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*** Yellow (Rare, a random mix of magic properties)

* In ''Left to Survive'' from Upwake.Me, weapons and attachments use a somewhat separate color coding. For both the ranking in power is grey (Common), a dull green (Uncommon), blue (Rare) and purple (Epic). However for weapons interestingly there's no blue (Rare) helicopter weapons and as of 2022, there's a new color that's bright bluish-green which signifies an epic weapon that has a chance to cause extra elemental-based damage (as of writing, there's only 3 in the game). For attachments, there's an orange colour (Legendary) that goes beyond purple.

* ''VideoGame/HogwartsLegacy" has a Gear Rarity system consisting of: Common (black), Well-Appointed (green), Superb (blue), Extraordinary (purple), and Legendary (orange). Superb gear and above can be upgraded with crafting materials via the Enchanted Loom in the Room of Requirement once it becomes available, with each higher tier requiring a higher amount and variety of materials.

* ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' has ten tiers of rarity that vary depending on whether the item is a material or equipment. For equipment, Low Rank is Rare 1-3 (white, purple, yellow), High Rank is Rare 4-7 (brown, green, blue, red), and G-Rank is Rare 8-10 (cyan, orange, pink). Common Low Rank materials are Rare 4, rare Low Rank materials are Rare 5, common High Rank materials are Rare 6, rare High Rank materials are Rare 7, common G-Rank materials are Rare 8, and rare G-Rank materials are Rare 9. Equipment made from Deviants are a special rarity, Rare X (indigo). Equipment icons are color-coded accordingly, while material icons are not.

* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has gear color coded backgrounds in their icons. Gray is the lowest tier and is either usually bought from vendors or crafted yourself. High quality versions of gear in the gray tier always have better stats than the normal version. Pink is around the same tier as the high quality gray tier, but its secondary stats are randomized. Green is basically pink but with set secondary stats. Blue is a stronger tier than green and it usually comes from vendors that sell end game gear for tokens instead of money. Purple is the highest tier and is usually reserved for relic weapons that are acquired in different ways.

* ''VideoGame/PlantsVsZombiesHeroes'' has 6 rarities: Common (white), Uncommon (silver), Rare (gold), Super-Rare (geometric purple), Legendary (rainbow), and Event (red with stars).

* ''VideoGame/XenobladeChroniclesX'' has five different tiers for collectibles, materials, and equipment: gray (Common), blue (Rare), green (Unique), prime (Yellow), and orange (Intergalactic). Quality of materials reflect the strength of the enemy (early-game enemies like Grexes mainly drop Common-quality items, while late-game enemies like Seidrs mainly drop Unique-quality items), while the quality of collectibles and ores reflect their rarity. For equipment, quality reflects how many built-in skills they have. Common have none, rare has one, unique has two, and prime has three. Intergalactic-quality gear is exclusive to Skell equipment, and equipment of this tier has higher stats than lower-tier versions.

* Heirlooms in ''VideoGame/{{Trimps}}'' followed the the same color scheme as World of Warcraft did for the five well-known tiers (Common->Uncommon->Rare->Epic->Legendary; however, after Legendary tier, heirlooms took on a staggeringly wide variety of tiers, which went as follows...

** No weapons, armor, or accessories belong to the Misc. (light gray) or Junk (dark gray) tiers, which are instead used for [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin miscellaneous]] items with no other use.

* ''VideoGame/AlbionOnline'' has eight tiers of items matching the [[SkillTree skill level]] required to use them: Gray (Beginner) > Brown (Novice) > Green (Journeyman) > Blue (Adept) > Red (Expert) > Orange (Master) > Yellow (Grandmaster) > White (Elder)

* Heirlooms in ''VideoGame/Trimps'' followed the the same color scheme as World of Warcraft did for the five well-known tiers (Common->Uncommon->Rare->Epic->Legendary; however, after Legendary tier, heirlooms took on a staggeringly wide variety of tiers, which went as follows...

