Why is poison ALWAYS green in video games? Alternatives.

[orinEsque]

The best poisons are colorless

Colorless, odorless, and tasteless, and hopefully you've built up an immunity to it so you can win a battle of wits to the death.

[Rand]

I feel like brown/ black communicates poison too

Brown is just dark orange.
Seriously.
Check it out for yourself with any paint program.

[rusty_shackleford]

I feel like brown/ black communicates poison too

Brown is just dark orange.
Seriously.
Check it out for yourself with any paint program.

english(incl. ancestor languages) has had a word for brown for millennia, and orange for centuries.
Orange is light brown.

[ArcaneLurker]

I feel like brown/ black communicates poison too

Brown is just dark orange.
Seriously.
Check it out for yourself with any paint program.

My mind is blown by this life changing fact.

[Vergil]

Japanese games like Final Fantasy use purple for poison.

This is another thing you can see in the Jak game's DNA along side having very Japanese style elves despite being a western title.

[Rand]

Someone talks about being blown and Vergil shows up as the next comment...