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|incantation = ''Colovaria''<br/>(co-loh-VA-ree-ah)<ref name="LEGOY1">{{LEGO|Y1}}</ref>
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{{quote|...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 in his OWLs.|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
  
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{{Quote|...he wished he had not mixed up the incantations 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 mistaking the Growth Charm for this spell|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix}}
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The '''Colour Change Charm'''<ref name="OOTP31"/> (''Colovaria''),<ref name="LEGOY1"/> also known as the '''Colour-Changing Charm''',<ref name="WW">{{WW}} - [https://www.wizardingworld.com/features/a-handy-guide-to-the-lesser-known-spells-in-the-wizarding-world/ A handy guide to the lesser known spells in the wizarding world]</ref> was a [[charm]] that changed the colour of the target.<ref name="OOTP31"/> Its incantation was similar to that of the [[Growth Charm]].<ref name="OOTP31"/><ref name="HLCC"/>
   
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The '''Colour Change Charm''' (''incantation unknown'') is a spell that causes an object or animal to change colours.
  
 
==History==
  
==History==
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At the start of the first [[Fifth year|fifth-year]] [[Charms (class)|Charms class]] during the [[1890–1891 school year]] at [[Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry]], [[Professor]] [[Abraham Ronen]] asked his students about the difference between the [[incantation]]s of the Colour Change and [[Growth Charm]]s, something the students were not able to answer.<ref name="HLCC">{{HL|Charms Class}}</ref>
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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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During the [[1987–1988 school year]], Professor [[Minerva McGonagall]] taught this charm to her [[Fourth year|fourth-year]] students in [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration class]].<ref name="HM414t">{{HM|4|14|t}}</ref>
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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]]. 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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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>
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During [[Harry Potter]]'s 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="OOTP31">{{OOTP|B|31}}</ref>
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===1997===
  
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==Known uses==
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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.<ref name="DH7">''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'' - Chapter 7 (''The Will of Albus Dumbledore'')</ref>
  
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|[[Penny Haywood]]
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|[[1985–1986 school year]]
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|Used the charm on [[Face Paint Kid]] to turn his botched [[Quidditch]] face paint to his [[Hogwarts Houses|House colours]].<ref name="HM2Q11">{{HM|2|Q1|1}}</ref>
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|[[Merula Snyde]]
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|Unknown
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|Used the charm to change her natural eye colour to lavender.<ref name="eyes">[https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/inside-the-magical-80s-art-of-harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery INSIDE THE MAGICAL '80S ART OF HARRY POTTER: HOGWARTS MYSTERY]</ref>
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|[[Merula Snyde]]
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| rowspan="2" |[[1988–1989 school year]]
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|Used the charm on [[Mrs Norris]] to attract [[Argus Filch]]'s attention.<ref name="VDB">{{HM|5|VALENTINE'S DAY BALL}}</ref>
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|[[Jacob's sibling]]
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|Used the charm to reverse the effects of Merula's spell in [[Room 234-00|Filch's office]].<ref name="VDB"/>
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| rowspan="2" |[[Harry Potter]]
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|In or before [[1991]]
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|Used this charm [[Underage magic|unknowingly]] 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.<ref name="PS7"/>
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[[File:Blue Wig.jpg|150px|thumb|right]]
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|[[31 July]] [[1997]]
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|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">{{DH|B|7}}</ref>
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==Known practitioners==
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Mcgonagall.jpg|[[Minerva McGonagall]]<ref name="HM414t"/>
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Merula.png|[[Merula Snyde]]<ref name="VDB"/>
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OOTP promo front Harry cropped.jpg|[[Harry Potter]]<ref name="PS7">{{PS|B|7}}</ref><ref name="DH7"/>
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==Etymology==
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The incantation for this [[charm]] comes from the Latin words '''color, '''colour in English, and '''variāre''', which it means vary. So the incantation would mean something like "to change/modify the colour".
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==Behind the scenes==
  
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[[File:Colovaria.png|150px|thumb|The spell's icon in {{LEGO|Y1}}]]
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*In ''[[LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4]]'', a similar spell used, ''[[Multicorfors]]'', changes the colour and style of the player's minifigure. That spell and this one may be similar, but due to the "-fors" ending in ''Multicorfors'', they are probably different spells. However, ''[[Colovaria]]'' is a [[charm]] as well, and its incantation would make sense used to the effect of this spell.
  
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[[File:ColovariaPAS.png|150px|thumb|This spell's icon as seen in {{PAS}}]]
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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]]. However, as such was human transfiguration, and it is known that ''Multicorfors'' is used to change the colour and style of a human, it may have been that charm instead of this one that Harry used.
  
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*It is possible that this spell was used on the colour changing [[Mahoutokoro uniform]].
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*It is possible that Harry may have accidentally used this charm on his eyebrow in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]''. However, it is more likely that this was ''Multicorfors'', as it was performed in [[Transfiguration (class)|the class about transfiguration]].
  
