Kecleon	Angela's Kecleon
The user turns invisible to match its surroundings.
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align="center" colspan="1" width="35%" style="background: #68A090; border: 1px solid # REDIRECT [[Template:[[{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]]]]" | Kecleon]]	align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #68A090; border: 1px solid # REDIRECT [[Template:[[{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]]]]" | 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
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

	Kecleon
The user turns invisible to blend in with its surroundings.
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align="center" colspan="1" width="35%" style="background: #68A090; border: 1px solid # REDIRECT [[Template:[[{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]]]]" | Kecleon]]	align="center" colspan="3" style="background: #68A090; border: 1px solid # REDIRECT [[Template:[[{{{2}}}|{{{2}}}]]]]" | Kecleon turns invisible to match its surroundings.
Wally's Kecleon]]	Tongue-Tied Kecleon]]		Debut

Trivia

• This Ability originated as a TCG Pokémon Power.
• Color Change was the first Ability demonstrated in the anime.

In other languages

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

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