Costume

A palette swap is a feature in Super Smash Flash 2 that allows characters to swap between different costumes of different colors, with the main purpose of distinguishing players that are using the same character, although they can be used as personal preference too. This is one of the many features carried over Super Smash Bros. games to Super Smash Flash 2 and, as such, was absent from the original Super Smash Flash.

It was first presented in demo v0.4 as simple tints ranging from red, green and blue, solely for the purpose of Team Battles. This remained the same until v0.9a which was the first one to incorporate actual color changes, replacing the old tints. In Free for All, most characters have 6 colors to choose from, with some having as many as 7 and others having only 5. In Team Battles however, characters can only change color by changing teams (which only supports 3 colors: red, green and blue). If team members choose the same characters, the second will have a lighter tint applied to their character; a third member will have a darker tint. In Online mode two players can select the same tint with no way to tell apart from each other.


 * Blue: Default color. Used for Blue Team.
 * Red: Probably a reference to the Red Mage job in most Final Fantasy games. Used for Red Team.
 * Green: Black Mages with green robes appear in Chocobo Dungeon's 2. Used for Green Team.
 * Olive.
 * Cyan: Based on his original appearance in the first Final Fantasy, with more saturated colors.


 * Pink: Default color. Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Light blue.
 * Purple.
 * Black.
 * Grey: Resembles his color palette in Bomberman GB, when played on a black and white screen.
 * Green: Used for Green Team. Can only be used in Team Battles.


 * Indigo: Default color.
 * Red: Based loosely on Blood Falcon. Used for Red Team.
 * Steel blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Black. The suit resembles his look when piloting the Super Falcon.
 * Blue: Based on his original appearance in F-Zero, with more vibrant colors.


 * Grey: Default color.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Brown: Used for Red Team.
 * Gold.
 * Purple.


 * Brown: Default color.
 * Red: Resembles his original appearance in the arcade game Donkey Kong. Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Loosely resembles one of the alternate colors in Donkey Kong 64. Also resembles the green palette he was displayed on the original Game Boy monochrome screen. Used for Green Team.
 * Purple.
 * Black: Loosely resembles the black palette he was displayed on the Game Boy monochrome screen when played on black-and-white.


 * Grey: Default color.
 * Orange: Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: His blue fur skin resembles that of Marcus McCloud, in one of the possible endings for Star Fox Command. Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * White. Colors resemble Fara Phoenix's colors, from the Star Fox Nintendo Power comic.
 * Purple: Colors loosely resemble Wolf's color scheme. The fur skin also resembles that of Katt Monroe's in Star Fox 64.


 * Orange: Default color.
 * Maroon: Resembles Goku's colors when performing the Kaiō-ken technique. Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Resembles Piccolo's color scheme. Used for Green Team.
 * Light steel blue.
 * Yellow: Resembles colors used in some official art.


 * Orange: Default color.
 * Magenta: Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Grey: Based on Hollow Ichigo.


 * Pink: Default color.
 * Red: Resembles its in-game sprites from Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire onwards. Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Resembles the colors of Gulpin. Used for Green Team.
 * Turquiose.
 * Lavender: Based on its shiny coloration.


 * Pink: Default color.
 * Red: Resembles when he's Fire Kirby, without the hat. Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Resembles when he's Ice Kirby, without the hat. Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Resembles when he's Plasma Kirby, without the hat and different colored feet. Used for Green Team.
 * Yellow: Loosely resembles Keeby, having green colored feet instead of orange.
 * Grey: Based on Kirby's monochrome colors from Kirby's Dream Land.


 * Green: Default color which is his The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess color scheme. Used for Green Team.
 * Maroon: Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Light green: Based on Link's more vibrant artworks from games such as The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
 * Purple.
 * Black: Based on Dark Link.


 * Red: Default color. Used for Red Team.
 * Teal: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Purple.
 * Blue: Loosely resembles Kratos Aurion color scheme from Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3.


 * Red: Default color. Used for Red Team
 * Blue: Resembles the blue colored Mario that works as an official in Mario Tennis. Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: The color inverse of his traditional colors. Used for Green Team.
 * Bright red: Based on his appearance on official Mario titles, mainly from the NES, with more vibrant colors.
 * Purple: Loosely resembles Waluigi.
 * Brown: Loosely resembles Waluigi alternate color in Mario Tennis. Most likely based on Mario's brown alternate color in the Super Smash Bros. series.


