Why no "orange" color category in the National PokéDex?

[Andros 1337]

I was wondering, is there any particular reason why there is no "Orange" color category in the National PokéDex? Typically orange-colored Pokémon are placed in the Red category, although some are in the Brown category.

Could it be for the same reason why the Cool Contest is clearly colored orange (same shade as the Fire type), but described as red in text?

Perhaps a reason was to accomodate Charizard into the Red Category to match Red Version, which Charizard is the mascot of. Or maybe it was simply due to the fact that the Red category would have been too small if a separate Orange category was defined.

Interestingly, while the main games apparently make no distinction between red and orange, the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games do. Red Gummis are for Fire-types, while Orange Gummis are for Fighting-types.

 

[The Outrage]

Colour perception in humans apparently get filtered through our language areas in our brain (which explains conditions such as synesthesia), so like in the other threads you've made about colour, being made in Japan, they categorize based on how their language categorizes colours, and not how English speakers do. For example, there are some languages that would categorize a lighter shade of one colour and a darker shade of another under two different names, whereas, we'd likely just call it "blue" and attach a descriptor in front of it like "light" or "dark"

The most apparent example of this differential categorization due to language can be seen in Pokémon like Bronzong who are categorized as green, but look blue. I guess the ambiguity comes from the categorization of cyan, which is in the blue-green spectrum, yet some of the colours given there I would definitely say should be blue, and some green.

Though its not like colours are discrete categories anyway so I don't see the reason in making such a big fuss.

 

[Faye Scarlet]

Interestingly, while the main games apparently make no distinction between red and orange, the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games do. Red Gummis are for Fire-types, while Orange Gummis are for Fighting-types.

The Mystery Dungeon series were developed by Chunsoft, though, not Game Freak. Things can be different there.

 

[The Outrage]

http://bmgf.bulbagarden.net/f416/red-vs-orange-japanese-language-109568/

Found an old thread you asked about red and orange in the Japanese language that basically answers your "no orange colour" in the Pokedex categories, and basically confirms my suspicions about what's going on.