Type color inconsistencies

[Andros 1337]

I was wondering, is there any particular reason why Nintendo/GameFreak tends to be inconsistent with type colors in different Pokémon media?

As we should all know, the first Pokémon related item to categorize types by color was the TCG. However, the TCG has fewer types than the games. The first overall game to colorize types was Pokémon Stadium. However, Ruby/Sapphire were the first to introduce colors to the main handheld games, with a completely different color scheme than Stadium. Then again, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon introduced yet another different scheme.

For those who don't know what I am talking about, notice how the Fire type is red in the TCG, Stadium, and Mystery Dungeon, but is orange in the main handheld games since Gen III. I prefer Fire as red. Even more inconsistent is the Fighting type, which is brown in the TCG, orange in Stadium and Mystery Dungeon, and red in the main handheld games since Gen III.

How come they couldn't adopt the TCG colors in the first place and introduce additional colors for the remaining types not covered by the TCG?

 

[HexagonStephen]

It really depends on the game/series/or even platform it's on. (You know, color pallet choices for the console (or whatever)) Maybe it depends on what they choose for the colors at the time.

 

[Arc Blader]

I don't think they really saw this as that important. If they had, they probably would have established designated color types.