 * Navy: Default color. Used for Blue Team.
 * Red: Probably based on the "enemy" unit color in Fire Emblem games. Used for Red Team.
 * Green: Probably based on the "other" unit color in Fire Emblem games. Used for Green Team.
 * Blue: Based on official artwork.
 * Purple.
 * Light blue: Based on his official artwork from Fire Emblem: Monshō no Nazo, with more vibrant colors


 * Blue: Default color. Used for Blue Team.
 * Red: Loosely resembles Rush color scheme and Quick Boomerang palette from Mega Man 2. Used for Red Team.
 * Green: Resembles Hyper Bomb palette from the first Mega Man and more closely Chill Spike from Mega Man 10. Used for Green Team.
 * Purple: Resembles Black Hole Bomb palette from Mega Man 9.
 * Light blue: Based on his classic appearance on the NES, with more saturated colors.
 * Black: Slightly resembles Rolling Cutter palette from the first Mega Man. Also resembles his colors in Megaman I, II, III, IV and V in the Game Boy.
 * Maroon: Loosely resembles Triple Blade palette from Mega Man 10.


 * Navy: Default color.
 * Red: Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Dark blue.
 * Dark red.


 * Orange: Default color.
 * Red: Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Pink.
 * Grey.


 * Red: Default color. Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Resembles Porky's colors in the final battle against Giygas. Used for Green Team.
 * Grey: Resembles Porky's colors in Mother 3.
 * Purple.
 * Olive.


 * Pink: Default color.
 * Red: Color scheme similar to Pauline from the arcade game Donkey Kong. Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Resembles Daisy's color scheme from NES Open Tournament Golf. Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Grey.
 * Purple. Possessed Peach from Paper Mario the Thousand Year Door


 * Yellow Default color.
 * Red: Based on shiny variant. Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Grey: Probably based on his color scheme in the first Pokémon  game for the Game Boy.


 * Orange: Default color.
 * Pink: Based on the Varia Suit color scheme when selecting missiles in the original Metroid for NES. Used for Red Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Cyan: Used for Blue Team.
 * Purple: Loosely resembles the Gravity Suit color scheme.
 * White: Loosely resembles the Light Suit color scheme. Also could be based on Samus' color scheme in Metroid II: Return of Samus.
 * Yellow: Based on the Power Suit color scheme from Super Metroid.


 * Blue: Default color.
 * Red: Used for Red Team.
 * Indigo: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Light blue: Based on her appearance in Ocarina of Time.
 * Black.


 * Blue: Default color. Used for Blue Team.
 * Red: Loosely resembles Knuckles the Echidna colors. Used for Red Team.
 * Green: Loosely resembles Scourge the Hedgehog from the comic series. Used for Green Team.
 * Dark Blue. Resembles Dark Sonic from Sonic X.
 * Purple: Loosely resembles Fang the Sniper's colors.
 * Teal.


 * Grey: Default color.
 * Red: Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Lavender.
 * Brown.


 * Yellow: Default color.
 * Red: Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team.
 * Lavender.
 * Orange: Probably based on his Super Tails scheme.


 * Purple/Yellow: Default color.
 * Red: Based on Mario. Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Loosely resembles Zombie Wario's sprite in Wario Land 4. Used for Green Team.
 * Cyan: Resembles Ice Mario.
 * Lavender: Resembles artwork of Zombie Wario.

All colors are based on different variations of the Yoshi species, albeit with some minor differences (due to flash limitations).
 * Green: Default color. Used for Green Team.
 * Red: Based on a Red Yoshi. Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Based on a Blue Yoshi. Used for Blue team
 * Light blue/Cyan. Based on a Light Blue Yoshi
 * Pink. Based on a Pink Yoshi
 * Yellow. Based on a Yellow Yoshi.


 * Purple: Default color.
 * Maroon: Used for Red Team.
 * Blue: Used for Blue Team.
 * Green: Used for Green Team
 * Pink: Based on her appearance on Ocarina of Time, with more vibrant colors.
 * White: Loosely resembles her field sprite from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Also resembles Spirit Zelda from Spirit Tracks.


 * Cyan: Default color. Used for Blue Team.
 * Mint: Used for Green Team.
 * Orange: Suit resembles Samus' Varia Suit's color. Used for Red Team.
 * Purple: Suit resembles Samus' Gravity Suit's color.
 * Lavender.

Stats

 * There is a total of 172 costumes.
 * The average number of color changes per character is 5.93
 * Bomberman, Mega Man and Samus have the most color changes with 7. However, Bomberman can only choose his 7th through Team Battle mode.
 * 5 characters have 5 costumes and 21 have 6 costumes.