Visor colors are available in Halo: Reach and Halo 4.
Halo: Reach
In addition to customizing armor, you are allowed to customize the color of your visor from the traditional yellow gold to a variety of colors. There are 5 colors available to choose from. These are purely cosmetic and have no effect on gameplay whatsoever. The colors available are Default, Silver, Blue, Black and Gold.
Visors | |
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Color | Cost |
Default | (Starter) |
Silver | Sergeant, 35,000 cR |
Blue | Warrant Officer, 50,000 cR |
Black | Lt. Colonel, 100,000 cR |
Gold | Colonel, 250,000 cR |
Halo 4
Visor colors are seen again in Halo 4 but with a wider variety to choose from.Visors can be unlocked by leveling up, completing Commendations and completing Specializations. Like Halo: Reach, these are purely cosmetic and have no effect on gameplay.
Visor Color | ||
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Name | Unlock | Color |
Recruit | (Starter) | Blue |
Solar | Rank SR-20 | Red |
Frost | Rank SR-29 | Silver |
Midnight | Rank SR-46 | Black |
Cyan | Commendation From the Brink - Master | Cyan Fading to Green |
Blindside | Commendation Avenger - Master | Dark Red Fading to Black |
Sunspot | Commendation Assistant - Master | Purple Fading to Cyan |
Verdant | Commendation Splatter - Master | Green |
Legendary | Beat the campaign on Legendary | Gold |
Wetwork | Rank WK-6 | Red/Blue gradient |
Operator | Rank OP-6 | Pink/Orange fading to Purple |
Pioneer | Rank PR-6 | Cyan |
Pathfinder | Rank PT-6 | Red fading to Green |
Engineer | Rank EN-6 | Blue fading to Purple |
Stalker | Rank SK-6 | Bronze fading to Black |
Rogue | Rank RG-6 | Dark Red fading to Purple |
Tracker | Rank TK-6 | Purple |
Trivia
- The Silver (in Halo: Reach) and Frost (in Halo 4) visors can be used to replicate the true ODST helmet, and they contain a description implying that it is the color of the ODST's. The Blue colored option is more accurate according to Halo 3: ODST, however. Also, you have to use the Black visor to replicate the Halo: Reach ODST helmet, meaning you can use three different colored visors to complete the ODST look, depending on what game you want to match.
- The Gold visor can be used to replicate both the Mark V and Mark VI helmet.
- It seems that some campaign characters (specifically Jun-A266 and Jorge-052) have their own visor color of reddish-orange. This visor color is not available in the armory.
- Bungie stated that there originally was going to be a Red visor color that would be unlocked at Inheritor, but it was cut a month before Reach was released.
- The Black visor's description quotes Henry Ford, saying: "You can have it in any color you want... as long as it's black."
- There are many fake YouTube videos showing "secret" visor colors.
- The player must have at least 435,000 cR and must be a Colonel to own every visor color.
- If wearing the Default visor color with green armor, the visor color appears golden. This is most noticeable with the Grenadier helmet. This may be a reference to Halo: Combat Evolved as the Master Chief was completely green, whereas in the later games his armor's color has darkened to sage.