Colored gem

A colored gem is a special type of gem that appears in the Crash Bandicoot series. They are similar to the common Clear Gem that Crash can collect by breaking a certain amount of crates in each level, except these gems are rarer, alternatively shaped, and appear in a variety of different colors. A colored gem usually requires a different method of collection than the regular gems, usually by performing hidden tasks or challenges in the game.

Once Crash collects a colored gem, he is able to unlock new paths in certain levels. These new paths can be accessed with the use of a special lift in the shape of one of the colored gems. These special gem lifts will appear as an outline before collecting the colored gem. Once Crash collects the corresponding colored gems, the lifts will be accessible and be used to reach new paths in different levels. Usually these paths allow Crash to break additional crates to acquire the level's clear gem, collect additional gems, or activate special portals to other levels.

The collection of colored gems is required to achieve 100% Completion, and often unlocks secret endings or other bonuses depending on the game. In some games, the player must collect all colored gems to activate a Multicolor gem path in one of the final levels.

The colored gems appear in blue, red, green, yellow, purple and orange.

Crash Bandicoot
In this game, there are six colored gems: green, orange, blue, red, purple and yellow. The game requires you to obtain the colored gem in that level without losing a life. If the player loses a life midway through the stage or before they reach the first checkpoint, the player must restart the level in order to retry. In the N Sane Trilogy, the box completion will show, but the gem will be replaced by a transparent metal crate whereas in the original version, the player would bypass the box counting screen as you finish the level.

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back
In this game, there are five colored gems: blue, red, green, yellow and purple. Unlike it's first counterpart, the colored gems can be obtained by doing secret challenges in the level that has one.

Crash Team Racing
In this game, there are five colored gems: blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Each of these gems is acquired by winning the corresponding gem cup, each unlocked by obtaining four Tokens of the respective color.

Crash Bash
Each minigame (except boss fights) contains a gem challenge, which grants a green gem upon completion. Green is the only gem color in the game. The gems' main purpose is only to contribute to 100% Completion, however collecting 25 gems also unlocks Keg Kaboom.

Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex
In this game, there are five colored gems: blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Unlike the first three games, all colored gems are obtained on the death routes. Similar to the first game, you must complete the death route to obtain the gem without dying.

Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced
Colored gems work a bit differently in N-Tranced; rather than collecting single whole gems throughout the game, the player must collect multiple Gem Shards to unlock the levels containing the full colored gems. Red, blue and green gems are the only colored gems that appear in this game.

Crash Nitro Kart
In this game, there are four colored gems: blue, red, green, and purple. Each of these gems is acquired by winning the corresponding gem cup, just like in CTR.

Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage
Colored gems are reduced to a mere cameo in this game, with all gem colors (except orange) appearing on collectable Trading Cards rather than serving any important role as collectibles.

Crash Twinsanity
In this game, colored gems are a much more common collectible, with one of each (except orange) appearing in each level and hub rather than one of each appearing in the entire game. The gems are mostly hidden in levels, with some requiring puzzles to be solved, but some of them are very easy to obtain. There are six gems in each level/hub. Clear Gems are treated the same as colored gems in this game. Rather than unlocking gem paths, collecting gems unlocks images and videos in the concept art gallery.

Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy
All colored gems reappear in the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy remakes of the first three games where they serve the same roles they had in the original versions of those games.

Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
The red, green, blue, yellow, and purple gems reappear in Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled where they serve the same role that they had in the original version of Crash Team Racing.

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run!
In On the Run!, gems are earned by completing gem runs. There is one gem run per level, and once the gem has been earned, the run can be re-attempted once every 24 hours for a reward of two Purple Crystals. There are four gem colors; red, blue, green and yellow, with one of each color on each island.

Appearances

 * Crash Bandicoot (all)
 * Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back (all except orange)
 * Crash Bandicoot: Warped (all except orange)
 * Crash Team Racing (all except orange)
 * Crash Bash (green only)
 * Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (all except orange)
 * Crash Bandicoot: The Huge Adventure (all except orange and purple)
 * Crash Bandicoot 2: N-Tranced (red, green and blue)
 * Crash Nitro Kart (all except orange and yellow)
 * Crash Bandicoot Purple: Ripto's Rampage (all except orange)
 * Crash Twinsanity (all except orange)
 * Crash Twinsanity (mobile) (purple only)
 * Crash Bandicoot (mobile)
 * Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (all)
 * Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled (all, orange cameo)
 * Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time (all except orange and purple)
 * Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! (all except orange and purple)

Trivia

 * In some early material, the orange gem was referred to as the "gold gem", and the red gem was called the "pink gem".
 * In Cortex Strikes Back and Warped, the red, yellow and blue gems share the same model as the clear gem, only with different scale modifiers and colors.
 * The orange gem appears in the alternate ending of the second game in the N. Sane Trilogy. It is loaded into N. Brio's laser installation along with the other gems, despite Crash never collecting it in-game.
 * It was confirmed during the ExtraLife Charity fundraiser that its appearance was a mistake.

Gemas Coloridas