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|name=Colour Change Charm |
|name=Colour Change Charm |
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+ | |incantation=''Colovaria''<br/>(co-loh-VA-ree-ah) |
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+ | |hand=Point [[wand]] at target |
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+ | |light=Red |
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− | The '''Colour Change Charm''' is a spell that causes an object to change colours. |
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+ | {{Quote| ''[...]'' he wished he had not mixed up the [[incantation]]s for Colour Change and [[Growth Charm]]s, so that the [[rat]] he was supposed to be turning orange swelled shockingly and was the size of a badger before Harry could [[Shrinking Charm|rectify his mistake]].|[[Harry Potter|Harry]] mistakes the Growth Charm for this [[spell]]|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}} |
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+ | The '''Colour Change Charm''' (''Colovaria'') is a [[charm]] that causes an object or animal to change its colour; a [[Wizardkind|witch or wizard]] can use it to change the colour of their hair, for instance. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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+ | [[File:BlueWig.jpg|thumb|The teacher's blue wig]] |
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+ | [[Harry Potter]] used this [[charm]] to change the wig of his [[Unidentified teacher at St. Grogory's Primary School|teacher]] at [[St. Grogory's Primary School]] a vivid blue colour. |
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===1991=== |
===1991=== |
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+ | {{Quote|Sunshine, daisies,<br />butter mellow,<br />turn this stupid,<br />fat rat yellow.|[[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] trying to perform a Colour-Change Charm.|Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone}} |
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− | When [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] was eleven years old, his brothers [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]] convinced him to believe that a nonsense poem was this particular [[charm]]. |
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− | The incantation was supposed to turn Ron's rat [[Peter Pettigrew|Scabbers]] yellow, but being a fake incantation, it caused no change whatsoever. |
+ | When [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] was eleven years old, his brothers [[Fred and George Weasley|Fred and George]] convinced him to believe that a nonsense poem was this particular [[charm]]. The incantation was supposed to turn Ron's rat [[Peter Pettigrew|Scabbers]] yellow, but being a fake incantation, it caused no change whatsoever.<ref name="PS6">''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' - Chapter 6 (''The Journey From Platform Nine and Three-Quarters'')</ref> |
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− | Later in the school term, [[Hermione Granger]] also performed this charm during Harry's first [[Quidditch]] match on a banner that Scabbers ruined. |
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+ | Later that year, [[Headmaster]] [[Albus Dumbledore]] used this [[charm]] to change the banners in the [[Great Hall]] at the [[End-of-Term Feast]] from the green and silver of [[Slytherin|Slytherin House]] to the crimson and gold of [[Gryffindor]]. |
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===1996=== |
===1996=== |
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− | During Harry Potter's [[Charms (class)|Charms]] [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] in [[1996]], he accidentally switched the incantations for this and the [[Growth Charm]], so that instead of turning the rat orange it grew to the size of a badger before he could reverse his mistake. |
+ | During Harry Potter's [[Charms (class)|Charms]] [[Ordinary Wizarding Level|O.W.L.]] in [[1996]], he accidentally switched the incantations for this and the [[Growth Charm]], so that instead of turning the rat orange it grew to the size of a badger before he could reverse his mistake.<ref name="OP31">''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' - Chapter 31 (''O.W.L.s'')</ref> |
===1997=== |
===1997=== |
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− | [[Harry Potter]] used this charm when he came of age to change the robes of the [[Chudley Cannons]] posters in Ron's bedroom to bright blue. |
+ | [[Harry Potter]] used this charm when he came of age to change the robes of the [[Chudley Cannons]] posters in Ron's bedroom to bright blue.<ref name="DH7">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 7 (''The Will of Albus Dumbledore'')</ref> |
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+ | ==Etymology== |
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+ | The incantation for this [[charm]] comes from the [[England|English]] words '''colour''' (the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, blue, yellow, green and others) and '''vary''' (to make or cause changes in the characteristics or attributes of; modify or alter). |
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==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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+ | *As [[Harry Potter]] confused the [[Growth Charm]] with this [[spell]], it is probable that the two [[incantation]]s are similar. |
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− | *Harry Potter may have used this charm as a child to turn his teachers wig blue, when he unknowingly performed [[Underage magic|underage magic]]. |
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+ | ==See Also== |
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+ | *''[[Crinus Muto]]'' |
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+ | *''[[Multicorfors]]'' |
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+ | *[[Flashing paint charm|Flashing-Paint Charm]] |
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==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' |
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+ | *''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7]]'' |
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+ | ==Notes and references== |
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+ | {{Reflist}} |
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{{Charms}} |
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+ | [[fr:Colovaria]] |
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+ | [[es:Encantamiento cambiador del color]] |
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[[Category:Charms]] |
Revision as of 19:12, 8 April 2014
- " [...] he wished he had not mixed up the incantations for Colour Change and Growth Charms, so that the rat he was supposed to be turning orange swelled shockingly and was the size of a badger before Harry could rectify his mistake."
- — Harry mistakes the Growth Charm for this spell[src]
The Colour Change Charm (Colovaria) is a charm that causes an object or animal to change its colour; a witch or wizard can use it to change the colour of their hair, for instance.
History
Prior to 1991
Harry Potter used this charm to change the wig of his teacher at St. Grogory's Primary School a vivid blue colour.
1991
- "Sunshine, daisies,
butter mellow,
turn this stupid,
fat rat yellow." - — Ron Weasley trying to perform a Colour-Change Charm.[src]
When Ron Weasley was eleven years old, his brothers Fred and George convinced him to believe that a nonsense poem was this particular charm. The incantation was supposed to turn Ron's rat Scabbers yellow, but being a fake incantation, it caused no change whatsoever.[1]
Later that year, Headmaster Albus Dumbledore used this charm to change the banners in the Great Hall at the End-of-Term Feast from the green and silver of Slytherin House to the crimson and gold of Gryffindor.
1996
During Harry Potter's Charms O.W.L. in 1996, he accidentally switched the incantations for this and the Growth Charm, so that instead of turning the rat orange it grew to the size of a badger before he could reverse his mistake.[2]
1997
Harry Potter used this charm when he came of age to change the robes of the Chudley Cannons posters in Ron's bedroom to bright blue.[3]
Etymology
The incantation for this charm comes from the English words colour (the visual perceptual property corresponding in humans to the categories called red, blue, yellow, green and others) and vary (to make or cause changes in the characteristics or attributes of; modify or alter).
Behind the scenes
- As Harry Potter confused the Growth Charm with this spell, it is probable that the two incantations are similar.
See Also
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 5-7
Notes and references
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - Chapter 6 (The Journey From Platform Nine and Three-Quarters)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Chapter 7 (The Will of Albus Dumbledore)