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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'' has gear color coded backgrounds in their icons. Gray is the lowest tier and is either usually bought from vendors or crafted yourself. High quality versions of gear in the gray tier always have better stats than the normal version. Pink is around the same tier as the high quality gray tier, but its secondary stats are randomized. Green is basically pink but with set secondary stats. Blue is a stronger tier than green and it usually comes from vendors that sell end game gear for tokens instead of money. Purple is the highest tier and is usually reserved for relic weapons that are acquired in different ways.
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars'' initially launched with a four tier system based on item mods: White (no item mods) > Blue (low-end mods) > Purple (mid-range mods) > Gold (high-end mods). The developers later added Red for [=PvP=] items and Green for unique boss drops, which would usually have the best version of mods. The system later expanded to cover other items, such as miniatures.
* ''VideoGame/GuildWars2'' has a full spectrum for quality: Gray (Junk) > White (Basic) > Blue (Fine) > Green (Masterwork) > Yellow (Rare) > Orange (Exotic) > Red/Pink (Ascended) > Purple (Legendary).
* ''VideoGame/AlbionOnline'' has eight tiers of items matching the [[SkillTree skill level]] required to use them: Gray (Beginner) > Brown (Novice) > Green (Journeyman) > Blue (Adept) > Red (Expert) > Orange (Master) > Yellow (Grandmaster) > White (Elder)
** T4+ materials and items additionally come in four tiers of rarity: Common (no glow) > Uncommon (green glow) > Rare (blue glow) > Exceptional (purple glow), with rarer ones having much lower [[RandomlyDrops spawn/drop rate]] but being more powerful.
** And there is also equipment quality determined by the skill of the crafter, which follows the typical none-bronze-silver-gold-platinum formula.

** Dota Plus Access and Seasonal (Yellow, for items which expire after a certain amount of time)

A subtrope of ColorCodedForYourConvenience and TierSystem. Compare with LawOfChromaticSuperiority.

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' eventually coded the card rarities. Black means common, silver means uncommon, gold means rare, and orange means mythic rare.

* ''VideoGame/{{Terraria}}'' has [[http://terraria.gamepedia.com/Rarity Rarity]], a statistic applying to all items, that loosely indicates their value and the difficulty with which they are obtained. An item's Rarity is indicated in-game by the color of its name text, as displayed, for example, when rolling the cursor over the item in an inventory slot. An item's Rarity can be raised or lowered by up to two tiers depending on its Modifier. There are 13 tiers of Rarity which go from gray (the lowest) to purple (the highest), plus two special tiers not normally available (rainbow, exclusive to expert-mode items, and amber, exclusive to quest items).

Whether you're playing a single-player RPG, or a MMORPG, you're bound to encounter items (weapons, armor, jewelry, etc.) that are divided into at least three tiers of power and rarity that just happen to be ColorCodedForYourConvenience. Rarity gives us a visual indicator of how one item compares to another in terms of game advancement. If rarity didn't exist, there would be more of a need to test or compare stats before you'd even know whether to get excited that you got a particular item. Rarity offers an immediate clue as to whether an available item will be effective against the tier of enemies you'll encounter at your current level

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** The first game, ''VideoGame/Borderlands1'', features nine colors: White, Green, Blue, Purple, Orange, Dark Orange, Darker Orange, and Cyan. White and green are exclusively for generic weapons, while blue and purple may either be generic or possess special red flavor text that grants a one-of-a-kind effect, earning the moniker Unique. The oranges are reserved for legendary weapons, which are guaranteed to possess red flavor text like Unique weapons. Cyan weapons were introduced with the "Secret Armory of General Knoxx" DLC as an even stronger version of legendaries, dubbed Pearlescent, and are far more rare; each weapon manufacturer only makes one Pearlescent weapon, and there is only one Pearlescent weapon of each weapon category (e.g. revolver, sniper rifle, shotgun).

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