Vegeta Weird Color

The first few episodes of the anime that depicted Vegeta were animated prior to his first colored appearance within the manga, and Toriyama had yet to give Toei Animation the color schemes for either him or Nappa. Toei gave Vegeta the wrong colors in his first appearance of Dragon Ball Z! They corrected it when he got to Earth, but what if they stuck to their guns and he transformed into his Oozaru Great. Toei Animation's recent Vegeta anniversary post reminds old school Dragon Ball Z fans that the iconic Saiyan prince once had a much different look.

This is corroborated by the Wikia trivia for the episode, which states: This episode marks the debut appearance of Vegeta and Nappa in the anime. They are shown in colors quite different from their later ones, especially Vegeta. This is because Toei guessed their colors, as the corresponding Manga volume was not in color.

Re: Why I'm not fond of Vegeta's original anime color scheme by Desassina Mon May 20, 2019 7:04 pm I'm not fond of Kaio-sama's colours in some manga volume that I can't find. Should you know it, post it for everyone to see, please. These original colors for Vegeta's outfit actually always looked fairly great! 🔥🔥🔥 Now, as for the color of his hair, I actually once saw this fan headcanon that I personally believe perfectly explains why his hair looks black in certain illustrations and why it looks like a dark brown/dark reddish brown/dark red in certain others.

@missedthebandwagon976 commented, "That alternate universe where Vegeta keeps these colors and Bulma dumps him on the spot." @dizzydial8081 commented, "It looks like this was a common problem. Hunter X Hunter had similar issues with Hisoka." @user-gi4tw3fr40 commented, "Is it a 1 in 9001 Shiny Vegeta". Yes, if you watched the original Z (and not Kai), Vegeta always had this color scheme.

This was the color palette that Vegeta (and Nappa, as his armor isn't quite the same color as it was depicted with when they reached Earth) were originally depicted when first shown, as those first episodes were animated prior to the first full. Vegeta Color Palette This Vegeta from Dragon Ball Z Series has Black, Blue, Brown, Gray, Skin & Yellow Colors. In Vegeta's first appearance in the anime, the legendary prince appears with the red hair and green and orange armor, a decidedly different aspect than what it looks like when it arrives on earth.