PS4 Controller Light Bar Colour Meaning 

Player types: Blue-PS 4 owner Green-guest Pink-girlfriend Red-enemy

GTA: when playing as franklin it’s green when playing as michael it’s blue when playing as trevor it’s orange when followed by cops it flashes red & blue

Imagine the lights flashing blue and red and you ain’t even playing gta v and you see outside your window 3 police cars going straight to your house and it turns out your controller has a tracker built inside

Am I color blind pink looks like purple?

When he said the colors were the same as the buttons I facepalmed so hard I had to lay down. How did I never realize that?

In The Last of Us, the light bar represents the color of your health bar

Anyone else for some reason get this in their recommended 2019

Why am I watching this? I don't even have a ps4

Thats only on ps4 home screen Example Fifa player 1 is red 2 is blue 3 is green 4 is yellow Gta when the cops are on you the controller flashes red and blue

The PS4 Light Bar also does various effects/patterns depending on the game being played, and what's happening in the game. For example, when the cops chase you in GTA V, the light bar will flash red and blue. In Call of Duty Black Ops 3, the light bar will change colors to indicate damage.

"You probably haven't seen 3rd and 4th player" ~ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY I HAVE NO FRIENDS~

And blue-red -blue-read Means police

The light bar can be also YELLOW which means the controller is charging while being turned off.

I learned this 6 years after owning a ps4. 11 months before ps5 comes out!!

Anyone getting this recommended in 2020?

In last of us the color changes according to the life like....if it's mid low it shows yellow

On borderlands the color changes with the elements Fire- Red Shock- blue Corrosive- green Slag- purple Explosive- orange Cryogenic- bluish color Radiation- orange yellow color

It also denotes a "function of activation" based on game features. This includes the wanted level in GTA5 or NPC player character, Red bar color ONLY on RD2, and so on. It is not exclusive to player number only. The coding is game programmable.

I was mindblown at first about the colors being the same as the first few colors of the joy cons of nintendo switch but when you mentioned the face buttons, it started to make sense

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In warframe its normally blue but if you take hp damage is flahses re and blue

you can change color by logging in player 2 account and then hold the ps button then go to power option and then there will be an option named switch user go to your account and your color will be red

3 years of playing PlayStation 4 and I'm still learning new things

The best effect I ever saw is when I was playing HUE. When you're in the rainbow room, the controller lightbar cycles through the same rainbow colors as on screen. Looks amazing.

In gang beasts the color of your player is also the color of your light bar ;). For example if your character color is tan when u start a match your light bar will also be tan.

This is a feature in borderlands 2, the light bar changes colour depending on the elemental type of the gun e.g Slag=purple Electric=blue Caustic/toxic=green No element=white

When you're playing FIFA, the bar is red for first player, blue for the second, green for the third and yellow for the fourth.

Thank you so much . This video was very informative .

I like ur videos

Hey thanks for that now I know anyway All The Best !!!

THANK YOU!! finally someone that gets to the point and doesn’t add any bullshit that doesn’t relate to the video

The cool thing i like is the light blinks red when im injured in a game like outlast pretty cool

Okay but what does the button on the back right side do? I push it and it makes the center of the light bar on the touch pad flash green.

Green: Franklin Light blue:Michael Orange:Trevor

Wow keep up the great work I just love your vids

Oh...my....god... This just blew my mind. Freakin’ awesome.

On gta5 when cops come the Controller becomes red and blue

There are also other colors like purple, orange, yellow, etc. You can get this colors for example in Star wars jedi fallen order, when you change your lightsaber color to purple, orange or yellow.

Great informative video Vince.

I really like your videos i learned setup of PS4 from your videos

When it blinks blue and red you most likely have 1-5 stars in Grand Theft Auto

I’ll give you a hint Player one Player two Player three Player four

Cool, straight forward video, much thanks.

Thanks for making this video, I just recently obtained a PS4 and was logged in as P2 without realizing. Coming from Xbox I was afraid this may be similar to the Red Ring we got in the 360 days.

Blue: Player 1 Red:Player 2 Green:Player 3 Pink:Player 4 Orange:Charging

The color also changes in Spyro Reignited Trilogy depending on how much health you have or which color Sparx's is. Full health - Yellow 3 Health - Blue 2 Health - Green 1 Health - Red (No Sparx's)

That's actually useful for playing with friends thank you

I'm glad I got this as a recommendation.

