So, it made sense the colors of these animals as a guideline on putting together the costumes for the show. It's merely a guideline. I use a couple of other concepts in determining which colors go where. For example, the gray and green of Alice and Bashir's wardrobe calls back to the olive drab camouflage of her military experience.
Rhiannon - raven / goldfish (black and orange); relying on exploration and collection; her asthma - being unable to breathe without support, as a fish out of water
Riva - hummingbird (jewel tones, especially green, purple, pink, indigo); able to slip in and out of a chain link fence and thus to escape pain but visit it when needed
Lucas - cricket (brown, yellow); seems to chirping a calm mantra in his head to calmly deal with life; also perhaps more grounded and comfortable with small details.
Bashir - iguana (light green, gray); somewhat zen attitude, being able to sun oneself and weather the pain
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