Crawl: what do item name colours signify?

[gruff]

This is something I haven't been able to find explained anywhere in the docs.

Your items' names are displayed in different colours.

Some are obvious: red usually means cursed. But I'm holding some uncursed javelins right now that are displayed in red.

And what are all the other colours for? I feel I'm missing some useful information.

Thanks for any help.

[jim]

Let's see. Polearms, such as your javelins, are a deep blood red. Short blades are dull blue, Long blades are a brighter blue. Axes are almost black, maces and flails are grey. Anything that is or has been cursed ends up being orange.

Poison food is green, mutagenic food is purple, necrotic food is radioactive orange, food that's mostly okay but will sometimes sicken you is soft brown, and regular food is grey.

For general items, orangey red is dangerous (poition of decay), purple is sometimes dangerous (potion of mutation, scroll of immolation), and glowing yellow is very helpful (potions of speed, wands of healing.) If something is displayed in deep grey, it means that it's useless to your character (potions for a mummy, amulet of gourmand for a troll.)

Jesus, why do I know all of this?

[gruff]

Thanks for the starter.

The colour coding differs between the inventory screen and the % screen.

Right now my MDFi, a valiant little bugger, is rocking an MR ring and a SInv ring.

In the % screen they are:

MR ring: yellow
SInv ring: dark grey

In the inv screen both rings are bright green, while unworn rings are dark green.


In inv, all currently equipped noncursed gear is bright green.