Color chip

Multiple color chips placed on a Palette.

“	Ok, Pearl. Now check out what happens when you set this color chip into that Palette.	”
— Acht

Color chips are a new feature introduced in Splatoon 3: Side Order. They were first revealed during the Side Order gameplay trailer shown during the Nintendo Direct on 14 September 2023.

Color chips enhance Agent 8 and the Pearl Drone's abilities when placed within a Palette. There are sixty-two Color chips to collect, and an additional six chips which can only be temporarily obtained.

Description

Different color chips apply different abilities to Agent 8 and the Pearl Drone when placed inside a Palette. They can grant gear-like abilities like Run Speed Up, unique abilities like higher Ink Damage, and additions to the Pearl Drone's attacks like the use of sub and special weapons. Depending on how many color chips of the same type are placed inside a Palette, abilities get amplified further, allowing players flexibility in strengthening their character.

Each Palette has an increased likelihood of receiving chips of two specific tones. Some color chips are exclusive to certain Palettes, while most of the Drone color chips become available through Marina's hacks.

If the player completely fills their Palette, floors no longer offer color chips as rewards. Instead, the player earns small amounts of Prlz on the floor selected based on the difficulty of the floor:

Difficulty	Prlz Gained
Easy	1
Normal	2
Hard	3
Rigorous	5

Color chips can also provide another way of providing Prlz: collecting and clearing a floor with a chip for the first time nets three Prlz per new chip, which is collected by pressing and going into the Color-Chip Collection tab while in the elevator, and while outside the Spire.

Much like the Jelleton Field Guide, the Color-Chip Collection describes the chips' effects and contains color commentary from Acht, Marina, and Pearl, which are unlocked in that order by collecting multiple copies of any given color chip over the player's attempts up the Spire of Order, which are indicated by the amount of lights. No reward is given by getting all the color commentary notes for individual chips, but if all the color chips of a certain grouping of color chips withing any given tone have reached Lv. 3 notes, players earn a commemorative badge of that color chip group to decorate their splashtags.

Favored tone rate

Color-Chip Bias	Common tones
	Primary	Secondary
Default	1×	1×
Slight Bias	2×	1.5×
High Bias	3×	2×

Effects on the player's ink color

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The color chips placed in Agent 8's active Palette will affect their ink color. Typically the ink color matches the color of the most common tone within the Palette; the second most common tone's color affects the tips of Agent 8's tentacles and hands as well as the design pattern seen on the ink in addition to giving a slight tint of that secondary tone's color to the main ink color. During the first floors of the tower, Agent 8 starts with the sepia color they had in the Foyer, where the first couple of color chips will only affect the secondary part of Agent 8's ink with the pattern and slight tint. But as they gather more color chips, they will affect the main ink color as well as providing the secondary effects.

The ink color system generally follows these set of rules:

• The more color chips of one tone, the higher that tone's color is prioritized.
• If two tones have an equal amount of color chips, the tone that was added first is prioritized.
• If all of the tones in the Palette have the same amount (with 4 or more color chips), the game reverts back to the Foyer's ink color and design.
• When having only one of the same color chip tone, the main ink color will be the Foyer's ink. The color chip will only provide the secondary effects.
• When having two or more of the same color chip tone, the main ink color will match the color of the chip instead of the Foyer's ink given it's the most plentiful in the Palette.
• If Agent 8 only has multiple color chips of one tone but only one of any other color chip tone, the secondary effects will not show, only giving a red tint at the tip of the tentacles but not show any patterns or tint on the ink.
• The secondary effects will only show again once Agent 8 has at least two tones of any other color chip if they already have a tone of their main color.

Types of color chips

There are 68 different color chips and each belong to one of six categories: Power, Support, Range, Mobility, Lucky, and Drone.

Each category has three groups called a tone. Each tone has a unique pattern and hue associated to it that affects the player's ink. Additionally, there is one chip of each category which forms the "Spectrum" category of chips.

Color chips (barring the Spectrum ones) can be viewed in the Color-Chip Collection. Leveling up each unique chip by setting the same chip in a Palette during a run will unlock additional flavor text for that ability. Completing each chip in a tone unlocks a Badge for that tone.

Most of the Drone chips are only available via Marina's hacks, which is available for purchase after enough attempts or reaching a certain point up the Spire of Order, while the Spectrum chips are only obtainable during the Epic Battle against Overlorder.

Power

Main article: Power-tone color chips

Power-tone color chips affect Agent 8's damage output.

Support

Main article: Support-tone color chips

Support-tone color chips focus ink efficiency, targeting and other weapon specific attributes.

Range

Main article: Range-tone color chips

Range-tone color chips enhance ink coverage, shot range and other attributes.

Mobility

Main article: Mobility-tone color chips

Mobility-tone color chips allow for faster movents, charge gauges by moving and enhance the damage of movement-based attacks.

Lucky

Main article: Lucky-tone color chips

Lucky-tone color chips affect the drop-rates when splatting enemies.

