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. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown 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

Generation III to IV

When 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 the Pokémon with Color Change has a Substitute, its type will not change if it is hit by a damage-dealing move until after the Substitute is broken. It will change both types of a dual-typed Pokémon which has gained this Ability. This Ability does not apply to Shadow. Color Change will activate on first hit of a multi-hit move.

Generation V

Color Change now only activates on the last hit of multi-hit attacks. Inferno inflicts burn before the type is changed.

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	None
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

Kecleon Kecleon changing
The user turns invisible to match its surroundings.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	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.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Kecleon turns invisible to match its surroundings.
Wally's Kecleon	VS. Kecleon		Debut

Trivia

• This Ability, along with Battle Armor, 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 Greek Αλλαγή Χρώματος Italian Cambiacolore Korean 변색 Byeonsaek Portuguese Troca de Cor Spanish Cambio Color

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