Am I too black?

I need opinions.

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I guess when I'm on my Soot Black Chocobo with my Soot Black Augmented Artifact Armor I feel like I'm just too black. I'm going to keep my Chocobo Soot Black because it took a lot of effort to get it there. However, above you can see some of the different color options I was considering for my armor.

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Rust Red is kind of cool, but the pinkish trim isn't. All of the red's turn the trim into pink, Rust Red is the only one that turns it into a darker pink/orange, but it's still not great.

Marsh green is okay I guess, it kind of reminds me of enemy knights from Final Fantasy Tactics they way they were often recolored green, and that's cool, but I don't know.

Black is my first choice, I like the concept of having black armor, but I'm not a big fan of the way the different sections get died, it seems almost too much black.

Yellow is interesting only because it turns the metal part of the armor gold, which would be cool except for the fact that awful yellow tunic.

Snow White is interesting because it returns the metal parts of the armor to a natural looking shade of grey, which ironically enough is darker than the standard PLD AF color, the solid white tunic is cool looking, but it almost seems like going white kind of defeats the whole purpose of dying in the first place. It doesn't look much different than standard AF

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I've taken a liking to Kobald Brown. It still give it a cool dark look, almost black, but it colors the metal parts of the armor in a more realistic color like a dark bronze. However, I'm still not sure. My best friend it telling me that Soot Black looks better.

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It's hard to mix and match colors too as much as I'd like to. When you dye the body the metal shoulder pads will take the color of the body, and thus won't match the gloves and boots. It's a big deal if you're OCD like me. It would be really great if they made it so you could choose individually the color of each section of armor. But I doubt that they have any interest in doing that.

If you're interested in seeing any other colors for what ever purpose let me know, I'm bored so I'll post an image.

Hmmm... Can you take another picture to compare? A night shot?

No, you need darker skin and black hair... try again

We can't see the pic you apparently tried to post, but going by your forum avatar, no. :p

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Originally Posted by JillyBean

We can't see the pic you apparently tried to post, but going by your forum avatar, no. :p

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Really? That's weird it's showing up in the post for me. Maybe it's where I uploaded it to, I'll switch to imageshack.

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Originally Posted by Gralna

No, you need darker skin and black hair... try again

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Maybe you're right, I think I'm going to try the darker hair.

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Originally Posted by Capattac

Hmmm... Can you take another picture to compare? A night shot?

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Nope, not black enough.

Nah, it's fine. I'd worry when you're blacker than the blackest black times infinity. But for now it's fine.

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Originally Posted by Mijin

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I really hope they fix that specular issue for dying equipment.

Black body piece, Gold Gauntlets and Sabatons. That's just my opinion.

"Soot white"

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Originally Posted by Titor

"Soot white"

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Sorry about that ^^; my internet went our while I was still editing the post, and I have a horrible habit of constantly adding to and editing the OP after it's already posted. **Snow White** Fixed it.

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Originally Posted by Rhomagus

Black body piece, Gold Gauntlets and Sabatons. That's just my opinion.

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The shoulders are black because they are died with the body unfortunately, so they don't match, and it seems to all kind of clash. Idk.

I feel as if you've severely limited yourself in your color choices. Five colors out of all of the ones that are available don't do you justice my good sir.
After all, everything goes with black.

If you still want to have dark colored armor you can try going for a dark brown or a dark blue color.
Also if you are worried about being too dark, you try mixing and matching- light colored metal bits, dark tunic, or light tunic, dark colored metal bits, etc.
I think the biggest reason you may be feeling something is off is because your hair is white and it really stands out against the dark armor and chocobo. ^^

The Surcoat dyed anything is fugly. You can do much more with just the hands and feet.

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Originally Posted by Anapingofness

I feel as if you've severely limited yourself in your color choices. Five colors out of all of the ones that are available don't do you justice my good sir.
After all, everything goes with black.

If you still want to have dark colored armor you can try going for a dark brown or a dark blue color.
Also if you are worried about being too dark, you try mixing and matching- light colored metal bits, dark tunic, or light tunic, dark colored metal bits, etc.
I think the biggest reason you may be feeling something is off is because your hair is white and it really stands out against the dark armor and chocobo. ^^

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Thanks for sharing your opinion. I think you're right, those are just the first colors that stood out to me. That's why I made this post to try to get suggestions. As per your suggestion, I tried Kobald Brown, and I like it, but I'm still not sure. I edited OP to show Kobald Brown. I may try to change up my hair and skintone too.

The only problem with mix-matching colors as you suggested is that the shoulder pads then don't match the rest of the metallic parts of the armor. I haven't count a color combination where it works so good that this is worth over looking as of yet.

