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“ 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. ”
 
— Splatoon Twitter

Color Chips (カラーチップ Karāchippu?) are collectables in the Side Order. They are sorted into six tone groups; each group contains three tones which differ slightly from one another in hue. Each tone group has an associated pattern shared between all individual tones.

The Color chips are used to 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

Color chips are small, slightly translucent, plastic squares of various colors attached to a thinner, small strip of white plastic that lists some text. They strongly resemble Pantone's color system wherein individual colors are displayed as squares with white labels underneath, sometimes sold as plastic chips.

Much like the Jelleton Field Guide, the Color-Chip Collection describes the chips' effects and contains color commentary from Acht, Marina, and Pearl. 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 within any given tone have reached Lv. 3 notes, players earn a commemorative badge of that color chip group to decorate their splashtags.

A List of the Color Chips and their description

Power-tone Color Chips

Power-tone color chips is a colored tone that increase Agent 8's attack damage for certain damage types and under certain conditions, as well as attack speed.

  1. Ink Damage - "Increases damage from all weapons and the Pearl Drone."
  2. Splash Damage - "Increases damage dealt by explosives."
  3. Sound-Wave Damage - "Increases damage dealt by sound waves from the Killer Wail 5.1, Wave Breaker, or Pearl Drone."
  4. Main Firing Speed - "Increases your main weapon's firing rate."
  5. Horizontal-Slash Speed - "Increases your Splatana's horizontal-slash rate."
  6. Splatling Barrage - "Increases the number of shots fired from a single charge with a splatling."
  7. Main Damage (Close) - "Increases damage dealt with your main weapon's shots to close targets."
  8. Main Damage (Distant) - "Increases damage dealt with your main weapon's shots to far-off targets."
  9. Poison Ink - "Increases the damage enemies take when they're on your ink."

Support-tone Color Chips

Support-tone color chips is a colored tone that focuses on ink efficiency, crowd control, targeting, and certain weapon-specific attributes.

  1. Ink-Recovery Rate - "Increases Ink-tank refill rate."
  2. Ink Saver (Main) - "Decreases amount of ink consumed by your main weapon."
  3. Ink Saver (Sub) - "Decreases amount of ink consumed by your sub weapon."
  4. Splat Ink Recovery - "Refill ink by defeating enemies."
  5. Sticky Ink - "Decreases the movement speed of enemies on your ink."
  6. Knockback - "Attacks from your main weapon push enemies away. Does not affect certain heavy enemies."
  7. Explosion Knockback - "Increases the distance enemies are blown back by explosions."
  8. Shot-Spread Reduction - "Reduces the shot spread on your main weapon."
  9. Homing Shots - "Causes your main weapon to track targets. Having two or more improves the tracking."
  10. No-Launch Brella - "Prevents the brella shield from launching, allowing you to keep shooting with it open."
  11. Brella Cooldown - "Speeds up brella canopy regeneration after the brella shield is launched or broken."
  12. Midfire Charge - "Allows you to begin a new splatling charge before the previous charge is depleted."

Range-tone Color Chips

Range-tone color chips is a colored tone that affect attack range, ink coverage, and bonuses for inking turf.

  1. Main Range - "Increases your main weapon's range."
  2. Splash Radius - "Increases the radius of damage and turf inked by explosions."
  3. Main Piercing - "Your main weapon's shots pierce enemies, with damage decreasing per enemy. More chips mean more enemies pierced."
  4. Ink Attack Size - "Increases the size of your main weapon's shots, making it easier to hit enemies."
  5. Main Ink Coverage - "Allows you to ink more turf with your main weapon's shots."
  6. Rush Ink Coverage - "Allows you to ink more turf with your main weapon while moving, such as with a roller, a brush, or a launched brella canopy."
  7. Special Charge Up - "Increases special-gauge fill rate from inking surfaces."
  8. Turf Drone Gauge - "Fills the drone gauge by inking surfaces."
  9. Turf Lucky Chain - "Inking the ground adds to the Lucky Chain."
  10. Hindrance Damage - "Increases damage dealt to enemies when they're slowed by your ink or Toxic Mist."

