Subsections

• The Color String
• Color Indication
• Color Name List
• Unusual Color String

The Color String

The color string is a 13-digit numeric representation of what colors do you have, what gender, species are you and what form you are wearing. Out of the 13 bytes - 10 indicate your colors and the other 3 indicate the rest (these 3 last bytes will not be used in several cases - in cases of character movement for example). The digits are all in base95 form.

Color Indication

As mentioned earlier, each byte of the color string indicates something. Here is a list of what exactly does each byte represent:

Color String Structure Byte Section Range 0 Fur 0 - 24 1 Markings 0 - 24 2 Hair 0 - 44 3 Eyes 0 - 29 4 Badge 0 - 39 5 Vest 0 - 29 6 Bracers 0 - 29 7 Cape 0 - 29 8 Boots 0 - 29 9 Trousers 0 - 29 10 Gender 0 - 2 11 Species 0 - 6 12 Special 0 - ?

Gender Numbers # base95 Gender 0 sp Female 1 ! Male 2 " Unspec.

Species Numbers # base95 Species 0 sp Rodent 1 ! Equine 2 " Feline 3 # Canine 4 $ Musteline 5 % Lapine 6 & Scivrine/Mephit 91 { (Local Species) 92 | (Local Species) 93 } (Local Species) 94 ~ (Local Species)

Special Forms # Range base95 Range Form 0 - 4 sp ! " # $ Normal 20 - 24 4 5 6 7 8 Dragon 30 - 34 > ? @ A B Phoenix 60 - 64 \ ] ^ _ ` Gryffe 80 - 84 p q r s t Eagle

A little note on the special forms - each form has 5 indicators that indicate the same thing, basically. The reason to them being 5 is the fact that in past, there were different markings in Furcadia which were disabled with time. The different numbers are supposed to be these different markings, but at the moment they indicate the same thing. The most common numbers you will encounter will be the first two (and especially the second). These numbers can still be switched among each other by the user, but that switch would serve no real purpose.
Note: I have only verified the normal form and didn't have the resources to do so with the others! The range numbers are theoretically correct, but it was never tested by me. The second number in each range, however, indicates the right thing - that I know for a fact.

The ranges I've specified are being officially used by the system. Going beyond these ranges shouldn't crash the client, but simply return a strange (or transparent) color. The gender will probably become Unspecified and the special form would vary (if displayed at all).

Color Name List

Here are lists of color names for each color number. Also, these colors are ordered in this particular way in the character editor that comes with the client. The names are taken from there.

Fur and Markings # base95 Color Name 0 sp Cat Gray 1 ! Arctic 2 " Black 3 # Mule Tan 4 $ Dust 5 % Chocolate 6 & Lavender 7 ' Wolf Gray 8 ( Fox Orange 9 ) Horse Brown 10 * Tawny 11 + Mocha 12 , Ruddy 13 - Cream 14 . Yellow 15 / Grass Green 16 0 Burgundy 17 1 Pinewood 18 2 Sea Blue 19 3 Violet 20 4 Red 21 5 White 22 6 Navy 23 7 Cloudy Gray 24 8 Royal Blue

Badge and Hair # base95 Color Name 0 sp Blood Red 1 ! Courage Red 2 " Merry Red 3 # Ember Orange 4 $ Hearty Brown 5 % Burnt Orange 6 & Busy Orange 7 ' August Orange 8 ( Noble Brown 9 ) Mahogany 10 * Clever Maize 11 + Pure Gold 12 , Moon Yellow 13 - Sun Yellow 14 . Tan 15 / Woodland Green 16 0 Friendly Green 17 1 Lucky Green 18 2 Travelers Green 19 3 Aquacyan 20 4 Deepsea Blue 21 5 Proud Blue 22 6 Lightsky Blue 23 7 Syndra Blue 24 8 Straight Blue 25 9 Royal Purple 26 : Lonely Orchid 27 ; Spiritual Purple 28 < Mad Green 29 = Royal Blue 30 > Passion 31 ? Bliss Red 32 @ Blush Pink 33 A Twilight Sigh 34 B Dreamer Blue 35 C Shadow Gray 36 D Neutral Gray 37 E Tragic Gray 38 F Winter Gray 39 G Indigo 40 H Black 41 I Cloud Gray 42 J White 43 K Pinewood 44 L Green Yellow

Eye Color # base95 Color Name 0 sp Mahogany 1 ! Tiger Orange 2 " Moon Yellow 3 # Warm Gold 4 $ Pond Green 5 % Light Blue 6 & Sea Blue 7 ' Storm Gray 8 ( Dust 9 ) China Blue 10 * Medium Blue 11 + Dark Blue 12 , Hazel 13 - Blue Green 14 . Royal Blue 15 / Light Brown 16 0 Medium Brown 17 1 Dark Brown 18 2 Black 19 3 Albino Pink 20 4 Mink Mauve 21 5 Chocolate 22 6 Silver 23 7 Amethyst 24 8 Ember Orange 25 9 Sunshine 26 : Mad Green 27 ; Gloomy Grey 28 < Minty Green 29 = Navy Blue

Clothes # base95 Color Name 0 sp Red 1 ! Horse Brown 2 " Gray Brown 3 # Fox Orange 4 $ Cream Brown 5 % Yellow 6 & Pea Green 7 ' Grass Green 8 ( Avocado 9 ) Sea Blue 10 * Blue Gray 11 + Wolf Gray 12 , Arctic 13 - Violet Blue 14 . Spring Green 15 / Burgundy 16 0 Green Yellow 17 1 Light Chocolate 18 2 Dark Chocolate 19 3 Light Navy 20 4 Dark Navy 21 5 Light Dust 22 6 Dark Dust 23 7 Gray 24 8 Black 25 9 Light Mule 26 : Dark Mule 27 ; Violet 28 < Royal Blue 29 = White

Unusual Color String

Here is a portrait example of a color string full of number 94 (~) and a little screenshot of my character with such a color string:

That's what you would probably get by disobeying the boundaries. I found the transparency part of it as a rather interesting effect and that's what I ended up doing with my little proxy server: