Would the OT still have taken off if the turtles had different coloured bandanas?

[Birdman37]

Originally Posted by Gunstar_Red

Kinda off topic, but was there an explanation in-universe on who picked their colors? Did Splinter assigned them a color (and that influenced their personalities as they got older) or did Splinter gave them options and they chose their favorite color?

IDK if you mean in any continuity or what but they did explain in the IDW comics. They started out all wearing red because Raph was missing and it was his favorite color (in their previous life) so the other turtles wore it in his honor. When Raph came back Splinter gave them all masks based on their favorite colors.

[DarkFell]

A few posters here on this thread helped me to understand why the Mirage TMNT had the red bandanas. I thank you. I just assumed that Mirage wanted to distance their versions of the Turtles from the Fred Wolf Turtles. In other words, I didnt know that Ralph went missing in the Mirage version.

As for the colored bandanas, I don't personally mind either one.
I read that Chinese monks in training would choose auspicious colors for their robes. While this insight may not apply to the Turtles, I do believe that personality does play a part.

Rather interesting to see the colors swapped at the last second on the Playmates toys and the Turtles wearing each other's colors.

[Powder]

Originally Posted by DarkFell

A few posters here on this thread helped me to understand why the Mirage TMNT had the red bandanas. I thank you. I just assumed that Mirage wanted to distance their versions of the Turtles from the Fred Wolf Turtles. In other words, I didnt know that Ralph went missing in the Mirage version.

Nah, Mirage created the turtles in all red, & it was the big business fellas catering to kids who made them color-coded to sell toys & help children distinguish one from another. Mirage maintained the original look because it's what they wanted, & it made things clear they were not the goofy cartoon characters. & Raph didn't go missing in the Mirage version, it's the IDW version.

[DarkFell]

My bad. I swapped the comic versions. Thanks for letting me know.

[Panda_Kahn_fan]

The all red bandannas are all right, I just think it should just be for some function or purpose or symbolic meaning. My only pet peeve is the 'clan colors' argument is complete, total, and utter bunk.