The tag implication #46749 countershading -> multicolored_body has been rejected.

Reason: most characters with countershading will be two-tone, but the ones that aren’t will at least be multicolored

EDIT: The tag implication countershading -> multicolored_body (forum #343666) has been rejected by @bitWolfy.

Does a character with two shades of the same color count as multicolored?

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I think that "multicolored" is generally for characters with more than two colors that are significantly diffrent hues.

Countershading seems like it would imply multicolored_body to me personally, but faucet brings up a good point as to whether or not shades of the same color count. Currently two_tone_body & multi_tone_body apply only to characters with distinctly different colors, whereas multicolored_body is just a general catch-all for multiple colors not including shadows/shading.

I guess we just need to clarify what multicolored actually means in practice

Also, on the topic of colors and whatnot, there's this BUR on multi_tone_body and other color tags, I just forgot to include countershading lol:
https://e621.net/forum_topics/34975

Same issue with dipstick_tail and the like, which used to imply multicolored_body but had the implication removed, since it could be used with two slightly different shades of the same color, which otherwise don't count for multicolored. Countershading in specific only needs one part to be a slightly lighter shade than the other, which doesn't always classify as multicolored.

darryus said:
I think that "multicolored" is generally for characters with more than two colors that are significantly diffrent hues.

i checked the wiki beforehand and it didn’t say that. in fact, one of the example pictures was a blue character with blue countershading. if we want to change that it’s fine but the wiki should be edited as well.

watsit said:
Same issue with dipstick_tail and the like, which used to imply multicolored_body but had the implication removed, since it could be used with two slightly different shades of the same color, which otherwise don't count for multicolored. Countershading in specific only needs one part to be a slightly lighter shade than the other, which doesn't always classify as multicolored.

I think there also comes the issue of when one color becomes another. I personally always start second-guessing myself a lot when I'm dealing with orange, brown, and tan -- when I'm tagging a lot of foxes, for instance. When is it orange and not just a light, warm shade of brown? When does brown become tan? And so on.

I do frequently tag multicolored_* and countershading together, but not every time due to the issue watsit brought up above. Unless we deem that different shades of a color = different colors for tagging purposes, I don't think this is a safe implication to make despite the frequent overlap.

darryus said:
I think that "multicolored" is generally for characters with more than two colors that are significantly diffrent hues.

As it turns out, multicolored is for any situation where more than one color is present on one individual:

multicolored_body says:
If there are only two colors, also use two_tone_body.

(emphasis mine)

So by this definition if there's more than one color on one individual, it's always considered multicolored. Two-tone is a subtype of multicolored, rather than a different thing altogether. The other multicolored_* wiki pages (feathers, fur, etc) say the same thing.

The tag implication countershading -> multicolored_body (forum #343666) has been rejected by @bitWolfy.