Visor color

Visor color is a customizable feature on a Spartan's helmet, part of the armor permutations in Halo: Reach, Halo 4, and Halo 5: Guardians. As with all armor permutation options, visor color is purely cosmetic and has no effect on gameplay.

List of visor colors

Halo: Reach

Visors	Description
File:Halo reach visor color default-1-.jpg	“ Restore your equipment to its default state. ” Color: Default Requirement: Unlocked by default
File:Halo reach visor color silver-1-.jpg	“ Jumping first feet into hell isn't your job; making sure it's crowded when you get there is. ” Color: Silver Requirement: Sergeant, 35,000 cR
File:Halo reach visor color black-1-.jpg	“ It's already like they are looking at the sky, just put 'em on the ground. ” Color: Blue Requirement: Warrant Officer, 50,000 cR
File:Halo reach visor color black1-1-.jpg	“ You can have it any color you want… as long as it's black. ” Color: Black Requirement: Lt. Colonel, 100,000 cR
File:Halo reach visor color gold-1-.jpg	“ Put your money where your mouth is. ” Color: Gold Requirement: Colonel, 250,000 cR

Halo 4

Visors	Description
File:H4 - Visor Recruit.png	“ Standard VISR 4.0 for all newly developed SPARTAN-IV assets. ” Manufacturer: Hannibal Weapon Systems Name: Recruit Requirement: Unlocked by default
File:H4 - Visor Solar.png	“ Improved VISR 4.02 for flare mitigation and control operations. ” Name: Solar Manufacturer: Materials Group Requirement: Reach Spartan Rank 20
File:H4 - Visor Cyan.png	“ Improved VISR 4.03 for protracted survival methodology. ” Name: Cyan Manufacturer: Hannibal Weapons Systems Requirement: Unlocked by completing the commendation: From the Brink - Master
File:H4 - Visor Blindside.png	“ Upgraded VISR 4.04 for combat vindication reliance factor. ” Name: Blindside Manufacturer: Imbrium Machine Complex Requirement: Complete the commendation: Avenger - Master
File:H4 - Visor Frost.png	“ Upgraded VISR 4.05 for range visibility in subzero conditions. ” Name: Frost Manufacturer: Lethbridge Industrial Requirement: Reach Spartan Rank 29
File:H4 - Visor Sunspot.png	“ Enhanced VISR 4.06 for fixed support and auxiliary efforts. ” Name: Sunspot Manufacturer: Acheron Security Requirement: Complete the commendation: Assistant - Master
File:H4 - Visor Verdant.png	“ Improved VISR 4.07 or heavy machine operation in the field. ” Name: Verdant Manufacturer: Naphtali Contractor Corporation Requirement: Complete the commendation: Splatter - Master
File:H4 - Visor Midnight.png	“ Enhanced VISR 4.08 for spatial blackout during slipspace maneuvers. ” Name: Midnight Manufacturer: Materials Group Requirement: Reach Spartan Rank 46
File:H4 - Visor Legendary.png	“ Maximized VISR 4.09 for next-gen asymmetric warfare operability. ” Name: Legendary Manufacturer: Materials Group Requirement: Complete campaign on Legendary

Halo 5: Guardians

Visor color
Color	Description
Recruit	Description: Visual Intelligence System, Reconnaissance (VISR) software manages the Spartan's disparate sensor feeds, battlenet links, and suit diagnostic messages. Manufacturer: Hannibal Weapon Systems Cost: Unlocked by default
Solar	Description: VISR 4.02 upgrades focus specially on target adquisition speed, combat identification, and interoperability with UEG law enforcement networks. Manufacturer: Materials Groups Cost: Achieve SR-28
Cyan	Description: Too expensive to be universally deployed, VISR 4.03 hardware is protected against electromagnetic interference, shock and, corrosive atmospheres. Manufacturer: Hannibal Weapon Systems Cost:
Blindside	Description: Frowned upon by UNSC-staff officers, VISR 4.04 sacrifices strategic situational awareness for improved performance in small-unit actions. Manufacturer: Imbrium Machine Complex Cost:
Frost	Description: With its integral climate module and multi-layer insulation the VISR 4.05 assembly can function in extreme temperatures and exotic cryogenics atmospheres. Manufacturer: Lethbridge Industrial Cost:
Sunspot	Description: The VISR 4.06 system utilizes a dedicated deconfliction agent which effectively curates the deluge of information competing for the Spartan's attention Manufacturer: Acheron Security Cost: Achieve SR-22

Trivia

• In Halo: Reach, Emile-A239 and Jun-A266 both have reddish orange visors and Jorge-052 has a dark red visor. Neither of these colors is available to the player.
• In Halo: Reach, the GUNGNIR helmet has no external visor plate. Instead, customization changes the color of the helmet's camera lens.
• In Halo: Reach, changing the visor color of the Haunted helmet will instead change the color of the skull inside it.
• The description of the black visor in Halo: Reach states, "You can have it in any color you want... as long as it's black." This is a reference to a quote attributed to Henry Ford, speaking about the Ford Model T in 1909.
• The description of the silver visor in Halo: Reach is a reference to the ODST term "Dropping feet-first into hell."