Kal Online Color Name system: the seven colors, what each means, and how the experience reward changes
Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2026 3:21 pm
Kal Online Color Name system: the seven colors, what each means, and how the experience reward changes
Kal Online colors a monster's name according to the level difference between you and the monster. The color tells you at a glance whether the fight is worth taking, and it also changes how much experience the kill pays. The system is called the Color Name System.
Quick summary:
[table]
[tr][td]Color[/td][td]What it means[/td][td]Loot[/td][td]Experience[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Gray[/td][td]No need to face each other.[/td][td]No[/td][td]0%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Blue[/td][td]You may be unbeaten if you don't get absent minded.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]50%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Green[/td][td]Weak companion but don't get absent minded.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]75%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Yellow[/td][td]Be strained, it's same level as your level.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]100%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Orange[/td][td]It's stronger than you but you may win with your skills and strategy.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]125%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Red[/td][td]It's more powerful and don't think about to challenge it.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]150%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Purple[/td][td]It's absolutely stronger than you.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]200%[/td][/tr]
[/table]
The experience column follows the English guide. The descriptions are that guide's own wording, typos included.
Where the two guides disagree
The official Korean page lists gray and purple as giving no loot, and blue through red as giving loot. The English translation of the same guide lists every color from blue to purple as giving loot, purple included.
So on purple monsters the two sources disagree. The Korean page is the official one and it says 불가, which means not possible. Treat purple as a no loot monster until you test it on your own server, because private servers can change these tables.
The Korean page also gives gray a different experience rule. It says the experience depends on your character level, and shows the values in a table image rather than in text, so the English numbers are the only readable ones here.
Why the color matters
The color is a shortcut for the level difference. Yellow is the baseline at 100 percent. Every step above yellow pays more, and every step below pays less, down to gray at 0 percent. If you are farming for experience, a monster one or two colors above you is usually the best trade of risk against reward. It pays more than a yellow monster without the danger of a red or purple one.
FAQ
Q: Does the color change if my level changes?
A: Yes. The color comes from the difference between your level and the monster's level, so the same monster changes color as you level.
Q: What color is a monster at my own level?
A: Yellow, and it pays 100 percent experience.
Q: Do I get any experience from a gray monster?
A: The English guide lists 0 percent. The Korean guide says the value depends on your character level and shows it in a table image.
Q: Is a purple monster worth killing?
A: Only if you can survive it. It pays the highest experience on the English table at 200 percent, but the official Korean guide says it gives no loot.
Sources
Kal Online colors a monster's name according to the level difference between you and the monster. The color tells you at a glance whether the fight is worth taking, and it also changes how much experience the kill pays. The system is called the Color Name System.
Quick summary:
- Seven colors run from gray for a much weaker monster to purple for a much stronger one.
- Yellow means the monster is your level and pays 100 percent.
- The further above your level a monster is, the more experience it pays.
- The official Korean guide lists gray and purple monsters as giving no loot.
[table]
[tr][td]Color[/td][td]What it means[/td][td]Loot[/td][td]Experience[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Gray[/td][td]No need to face each other.[/td][td]No[/td][td]0%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Blue[/td][td]You may be unbeaten if you don't get absent minded.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]50%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Green[/td][td]Weak companion but don't get absent minded.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]75%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Yellow[/td][td]Be strained, it's same level as your level.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]100%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Orange[/td][td]It's stronger than you but you may win with your skills and strategy.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]125%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Red[/td][td]It's more powerful and don't think about to challenge it.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]150%[/td][/tr]
[tr][td]Purple[/td][td]It's absolutely stronger than you.[/td][td]Yes[/td][td]200%[/td][/tr]
[/table]
The experience column follows the English guide. The descriptions are that guide's own wording, typos included.
Where the two guides disagree
The official Korean page lists gray and purple as giving no loot, and blue through red as giving loot. The English translation of the same guide lists every color from blue to purple as giving loot, purple included.
So on purple monsters the two sources disagree. The Korean page is the official one and it says 불가, which means not possible. Treat purple as a no loot monster until you test it on your own server, because private servers can change these tables.
The Korean page also gives gray a different experience rule. It says the experience depends on your character level, and shows the values in a table image rather than in text, so the English numbers are the only readable ones here.
Why the color matters
The color is a shortcut for the level difference. Yellow is the baseline at 100 percent. Every step above yellow pays more, and every step below pays less, down to gray at 0 percent. If you are farming for experience, a monster one or two colors above you is usually the best trade of risk against reward. It pays more than a yellow monster without the danger of a red or purple one.
FAQ
Q: Does the color change if my level changes?
A: Yes. The color comes from the difference between your level and the monster's level, so the same monster changes color as you level.
Q: What color is a monster at my own level?
A: Yellow, and it pays 100 percent experience.
Q: Do I get any experience from a gray monster?
A: The English guide lists 0 percent. The Korean guide says the value depends on your character level and shows it in a table image.
Q: Is a purple monster worth killing?
A: Only if you can survive it. It pays the highest experience on the English table at 200 percent, but the official Korean guide says it gives no loot.
Sources