Color

Color is a street drug in the New Real, originating from specialist uses in the field of mental health where it is known as Rubercatapotium.

Color is an Oneiric Lucidity Inducer (OLI), a substance that gives you dreams that feel just like reality. When mixed with a neuroplasticity drug, such as the street drug Shape, it can cause you to go into a coma-like state for long periods of time, and slowly reconfigures your brain according to what you want your mind to be like. This was the original purpose, for use on people who had suffered for the vast majority of their lives.

With Color and Shape, it’s possible to quickly lose all your original memories of your life in favor of the dream. The result often means "taking the blue pill" and becoming unknowingly trapped in dreams. While a person could eventually stumble upon the truth and wake up, so far only eight Color-Shape users have ever awoken from their constant slumber.

Individuals who use Color and Shape in conjunction tend to have severe unresolved drug abuse issues and a distrust or dislike of the New Real. Such individuals will "take the plunge" to try and permanently drop out of the New Real into a dream world they would never have to leave.