Mobility-tone Color Chips

Mobility-tone color chips is a colored tone that enhance movement options and attacks which deal contact damage, add damaging hitboxes to movement options, and allow gauges to be charged by moving.

  1. Swim Speed Up - "Increases movement speed in swim form."
  2. Run Speed Up - "Increases movement speed in Octoling form."
  3. Moving Ink Speed - "Increases movement speed when moving while inking with a roller or brush."
  4. Extra Dodge Roll - "Increases the number of times you can Dodge Roll with dualies."
  5. Charge Storage - "long the charge can be stored."
  6. Rush Attack - "Increases the damage dealt by rushing attacks, like Reefslider and inking while moving with a roller or brush."
  7. Rush Knockback - "Push enemies further with rushing attacks, like Reefslider, inking while moving with a roller or brush, etc."
  8. Squid Attack - "Causes Squid Rolls and Squid Surges to deal damage. This damage is increased by having the Rush Attack color chip."
  9. Dodge Roll Attack - "Causes a dodge roll with dualies to deal damage. This damage is increased by having the Rush Attack color chip."
  10. Lunge Attack - "Causes a lunge with a charged splatana swipe to deal damage. This damage is increased by having the Rush Attack color chip."
  11. Mobile Special Charge - "Fills the special gauge by moving."
  12. Mobile Drone Gauge - "Fills the drone gauge by moving."
  13. Mobile Ink Recovery - "Refills ink by moving."

Lucky-tone Color Chips

Lucky-tone color chips is a colored tone that improve item drop-rates when splatting enemies and the effectiveness of Lucky Chains.

  1. Armor Drop - "Increases the chances of enemies dropping armor. Armor will absorb damage and break so you don't lose a life."
  2. Ink-Bottle Drop - "Increases the chances of enemies dropping ink bottles. An ink bottle fills half of your ink tank."
  3. Canned-Special Drop - "Increases the chances of enemies dropping Canned Specials. A canned special fills half of the special gauge."
  4. Drone-Battery Drop - "Increases the chance of enemies dropping drone batteries. A drone battery fills the drone gauge by 100 points."
  5. Lucky Bomb Drop - "Increases the chances of enemies dropping Lucky Bombs. Lucky Bombs explode from the closest enemy to the farthest."
  6. Disc-Piece Drop - "Increases the chances of enemies dropping disc pieces. Get three, and the Pearl Drone's Step-Off Song will temporarily close portals."
  7. Lucky Chain Window - "Increases the duration of a Lucky Chain. The larger the chain, the more likely enemies are to drop items."
  8. Max Lucky Chain - "Increases the Lucky Chain maximum. The longer the chain, the more likely enemies are to drop items."

Drone-tone Color Chips

Drone-tone color chips is a colored tone that boost abilities the Pearl Drone by granting special actions and helping them charge easier.

  1. Drone Splat Bomb - "Allows the Pearl Drone to use Splat Bombs. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly."
  2. Drone Burst Bomb - "Allows the Pearl Drone to use Burst Bombs. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly."
  3. Drone Killer Wail - "Allows the Pearl Drone to use a Killer Wail. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly."
  4. Drone Inkstrike - "Allows the Pearl Drone to use a Inkstrike. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly."
  5. Drone Ink Mine - "Allows the Pearl Drone to use Ink Mines. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly."
  6. Drone Sprinkler - "Allows the Pearl Drone to spray ink. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly."
  7. Drone Items - "Allows the Pearl Drone to generate items. Having two or more of this color chip reduces the required points accordingly."
  8. Drone-Gauge Charge - "Increases drone-gauge fill rate."
  9. Splat Drone Gauge - "Fills the drone gauge by defeating enemies."

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 are exclusive to the fourth Overlorder's phase and look similar to the normal chips but with additional markings.

  1. Power Spectrum - "A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like you're brimming with strength!"
  2. Support Spectrum - "A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like the world has your back!"
  3. Range Spectrum - "A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like nothing is out of reach!"
  4. Mobility Spectrum - "A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. You feel like you're everywhere at once!"
  5. 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!"
  6. Drone Spectrum - "A gestalt of the countless thoughts that have been pulled into the Memverse. With Pearl by your side, anything is possible!"

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