Enemies in the series keep referring to the RX-78-2 as the "white suit" or the "White Devil" (due to the suit's formidable battle performance) while it is a mix of blue, red, and white. Tomino's response in the novel version of "Gundam" is that the original design was to be a grayscale machine, made up of mostly white and light gray colouring. However, "Sunrise" disapproved of the colouring and insisted the unit to be painted in brighter colours to attract attention, like other super robot anime at that time.