List of Control Characters

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Color Set

The following control characters are used to change the color of text in scripts.

Character	Color	Use Case
[CS:A]	Cream #F8C8C8	Effectively unused; described in ADEBUG as "Identified Item". Same color as [CS:I].
[CS:B]	Red #F80000	Forbidden choice.
[CS:C]	Yellow #F8F800	Used for rare miscellaneous and debug messages. Same color as [CS:F].
[CS:D]	White #F8F8F8	Standard text color.
[CS:E]	Cyan #00F8F8	Used by subjects, stats, abilities, weather, etc. Described in ADEBUG as "Bold Text". Same color as [CS:G], [CS:N] and [CS:V].
[CS:F]	Yellow #F8F800	Names of other members of the player's team, including the partner. However, this is not used for Special Episode allies in cutscenes. Same color as [CS:C].
[CS:G]	Cyan #00F8F8	Money. Same color as [CS:E], [CS:N] and [CS:V].
[CS:H]	Pink #F87878	Trap names.
[CS:I]	Cream #F8C8C8	Item names. In cutscenes, this is not used for unobtainable story objects such as Perfect Apples or Time Gears, but is used for items the player could obtain themselves.
[CS:j]	Dark Cream #F8C060	Used by already-recruited Pokémon species when one requests to join within dungeons. Chimecho also uses it while explaining this text color. Same color as [CS:P].
[CS:J]	Light Yellow #F8F8A0	Status effects.
[CS:K]	Light Green #00F800	Pokémon species, including those in shop names. Should not be used to refer to a character ([CS:N]), even if they use the name of their species as their personal name. Same color as [CS:M].
[CS:L]	Green #00E060	The control character itself is effectively unused in the base game, but the same text color is used for [LS:x] hyperlinks in item/move descriptions. The kiosk demo uses the control character to note the title of the game.
[CS:M]	Light Green #00F800	Move names. Also commonly used on the word "move" itself in non-dialogue strings. Same color as [CS:K].
[CS:N]	Cyan #00F8F8	Character names. Same color as [CS:E], [CS:G] and [CS:V].
[CS:O]	Dark Green #009800	Unused.
[CS:P]	Dark Cream #F8C060	Dungeon names and other destinations such as Fogbound Lake and Shaymin Village. Not used in the base game for other location names such as Treasure Town or the Hot Spring in dialogue. Same color as [CS:j].
[CS:Q]	Blue #0080F8	Unused.
[CS:R]	Pale Green #40F840	Selling price.
[CS:S]	Purple #6080E0	Effectively unused as a control character. Described in ADEBUG as "Multiple Items Selected".
[CS:T]	Transparent	Unused and seemingly useless, as it makes the text unreadable.
[CS:U]	Yellow #F8F800	Effectively unused. Described in ADEBUG as "Unidentified Item". Same color as [CS:C] and [CS:F].
[CS:V]	Cyan #00F8F8	Used for "bold" numbers. Same color as [CS:E], [CS:G] and [CS:N]. Base game example: You can get only [CS:V]two wrong[CR], OK?
[CS:W]	Red #F80000	Only used for debug messages, particularly warnings. Same color as [CS:B].
[CS:X]	Bright Pink #F8A0F8	Any team's name, not including the word "team". Also used by the names of other players in multiplayer-related strings.
[CS:Y]	Light Blue #0098F8	Used for the current leader's name, including the hero and Special Episode protagonists. Regular recruited Pokémon will also use this color if set as the leader, even if spoken to in Spinda's Café.
[CS:Z]	Light Purple #8080F8	Exclusive item names. This includes the Water Float and Defend Globe when referred to in cutscenes.
[CR]	N/A	Terminates the coloring of the text. Essential to prevent errors.