Hey Vince, I was wondering how did you just switch it like that

Let’s be real, you didn’t search for this

Good job. This video helps people who just got ps4👍

In the NASCAR Heat games the color bar indicates what flag is displayed Yellow: Yellow Flag Green: Green Flag Red: Red flag Borderlands also does this. The controller glowed orange for a fire-based weapon, green for a corrosion-based gun, and blue for an electric firearm.

Player 5 - am i a joke to you

When you realize the player number colors are the same as the X, Circle, Triangle, and Square Button.

It also reacts to different tools you use in subnautica like the repair tool

This was relaxing to watch

So apparently I am player 2 even though there are no other controllers connected no other people logged into the ps4, and Red Dead Redemption 2 is the only game I currently own on the system. (Recent purchase, more games when I finish rdr2)

On god of war 3 remastered we have color changing Like: your first blade (blade of chaos) is red Second blade (hades claws) is purple Third blade (Heracles ones) is yellow And the last fourth (the electric blade) is green And the blade of Olympus is blue We have for god of war 4 (or exactly not 4) if you are walking is blue but if you on boat is dark blue And the last of us if you good it’s green if you hurt is orange and if you close to die or you dead is red Thx for read bro ❤️

_thanks, i really need that info cause i will buy ps4 for first time in 2 years_ just preparing u know?

On gang beasts your controller colour changes to your characters colour e.g. brown skin would indicate a brown light

The light is red when you play RDR2.

Green:Health full Orange:Half Red:few

I’m here at 1 am and I play xbox. Damn y’all have cool controllers

How did you change it to colors on the controller by clicking down on the joystick 🕹

Player 5 and player 6: Am I a joke to you?

Never knew the touchpad could light up like that on a DS4

Could you make a video about how to create a secondary microsoft/xbox account to the xbox one (s/x)? For example you might want to play a game again like Forza.

You must be really smart when it comes to technology!

How to know if my controller is fully charged

Green:franklin Blue:micheal Orange:Trevor Easy

Holy shit I didn't know my ps4 controller can do that. I knew about the colors changing when you play a specific game. But the colors indicating which player is which, now that is effing dope.

I didn't need to know this but now I know this

I have 1 controller and they've all been through every single color.

People want this off the controller - it's not practical, but when used meaningfully and right, it's the most beautiful thing about this controller. Devs should use it more, as well as the 6axis and the Touchpad. I'll fight Sony if they remove any of those from Dualshock 5.

Wow I didn’t know u could change the color like that! I’m gonna try that!

In borderlands 3 the bar changes color based on what element your weapon is, so shock is blue, fire is orange, etc.

Wait but im the only person on my ps4 why am I pink????

My controller went green but i dunno why couldn’t control mynps4

This video makes wanna go to sleep for some reason 💤😴

am i colorblin or the 3rd color and 4th is green and purple

Love it. All this time I thought it was battery.

So, the light colors are players. But the question is, WHICH GAME ARE WE PLAYING, SONY?!

In Borderlands games the light bar changes color depending on the element of your current weapon Non-elemental: Blue Incendiary: Orange Shock: Lighter Blue Corrosive: Green Cryo: White Slag: Purple Radiation: Yellow

Sparkle 2 is a nice game for watching colours of lighting

How did you change the colors

And for gta v Blue-Michael Green-Franklin Orange-trevor

This video was very satisfying

I wish there was a way you could change the colors like it would be red first then 5 seconds later it would be orange then green that would be really cool. It would also be cool if the light bar also had a wave option kinda like keyboards do.

No red means Soviet Union

I though the controller had it feelings lol

hey vince, i have an "inconvenience" with my switch pro controller - i use it wirelessly for both pc and switch but i always have to delet it out of the switches memory if i wanna use it with the pc - is there a way to either toggle connections on the controller or (might be a dumb question) is it even possible to turn the switch completely off? as far as im concerned you only have the sleep mode which can be deactivated by pressing home on any controller the switch has recently been connected to...

On the escapist 2 your color will flash from red to blue during a lockdown

In Fortnite the colour keeps changing every game

No one: Me: I don’t even have a ps4.

Some games uses different colours to indicate health levels, such as The Last Of Us Remastered.

In borderlands 2, pre sequel and 3 the light changes depending on the element you have on the gun your using

Only og’s will understand Green-Franklin Blue-Micheal Orange-Trevor

You miss one color that is white when the controller out of life 😁

So why is my bar red while I'm playing on gta online and when i go to homescreen it's back blue? Is something wrong with my controller. Or is my controller broken or messed up???

Great video