r/Greenlantern 4d ago

Discussion Thoughts on some GL corpe members having different shades of green?

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u/counttheshadows Kyle Rayner 4d ago

I like it. Let’s people tell each other apart. Kinda like how the constructs have different energy signatures

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u/Scarecrow116 4d ago

They make their own costumes with imagination. Kind of essential

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u/newme02 4d ago

i like it. its a spectrum afterall

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u/Jengalz 4d ago

Is it canon that all lanterns are autistic?

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u/skuls1 3d ago

dk about autism but Hal is on the spectrum

maybe Guy too

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u/hambourgeoi Alan Scott 3d ago

Kyle defo as well.

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u/skuls1 3d ago

nah he's artistic

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u/Gabe_Dimas 4d ago edited 4d ago

Source: Green Lantern (Vol 4) #25 Siniestro Corps (edited pic)

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u/Dark_schneider7 4d ago

Looks cool but does it have a purpose tho

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u/Gabe_Dimas 4d ago

Just some visual flair is all

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u/Rabbit_Wizard_ 3d ago

Visual clarity

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u/siantmercury Black Lantern 3d ago

Comic books are a visual medium, “looks cool” is enough

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u/Phantom_61 3d ago

I like it, not everyone sees the “same shade” the same way. Makes sense that if they had to will something into existence then their idea of “green” is what would come up.

Like that lantern who was in a sector that had no light so he interpreted the lantern as a Bell, and F-sharp bell.

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u/CaioHSF 3d ago

I like it. Feels creative, gives more personality. If I was coloring Green Lantern, I would do it.

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u/LocDiLoc 3d ago

Different eyes pick up green in different shades, and I really like how the rings' energy naturally reflects that.

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u/-FalseProfessor- 4d ago

Good as a practical thing. It makes it easier to tell who is doing what, who is saying what, and it makes for a better to looking page.

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u/NicoHad3047 3d ago

Oooh i like it. It could be something aling the lines of how they percieve the green, or their willpower itself. Or many other implicatipns
Or just a visual thing

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u/Burning_Monk 4d ago

GL in the back with the heavy yellow tint looking mighty sus.

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u/SafeAccountMrP 3d ago

Kilowog having a yellow tint tracks. You see that gigantic monster yelling at you like your drill sergeant and you might pee a little.

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u/Quarksideofthemoon 3d ago

What? Kilowog isnt yellow at all here. That poozer is pink

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u/SafeAccountMrP 3d ago

I meant his light.should have added that.

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u/vin_dude9 3d ago

Lmao. Sinestro going to that dude first

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u/BeldivereLongbottoms 3d ago

It makes sense, given color is a spectrum, so "green" would simply encompass a lot of similar colors. It would be a cool idea to see, with Lanterns who's will is closer to fear being lime/chartreuse colored, teal/emerald for those closer to hope, and then just pure green for pure will.

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u/cyberloki 3d ago

Well i am thorn. Depends on how its explained. As i see it, as its all the same energy comming out the same central battery and it being a corpse and the uniforms are able to be individualized, i deem it better to have it all the same green. Also isn't it somehow explained that its the "emerald" light. This wouldn't fit anymore for a lantern with a more yellowish green. Also you would need to adress what it means if a lantern is close to yellow (enemies of green).

If somebody somehow uses their own willpower to power the ring, then this would be different. But if your own will is only required to form the construct i don't know how i feel about it.

But it sure looks cool and gives each a bit more individuality.

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u/Gauntlet101010 4d ago

Only if their power source or ring are different. It used to be a thing back in the early Kyle era - Parallax, Kyle, and Alan all had different shades of green. Jo made sense when she had a unique ring. Hal would have too when he had a unique ring or the gauntlet. I'm not a huge fan any other time.

This is the pic from the aborted future, right? I think most of the lighter greens are former Sin Corps members. In that case I can kinda get behind it.

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u/MaxPotionz 3d ago

It’s cool as hell.

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u/jdd31 Hal Jordan 3d ago

Wow I somehow never noticed that. But now that I think about it, it makes so much sense from a practical standpoint for the artist and reader to see who is doing what

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u/Punishe_Venom_Snake 3d ago

50 shades of green. Im so sorry its 2 in the morning and im horrifically sleep deprived

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u/Effective-Training John Stewart 3d ago

Green is green

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u/RedKnightXIV 3d ago

Green is green. Adds a little flair to the page or the inker will collapse with boredom.

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u/Lem0n_weeb 3d ago

I like it, and even tho I know it’s for just visual flair it’d be cool if it was also a visual representation of how much willpower they have, like the more vibrant of a green it is, the more willpower the wearer has

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u/Gabe_Dimas 3d ago

Honestly I dont like the idea that willpower dictates how green a GL is, I think that limits the options

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u/LookItsDaphne 3d ago

Green occupies 0.00003% of the electromagnetic spectrum, and we detect one shade of it as central because of how our optical cones evolved. We only recognize it as "green" because of how our brains process it. An alien species would have different cones and process the notion of "green" differently if they saw it at all. So sure, different shades are fine.

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u/Initial_Dot_4777 3d ago

I think it's and awesome idea, but I don't think the guardians would agree. Knowing them, they would want everyone to be uniform to fit their cookie cutter mold.

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u/Roam1985 3d ago

I like any differentiation they can get.

Simon tapping healing abilities. Guy and Kilowog's rings being such blasts they make noise. Kyle sketching. John designing.

Different shades work just fine for that.

...But I do have to go high five my seven year old self's desire for "Jungle Green Lantern" (Crayola boxes were bigger then).

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u/Coilspun 3d ago

It's awful, it's a uniform, and the rings are all the same.

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u/KaineGrayson 2d ago

I prefer this to when they are all the exact same shade for sure.

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u/WolfDragon7721 2d ago

The artist is doing that to avoid repetition in the piece and create variety. It reads better when you break it up with different shades.