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Originally Posted by Recaldy

The Surcoat dyed anything is fugly. You can do much more with just the hands and feet.

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Heh yeah, you may be right. I considered that too.

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Originally Posted by Mijin

Sorry about that ^^; my internet went our while I was still editing the post, and I have a horrible habit of constantly adding to and editing the OP after it's already posted. **Snow White** Fixed it.

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The shoulders are black because they are died with the body unfortunately, so they don't match, and it seems to all kind of clash. Idk.

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Ya I was hoping the gauntlets and boots would match the gold pieces on the body piece but the gold on the body piece is significantly less saturated.

Perhaps try using a different yellow or brown color to match the belt, that mixed with a darker blonde hair color I think would balance out the fact the shoulder pads are still black.

EDIT: Maybe Bone White or Desert Yellow for the gauntlets and sabatons.
EDIT2: I do like the Kobald brown too.

Kobald Brown looks awesome, pretty unique

I don't think the black armor looks bad with the choco, but I do like the kobold brown better as it's more unique. Have you tried any grays, perhaps? Not sure if that'll look better than the brown but it's a thought.

I think it might work nicer if you changed up the hair a tiny bit, if the contrast bothers you at all. Worth experimenting with.

Nice! I am speaking to the inclusion of the night shots. I think you look "marvalous"... (mp intentional) just my two cents

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Originally Posted by Apoc

Kobald Brown looks awesome, pretty unique

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Not many brown chocobo running around at all. A brown colored chocobo would be a sight for sore eyes. (Another red chocobo, oh noes! My eyes!)

Here is my character with darker hair,

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I don't know if I could ever get used to it though XD my character has been blond since 2010.

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Originally Posted by Capattac

Nice! I am speaking to the inclusion of the night shots. I think you look "marvalous"... (mp intentional) just my two cents

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Thanks :D I don't get it though lol.

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Originally Posted by Kairobot

Not many brown chocobo running around at all. A brown colored chocobo would be a sight for sore eyes. (Another red chocobo, oh noes! My eyes!)

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I was stuck on Kobald Brown many times while trying to get Soot Black. I almost gave up and stayed there because it looks so close to black.

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Originally Posted by Mijin

Here is my character with darker hair,

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I don't know if I could ever get used to it though XD my character has been blond since 2010.



Thanks :D I don't get it though lol.



I was stuck on Kobald Brown many times while trying to get Soot Black. I almost gave up and stayed there because it looks so close to black.

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I like the darker hair, perhaps try a darker shade of blonde to meet half-way and see how that looks.

^you could try an ashier, gray-ish blond and see how that works!

keep the body black and use a lighter color for the rest of it? The gold or a red would probably look nice, or if you can find a good, silvery shade of gray.

Not really a fan of doing your entire outfit in the same color; it looks much better if you have some contrast going on.

I'll give you another option to consider.

I think you should change the chocobo's armor (lack therof, specifically) instead of yours. It would breakup the solid soot color and alleviate all concern I think. Even just your GC's barding would help. Not to mention it would also aid in curbing the naked and defenseless chocobo epidemic going around, now that people would rather show off their feathers than keep them protected. :3

I would try the white top then dye the arms/legs to match the gold on the belt don't use that dark yellow though, it's sort of a punch in the face compared to the other gold accents on the top. Don't be afraid to try different color combinations. If you have to, get a color wheel. It will tell you what colors compliment each other.

I find a lot of people tend to get stuck in a rut where they HAVE to be one solid color. I find myself doing the same occasionally.

Oh, kobold brown does look nice. Sometimes, if you want to go dark and you don't want to go a full black you can just use similar dark colors. ^^

The darker hair does tie in the armor better but it is also up to you, we can work with the light colored hair- it may just take a bit longer. What is important is that you are happy with the results! ^^
As several people have suggested, try going maybe a darker blonde. That way you still get a darker hair color but you ares till within your comfort zone.

Also, experimenting with different bardings is a good idea, as Chione suggested.
Looking at a color wheel, as suggested by Linadae, is another good idea. It will give you a lot of visual information about which colors go well with one another.

I personally feel that if you clothe your chocobo, it will make things a lot nicer on the eyes. Any barding will do.

I think the black on black with any colour hair looks fine if you throw in a dash of colour with barding as others have mentioned. Just not Odin barding, something bright.

I came into this thread expecting something else.

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Originally Posted by Vallug

I came into this thread expecting something else.

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I expected homie whining about many rednecks ruining his FF XIV game experience or something close to that