What is Son Goku's real skin color?

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What is Son Goku's real skin color?

Post by Captain Strawberry » Fri Nov 13, 2015 12:52 pm

Son Goku is depicted to have darker skin in art works (I think they are done by Toriyama).

Not a original topic but what is his real or as you would like, 'canon' skin color?
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Re: What is Son Goku's real skin color?

Post by LuckyCat » Fri Nov 13, 2015 1:36 pm

It's Negroni, if we're going by RoF's pallete.

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Re: What is Son Goku's real skin color?

Post by Darkprince410 » Fri Nov 13, 2015 3:23 pm

According to the Daizenshuu, pure-blooded Saiya-jin are yellow in skin color. They're not yellow in terms of like actual yellow, rather the skin color associated with Asian ethnicity, such as Japanese and Korean.

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Re: What is Son Goku's real skin color?

Post by BrolyLSSJ » Mon Nov 16, 2015 7:54 pm

Darkprince410 wrote:According to the Daizenshuu, pure-blooded Saiya-jin are yellow in skin color. They're not yellow in terms of like actual yellow, rather the skin color associated with Asian ethnicity, such as Japanese and Korean.
i doubt that.....
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Re: What is Son Goku's real skin color?

Post by Darkprince410 » Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:08 pm

BrolyLSSJ wrote:
Darkprince410 wrote:According to the Daizenshuu, pure-blooded Saiya-jin are yellow in skin color. They're not yellow in terms of like actual yellow, rather the skin color associated with Asian ethnicity, such as Japanese and Korean.
i doubt that.....
That is how the Daizenshuu lists their skin color, so there's no reason to doubt it.

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Re: What is Son Goku's real skin color?

Post by RedRibbonSoldier#42 » Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:24 am

I still find this an odd question.
There is an anime called Dragonball. you can see what he looks like in that

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Re: What is Son Goku's real skin color?

Post by KentalSSJ6 » Tue Nov 17, 2015 5:40 pm

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Re: What is Son Goku's real skin color?

Post by Chuquita » Tue Nov 17, 2015 6:58 pm

I'd go by whatever Toriyama uses in his digital artwork (like the Gokû at the top of the main page on Kanzenshuu's site.).
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Re: What is Son Goku's real skin color?

Post by rereboy » Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:18 am

BrolyLSSJ wrote:
Darkprince410 wrote:According to the Daizenshuu, pure-blooded Saiya-jin are yellow in skin color. They're not yellow in terms of like actual yellow, rather the skin color associated with Asian ethnicity, such as Japanese and Korean.
i doubt that.....
That is the official stance on an official guidebook. It says that saiyans are yellow, while humans can be white, yellow, brown, etc. Nothing else contradicts this information and there's no reason to doubt it.

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Re: What is Son Goku's real skin color?

Post by Insertclevername » Wed Nov 18, 2015 9:21 pm

It seems like Toriyama treats his skin color a bit like the color palettes of various clothes and hairs of the series; causally inconsistent. Though officially it seems like "yellow" is the answer to your question.
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