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[Sunstar]

I suppose rather than red for con, Blue for bot, what would be a reasonable or believable explanation.

for example, I take that the spark gives the transformer his or her body colours. I assume something similar may be for bot or con. However all things considered there appears to be a fair spread of spark types.

Could some writers or whatever chime in with your explanations or reasons?

[WreckerJack]

I think they wear color coded lenses. Perhaps this it to tell allies vs enemies in low light.

Then again there are bots like Ambulon and Skids that have yellow.

Arachnid also had pink optics, which I think looks pretty neat.


I'm sure there is a cannon explanation for it, which I am dying to hear.

[Sunstar]

I have seen

Red
Blue
Orange/Yellow
Violet
White
Green

I can't even say one colour is specifically neutral either.

[Brakethrough]

If I were to hazard a guess as to any biomechanical explanation for different coloured eyes, I'd probably try to explain it as a consequence of spark type. The MTMTE comic spend a page or two listing several different permutations of spark type based on metallurgy and charge.

[Tyrannacon]

Personally I wonder if it's matter of choice, like basically it can be changed through modification or "upgrades" basically. Kind of like changing a component on something mechanical, like a car or computer basically.