How do Inklings go from being splatted by a certain color of Ink to swimming in it the next round?

[cool6012]

Or vice versa. They have to be doing something to their bodies right? Is there something different about the opposing teams ink? Am I overthinking a game where squids evolved gain the ability to turn into a person?? This is just something I though about while playing.

 

[Sgo-J]

It's more like you walking of the arena when you get paintballed than it is you actually getting hurt.

 

[DarkGold777]

I think Inklings can change color at will; they simply don't do it in the middle of matches because there's probably a rule stating not to do so in a match. Because of that, they can change their bodies' tolerance to prefer a different color of ink, even if it means they can't swim in the ink they squirted before in a different color. That's my theory, at least. I also imagine Inklings can't swim in the purple ink in Octo Valley even if they were purple themselves since it's Octo ink, not Inkling ink.

 

[SquiliamTentacles]

Because screw logic

 

[Goddess Yami]

I like to think each arena aka the maps are set to certain conditions. So before the teams go in Judd sets the colors for each team. Also I use the same theory to why the Inklings can't swim in water. It's out of bounds.

 

[OrenjiBoy135]

Well, each colour is assigned to different strands of DNA. If the pattern does not match up with the ink's pattern, it reacts to it the same way enemy players do; Covers them in it. When filled of a differently coloured ink it creates a violent reaction, causing the Inkling to be "splattered" in the colour that killed them.