Why is Broly's (Legendary Super Saiyan) hair green in the movie?

[taikufuru]

Why is Broly's (Legendary Super Saiyan) hair green in the movie?

Well, in the movie trailer we see that his hair color is golden like the other Super Saiyans.

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Could this just be a temporary colorization with the possible intention of keeping the surprise? Maybe it was a last-minute change, since in several shots Broly's hair color inexplicably alternates between green and yellow...

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It is noticeable that director Shigeyasu Yamauchi uses colors in a very crazy and stylish way throughout the movie. Could Broly's distinct hair color just be a visual resource to indicate a concept?

In fact, I always interpreted the color green in the film as a visual resource to show the search for "true strength", which could be Paragus' emotional control over his son (forcibly making him act according to his wishes), Broly's confidence in his legendary strength above all else, as well as the power of friendship/union among heroes, which contrasts with the villain's loneliness, since Goku's hair turns green like Broly's the moment he receives all the energy from his friends (and Vegeta)...

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Interestingly, the second film, which has the same director, chooses to keep Broly's hair yellow, similar to that of the other Super Saiyans, which would reinforce my previous point, don't you think?

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Even so, this didn't stop the franchise's rights holders in the most diverse media from portraying Broly and his derivative versions with green hair.

Personally, I think the shape should be yellow, anyway. This would simplify things and save us from confusion like Kale's multiple forms and Kefla's unexplained greenish Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan 2.

[jjgp1112]

Yeah, I'm inclined to agree with your interpretation, because I also noticed how weird it was that Movie 10 Broly had the normal Super Saiyan hair color. I think in the context of Movie 8, they were trying to make Broly's form seem even more like it's own thing, but then Movie 10 kind of recontextualizes that and makes it open to interpretation.

The green could also have to do with his perptually growing, overflowing power? Is that still a thing with Movie 10 Broly? I blocked that movie out from my mind.

[WittyUsername]

The explanation I’ve always heard fans give was that it was a result of Paragus’ mind control device, but your theory is certainly more interesting.

[Koitsukai]

I guess, this is another thing that disconnects one movie from another, lol.
No, seriously, I believe the original movie implies Broly's green ki is meant to be some sort of extreme, undiluted power unique to Broly* (although, by the end of the movie, his hair is blond like shown on those screenshots). When Goku punches through his chest, this green energy is let out, too.

*and unique to Kale, and to Kefla, and to DBS Broly.

[KorgDTR2000]

I always assumed it was due to the mind control thing, and figured that was also why his SSJ hair was blue/purple.

But the colors in that movie are super weird anyway.

[Cursed Lemon]

I can't speak on the motivations but let's be real here - Broly having his own color palette is an undeniably large part of his appeal. It's the key differentiating element of his entire character, where without he'd just be another strong saiyan.

[KorgDTR2000]

I can't speak on the motivations but let's be real here - Broly having his own color palette is an undeniably large part of his appeal. It's the key differentiating element of his entire character, where without he'd just be another strong saiyan.

Is it? I vastly prefer his more "normal" coloring from Movie 10.

[JulieYBM]

I feel like the color choice was probably a Yamauchi thing. It looks really nice, but I also feel like it just goes to show that Yamauchi—and his students, like Nagamine—should have more of that creative control. We're thirty-one years removed from the film's original release and we're still talking about how much a creative decision influenced the character and franchise, after all.

Damn, it would be hilarious if evidence popped up that it was actually just a decision by the coloring team that Yamauchi approved lol

[Cold Skin]

Color-coding is one of the most efficient ways to differenciate things in an impactful manner.
Super Sentais understand that, even DBS transformations finally understood that we don't need much more than colors changing to recognize and categorize forms while keeping it all in good and faithful taste!

As far as I'm concerned, I'm pretty sure that green hair was just a way back then to make it a unique Super Saiyan as others have said AND clearly differienciate Broly from the other regular Super Saiyans fighting him.
It could be just like when Toriyama said he made Super Saiyan Blue's hair blue instead of white because making it white would be impractical given the next enemy (which was likely Zamasu).

It's all a win when it makes the character more unique, something new and appealing, and it helps distinguish him better than his opponent(s) at the same time.

[taikufuru]

I feel like the color choice was probably a Yamauchi thing. It looks really nice, but I also feel like it just goes to show that Yamauchi—and his students, like Nagamine—should have more of that creative control. We're thirty-one years removed from the film's original release and we're still talking about how much a creative decision influenced the character and franchise, after all.

Damn, it would be hilarious if evidence popped up that it was actually just a decision by the coloring team that Yamauchi approved lol

Yes. I feel that this strong influence on Kale in Dragon Ball Super was not beneficial. It could have been something more "sober" and authentic in the character's design, and more conventional in terms of colors. She wouldn't need to have a mountain of muscles, the production easily fell into that trap. Many fans started to believe that her transformation is essentially the same as the original Broly. In this sense, Toyotarō was right not to draw her as a 100% copy.

Regarding the new Broly, I think Toriyama did a great job in designing him. The character looks like the previous version, but is still different, both in personality and appearance.

However, director Nagamine got carried away by Yamauchi's influential work and "broke" this new and authentic Broly to give him a form identical to the previous version. It's bad because it doesn't have the proper weight in the story, since it doesn't have 1% of the impact of the revelation that Yamauchi built, this is because the character's "big moment" in the new film is Paragus' death being the trigger for the Super Saiyan transformation for the first time. There was no need to pile on yet another redundant form.

And returning to the topic of colors, the choice of green messed everything up. Kale's Super Saiyan form is also different from the others, being a greenish yellow. Kefla ended up with the traditional Super Saiyan 1 and 2 forms in green, which doesn't make sense with the colors of Caulifla and Kale's Super Saiyan 1 & 2.