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*It is possible that [[Albus Dumbledore]] uses this to change the house colours in the [[Great Hall]] at the [[End-of-Term Feast]].
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*It is possible that [[Albus Dumbledore]] used this charm [[Nonverbal spell|non-verbally]] and [[wandless]]ly at the [[1992]] [[End-of-Term Feast]] to change the colour of the house banners from green and silver ([[Slytherin]]) to red and gold ([[Gryffindor]]),<ref name="PS17">{{PS|B|17}}</ref> but it is possible that he used a different spell, such as a [[Switching Spell]].
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*In {{HM}}, before the player starts to learn this charm in [[Transfiguration (class)|Transfiguration]], [[Minerva McGonagall|McGonagall]] says that [[Nymphadora Tonks|Tonks]] is exempted from this lesson for obvious reasons. While Tonks being a [[Metamorphmagus]] does have the ability to change her own physical appearance at will, this charm can work with other objects outside of one's body too, so it isn't really a good reason for Tonks to not learn this spell. Also, McGonagall associates this charm only with hair-colour changing. At the end of the lesson, the player will change a cat's colour instead of their own hair, but on the page where Transfiguration lessons are displayed, this charm is listed as "transforms the colour and style of the caster's hair" (not somebody or something else's hair). However, in a question asked by Rowan, the correct answer is that this charm is used to "change something's colour" (not just hair).
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*Since Harry managed to confuse the Growth Charm with this one, it is probable that the two incantations are similar.
  
   
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==See Also==
  
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*''[[Multicorfors]]''
  
 
==Appearances==
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone]]'' {{1st}}
  
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''
  
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==Notes and references==
  
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*''[[Crinus Muto]]''
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*[[Altering Spell]]

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"...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 Potter mistaking the Growth Charm for this spell[src]

The Colour Change Charm[2] (Colovaria),[1] also known as the Colour-Changing Charm,[4] was a charm that changed the colour of the target.[2] Its incantation was similar to that of the Growth Charm.[2][5]

History

At the start of the first fifth-year Charms class during the 1890–1891 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Abraham Ronen asked his students about the difference between the incantations of the Colour Change and Growth Charms, something the students were not able to answer.[5]

During the 1987–1988 school year, Professor Minerva McGonagall taught this charm to her fourth-year students in Transfiguration class.[3]

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]

Known uses

Caster(s) Dates Notes
Penny Haywood 1985–1986 school year Used the charm on Face Paint Kid to turn his botched Quidditch face paint to his House colours.[6]
Merula Snyde Unknown Used the charm to change her natural eye colour to lavender.[7]
Merula Snyde 1988–1989 school year Used the charm on Mrs Norris to attract Argus Filch's attention.[8]
Jacob's sibling Used the charm to reverse the effects of Merula's spell in Filch's office.[8]
Harry Potter In or before 1991 Used this charm unknowingly to change the wig of his teacher at St. Grogory's Primary School a vivid blue colour.[9]
Blue Wig
31 July 1997 Used this charm when he came of age to change the robes of the Chudley Cannons posters in Ron's bedroom to bright blue.[10]

Known practitioners

Etymology

The incantation for this charm comes from the Latin words color, colour in English, and variāre, which it means vary. So the incantation would mean something like "to change/modify the colour".

Behind the scenes

Colovaria

The spell's icon in LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

ColovariaPAS

This spell's icon as seen in Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells

  • It is possible that this spell was used on the colour changing Mahoutokoro uniform.
  • It is possible that Albus Dumbledore used this charm non-verbally and wandlessly at the 1992 End-of-Term Feast to change the colour of the house banners from green and silver (Slytherin) to red and gold (Gryffindor),[11] but it is possible that he used a different spell, such as a Switching Spell.
  • In Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, before the player starts to learn this charm in Transfiguration, McGonagall says that Tonks is exempted from this lesson for obvious reasons. While Tonks being a Metamorphmagus does have the ability to change her own physical appearance at will, this charm can work with other objects outside of one's body too, so it isn't really a good reason for Tonks to not learn this spell. Also, McGonagall associates this charm only with hair-colour changing. At the end of the lesson, the player will change a cat's colour instead of their own hair, but on the page where Transfiguration lessons are displayed, this charm is listed as "transforms the colour and style of the caster's hair" (not somebody or something else's hair). However, in a question asked by Rowan, the correct answer is that this charm is used to "change something's colour" (not just hair).

Appearances

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 31 (O.W.L.s)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 4, Chapter 14 (The Spider's Lair) - Transfiguration Lesson "Colovaria"
  4. ↑ Wizarding World - A handy guide to the lesser known spells in the wizarding world
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "Charms Class"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 2, Quidditch Season 1, Chapter 1 (Welcome to Quidditch)
  7. ↑ INSIDE THE MAGICAL '80S ART OF HARRY POTTER: HOGWARTS MYSTERY
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 5, "VALENTINE'S DAY BALL" Achievement
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 7 (The Sorting Hat)
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 7 (The Will of Albus Dumbledore)
  11. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 17 (The Man with Two Faces)
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