Drone

Main article: Drone-tone color chips

Drone-tone color chips affect the usage and charge rate of Pearl Drone abilities.

Spectrum

Spectrum color chips are highly saturated chips that combine the effects of all other chips of the same color at their strongest potential. These chips can only be obtained during the Vibrant, Epic Battle against Overlorder, and look similar to the normal chips but with additional markings.

Spectrum
Ability	Description
Power Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like you're brimming with strength!
Support Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like the world has your back!
Range Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like nothing is out of reach!
Mobility Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like you're everywhere at once!
Lucky Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like luck is on your side this time!
Drone Spectrum	A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. With Pearl by your side, anything is possible!

Quotes

“	Here (wherever "here" is in Side Order) you can see a color chip being placed into a Palette device to give Agent 8 an edge in combat. Color chips can do all kinds of things for you, like boosting your damage, widening your area of effect, quickening your steps, and more. The SRL Color Guard recommends factoring in which color chip is on offer before selecting a floor layout. It's up to each player to decide the best way to develop your Palette over time. The Color Guard likes green, but you do you.	”
— @SplatoonNA on Twitter

Gallery

Renders

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  Render of color chips

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  Render of color chips in a Palette

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  Agent 8 using a Palette, holding a color chip.

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  Color chips next to the Palette.

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  Color chips next to Pearl's Palette

Promotional screenshots

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  Acht holding a color chip.

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  Floor selection screen showing the description of a Run Speed Up color chip

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  Pearl's Palette UI screen detailing which Color chips have been inserted

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  Incomplete Color chip collection

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  Completed Color chip collection screen as seen in the overview trailer

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  Incomplete color chip collection screen

Icons

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  Power type icon

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  Support type icon

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  Range type icon

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  Mobility type icon

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  Lucky type icon

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  Drone type icon

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  Power color chip icon

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  Support color chip icon

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  Range color chip icon

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  Mobility color chip icon

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  Lucky color chip icon

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  Drone color chip icon

Demonstration videos

• Power color chip demonstration (link to file)

• Power color chip demonstration (Japanese) (link to file)

• Support color chip demonstration (link to file)

• Support color chip demonstration (Japanese) (link to file)

• Mobility color chip demonstration (link to file)

• Mobility color chip demonstration (Japanese) (link to file)

• Lucky color chip demonstration (link to file)

• Lucky color chip demonstration (Japanese) (link to file)

• Drone color chip demonstration (link to file)

• Drone color chip demonstration (Japanese) (link to file)

Names in other languages

Translation needed

Add missing names and translations for tones. ^edit

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	カラーチップ Karāchippu	Color Chip
Dutch	Kleurenchip	Color Chip
French	Puce chromatique	Chromatic chip
German	Farbchip	Color chip
Italian	Scheda colore	Color card
Russian	Тон-жетон Ton-zheton	Tone token
Spanish	Cromochip	Chrome chip
Chinese	色彩晶片 sècǎi jīngpiàn (Mandarin) sik1 coi2 zing1 pin2 (Cantonese)	Color Chip
Korean	커러 칩 keol-luh chibp	Color Chip

Tones

Power

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Kracht	Strength
French	Puissance	Power
German	Kraft	Power
Italian	Potenza	Power
Russian	Сила Sila	Power, strength
Spanish	Potencia	Power
Chinese (Simplified)	力量 Lì liàng	Power
Korean	파워 pawuh	Power

Support

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Ondersteuning	Support
French	Soutien	Support
German	Unterstützung	Support
Italian	Supporto	Support
Russian	Поддержка Podderzhka	Support
Spanish (NOA)	Apoyo	Support
Spanish (NOE)	Ayuda	Support, help
Chinese (Simplified)	支援 Zhī yuán	Support
Korean	서포트 seopoteu	Support

Range

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Bereik	Reach
French	Portée	Range
German	Reichweite	Range
Italian	Gittata	Range
Russian	Дальнобойность Dal'noboynos'	Long range
Spanish	Alcance	Range
Chinese (Simplified)	范围 Fàn wéi	Range
Korean	레인지 laein-ji	Range

Mobility

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Beweeglijkheid	Mobility
French	Mobilité	Mobility
German	Beweglichkeit	Mobility
Italian	Praticità	Praticality
Russian	Мобильность Mobil'nost'	Mobility
Spanish	Movilidad	Mobility
Chinese (Simplified)	移动 Yí dòng	Movement
Korean	무브 mubeu	Move

Lucky

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Geluk	Good luck
French	Chance	Luck
German	Glück	Luck
Italian	Fortuna	Luck
Russian	Удачливость Udachlovist'	Luckiness
Spanish	Fortuna	Fortune
Chinese (Simplified)	幸运 Xìng yùn	Luck
Korean	럭키 leogki	Lucky

Drone

Language	Name	Meaning
Dutch	Drone	-
French	Drone	-
German	Drohne	Drone
Italian	Drone	-
Russian	Дрон Dron	Drone
Spanish	Dron	Drone
Chinese (Simplified)	无人机 Wú rén jī	Drone
Korean	드론 deu-lon	Drone