Color Change (Ability)

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Flavor text Generation III Changes type to foe's move. Generation IV Changes the Pokémon's type to the foe's move. Generation V Currently unknown Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Color Change (Japanese: へんしょく Color Change) is an ability introduced in Generation III. Only one Pokémon has this ability.

Effect

In battle

When hit by a damage-dealing move, a Pokémon with Color Change will change its type so that it is the same as that of the move that harmed it. If the Pokémon with Color Change has a Substitute, its type will not change if it is hit by a damage-dealing move until after the Substitute is broken.

Outside of battle

Color Change has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Color Change

Single ability

#	Pokémon		Type
352		Kecleon	Normal		Poison

Dual ability

No Pokémon have Color Change as one of their two abilities.

Trivia

• This is one of the only ways to achieve a pure Template:Type2 Pokémon.
• This ability, along with Battle Armor, originated as a TCG Poké-POWER.
• The only legally unobtainable type is the Template:Type2, as the only Pokémon that has this ability, Kecleon, is a Template:Type2.

In other languages

• German: Farbwechsel
• French: Déguisement

See also

• Conversion 2