Why The Steven Universe Crew (Crewniverse) Does Not Understand Color Theory

Think about it. Fusions are a combination of the component gems' colors. Garnet: blue + red = purple. Malachite: orange + blue =, well, brown, but Jasper's close enough to yellow for the green to work. But SUNSTONE. The only Steven Universe character I actually dislike. Smoky Quartz also has...unusual color choices, but Sunstone gets on my nerves the most. Rose Quartz: pink. Pink = red + white. Garnet: Ruby (red) + Sapphire (blue).

Red + white + red + blue =...orange?

Orange = red + YELLOW. Where, dear crew, did the yellow come from?

Shall we look at the other Steven + Gem fusions?

Rainbow Quartz, pinky rainbow white. About accurate for Steven/Rose + Pearl (although it does bug me that their fusion is a quartz when Pearl isn't a quartz. I think they should have been some kind of opal, but at least the crew got the colors right). But Smoky Quartz. Brown. Rose Quartz, again, pink = red + white. Amethyst, purple. Purple = red + blue. So again, we have red + white + red + blue, only this time it equals brown. For some reason. The reason, probably, is so it could be some sort of quartz that isn't just color + quartz like a lot of the headcanon Steven + Gem fusion names were, but why sacrifice logical color for that?

In my view, both Sunstone and Smoky Quartz (as much as I love Smoky) should be some sort of pink-red or fuchsia gem. As much as I can be annoyed by the "color + gem name" fusion naming convention when overused and/or mineralogically inaccurate (thankfully it's just a fandom thing and not something the crew ever resorted to), I would enjoy these characters a lot more if the crew had gone with more logical colors and names. Amethyst is a quartz. Rose Quartz is a quartz. (Yes, Rose Quartz isn't really a quartz, but as she was pretending to be one her fusions are named as if she was one.) Obviously their fusion should be some sort of quartz, and since quartz comes in most if not all colors, this is indeed a time to break out the color + gem name format. Pick any name for a blend of pink and purple, stick quartz on the end, and you've got their fusion name! What do you think of Magenta Quartz?

Now, the fusion of Steven/Rose and Garnet isn't as easy. Cherry Quartz was something I saw in a couple places in the way back when, but I dislike that, because their fusion wouldn't be a quartz when neither Ruby nor Sapphire is one. Also, the colors don't make sense, because cherry quartz is red or pink, which forgets about Sapphire's blue.

What I like to do first when coming up with fusion names is think: do we have a precedent? Ruby + sapphire + quartz. Sound familiar? Yes! We do, in fact have a precedent for ruby + sapphire + quartz. Garnet and Amethyst's fusion, Sugilite.

Since calling the Garnet + Rose/Steven fusion Sugilite would be confusing, this also seems like it calls for the color + gem name format. Lilac Sugilite, anyone? What about Fuchsia Sugilite, Fuchsia for short? Or we could go with one of the few alternate names for sugilite--Lavulite! Or howe bout Royal Azel! That's a name that EXUDES Steven + Garnet vibes! Or, another option--Wikipedia tells me that sugilite belongs to a category of gems called cyclosilicates. Could pick one of the other cyclosilicates! Personally, though, I'd go with Royal Azel, since their fusion being a sugilite makes a lot of sense and the name has serious cool vibes. I have to draw this now.