Venom #8 confirms symbiote colors matter, with red symbiotes being stronger than black. Red symbiotes signify a perfect bond with a host, potentially explaining their increased strength. The hierarchy of symbiote colors remains mostly unexplained, with green, yellow, and purple symbiotes' strengths unknown.
In the comics there isn't inherent meaning to colors, since symbiotes can camouflage and be whatever color they want. Venom went black with the white spider because Spidey was thinking about Spider-Woman's costume at the time when they bonded. Carnage was probably just red because of Cletus Kasady's blood fetish.
The recent Venom comic confirms that colors do matter in symbiote lore, with the implication that red symbiotes are stronger than black ones. The hierarchy of symbiote colors is now established, with red symbiotes being naturally stronger than black ones. The most well-known symbiote is Venom, who typically appears black in color when bonded with a host.
However, symbiotes can appear in different colors, which raises the question: does the color of a symbiote actually matter? To answer this, we must first understand what symbiotes are and their key characteristics. Why Is Carnage Red? Symbiote Species Explained Many of the Symbiote species have their own unique colours, Anti-Venom is white, Sleeper is green, Scream is Yellow, Venom is Black, and Carnage is red. A bluer Venom stands out more Simply put, the Marvel vs.
Capcom version of Venom was given a different color palette to differentiate them from their original comic book colors. This was most likely part of the deal between Marvel and Capcom during the development of Marvel vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes.
Evan Valentine breaks down the many symbiotes of Venom including Riot, Hybrid, Carnage, Scream, Phage, Lasher, Agony, and of course, Venom himself. color does not matter, the standart color for all symbs is black however they can change it at will (venom hinself can turn red, blue, green or any other combination, he just uses black and white because he likes those colors) Carnage is red because diferently from venom (and other symbionts) he bounds to the host's blood to a molecular level quite literaly turning into cletus's own flesh and. Why was Venom so scared of a red one? It also is the reason the carnage symbiote looks more fluid and seems to drop in the comics.
3rd, the reason Venom was afraid in the movie is that the color signified the different bonding process which meant that physically Kassidy and Carnage had a stronger bond.