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prowler 04-03-2011 10:13 AM

This is a hard question.. i really like Tsu'tey's ikran.. and Neytiri's so maybe a mix of those two :P

Human No More 04-03-2011 03:02 PM

Mostly blue, with some green and maybe a little bit of reddish on the edge of the wings :)

Hunter of the Glade 04-03-2011 03:28 PM

I don't settle for Ikrans. I aim for the Toruk instead
:awesome: ;)

Tey'Kan 04-03-2011 06:42 PM

Mine would be mostly black, with flecks of bright red, orange and yellow, and her name would be "Jaden". She'd be a real beauty.

Tey'Kan

LOVEavatar 04-03-2011 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hunter of the Glade (Post 137554)
I don't settle for Ikrans. I aim for the Toruk instead
:awesome: ;)

If that's the case, then I'd choose Toothless :D

Marley 04-03-2011 07:22 PM

I'd like mine to be a green and a faint black striped Ikran.. :D But of course, the Ikran must choose me too!

Human No More 04-04-2011 02:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hunter of the Glade (Post 137554)
I don't settle for Ikrans. I aim for the Toruk instead
:awesome: ;)

Kehe :P

You still need an ikran too :P

misstammie 04-04-2011 04:31 AM

That is a tough question and something to think about. I really don't think you would have a choice in the picking since the ikran picks you essentially. I wouldn't care to be honest but if I had to pick colors I was say blues, pinks, purples and maybe a touch of green and yellow thrown in for good measure. HAHA:xD: Cool question. ;):)

LOVEavatar 04-04-2011 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tey'Kan (Post 137591)
Mine would be mostly black, with flecks of bright red, orange and yellow, and her name would be "Jaden". She'd be a real beauty.

Tey'Kan

I like it! :D

Raiden 04-04-2011 06:35 AM

Hmm.

Well, if Ikran are anything like Earth reptiles, then different populations of them would have different colors depending on where they lived, a la population genetics.

For example, a red or orange Ikran is possible, if they lived near red or orange rock formations, because then they could blend in better than others, and avoid predation. This would then skew the entire population towards the red/orange colors, since predators would eat anything that stuck out from the crowd.

But, for myself, I would look for unusual color morphs. Color morphs are when an animal has genetics that alter its normal pigmentation, and cause it to look different. This happens to be especially common in reptiles; I have an albino leopard gecko and an albino corn snake. These are very rare in the wild, but artificial selection has allowed us to draw them out through breeding.

So, if there was a color morph for an Ikran, it would be possible that the darker colors were switched with the light colors, as sort of an inverse albino.

I would want mine to look like that; an all-black Ikran with light turquoise stripes, and perhaps a yellow chin crest instead of red.

Grif 04-05-2011 03:44 AM

Black like my dark inner self. (My inner inner self is a good though)

Susano'o 04-05-2011 10:17 AM

Na'vi blue - my favourite colour. :love:

Nėmwey 04-09-2011 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Raiden (Post 137710)
Color morphs are when an animal has genetics that alter its normal pigmentation, and cause it to look different. This happens to be especially common in reptiles; I have an albino leopard gecko and an albino corn snake. These are very rare in the wild, but artificial selection has allowed us to draw them out through breeding.

Morphs is only what we call it in reptiles, all the different colors we see in dogs, cats, horses, guinea pigs, rabbits, hamsters, rats etc. - all are "morphs" we have created, that would probably have gotten the animal killed off in the wild.

And it is one thing that's always been one of the greatest mysteries in Avatar for me... JC has gone so far to explain everything, and make everything plausible, but I don't know of a single species in the world where color varies greatly among individuals, in the wild. Wild horses don't count, they are only domesticated horses that have gone wild again.

I mean, wherever you look, animals of the same species/subspecies in the same location, have all the same color. (Except perhaps differences between male/female.)
So why/how do the Ikran sport all these strange colors? Green, blue, orange, purple... take a close look at the background Ikrans during both the "taming" scene and when the Ikran clan ride out, and you see a lot of different colors.

And again, I have never seen a wild, undomesticated species with such great variation in colors. Animals use to have colors that serve a purpose like camouflage, or for sexual selection. So one species/subspecies use to have only one color.

apache_blanca 04-12-2011 05:19 PM

Mine would be the same colours as the ToS background (excellent for hunting cos he'll merge with the forest). When I'll see a ToS colour ikran, he'll definitely choose me, too :)

EywaBlessMe 04-13-2011 12:35 AM

It would have to be a dark green, like the font, with deep blues, and red highlights, but I'm not prepared to choose a name...


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