"Colors associated with races/classes" Topic

This might be a odd question but look at the pic below.

I am working on a travel dungeon crawl game where you pull colored cubes out and that represents what you face.

So looking at the picture;
What monster,race, creature would you be expecting to fight if you pulled the color?
Pink
White
Purple
Green
Black
Red
Grey
Blue
Orange

Now reversing sides, taking those same colors, what race or class would you expect the colors to represent as Heroes?

No right or wrong answers here just wondering what people associate for each. Please note I am game agnostic here, D&D would be the standard but I really don't care what game you pull from.

I look forward to your answers!
DZT

Orcs are green.

Purple would be Drow Elves.

Orange might be Hobgoblins.

Orcs are Brown. Orcs are Green. Orcs are sometimes Black too.

This is a tough call. I suggest a 'threat level' of creatures and assign a group of creatures to each colour and then when the cube is pulled its that one or roll a dice if its a group. Let the players see the colour list.

GBS
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Pink – Human
White – Skeletons or Gelatinous Cube
Purple – Fungoid
Green – Orks or Green Slime/molds
Black – Drow
Red – Kobalds
Grey – Orcs? or Rock creatures
Blue –
Orange -

For classes:

Red is wizard
Purple is Cleric
Green is Ranger
Black is Thief
Blue is Fighter
Brown is Druid
Grey is Paladin

I'd combine it with a even/odds chance to get one of both races:

Pink – Beholders, Slugs
White – Ghosts, Undead (or cubes/slimes if the former two are amalgamated)
Purple – Ilithids, Dark Elves
Green – Halflings, Lizards
Black – Orcs, Goblins
Red – Kobolds, Dragons
Grey – Dwarves, Ogres
Blue – Humans, Elves
Orange – Bugbears, Gnolls

Pink – Mind Flayer/Illithid or human(oids)/civilian classes (aristocrat/expert etc).
White – undead/spirits or Paladins.
Purple – purple worm or wizard/sorcerers.
Green – woodland creatures – elves, centaurs, animals or ranger/druids.
Black – evil critters, orcs, ogres, giants, etc or assassins/anti-paladins
Red – fire creatures, elementals, etc or fighter types
Grey – oozes & slimes, gelatinous cubes, the clean-up crew or rogues
Blue – ice/cold creatures or barbarians.
Orange – demons/devils/angels or clerics.

Pull two at a time to create a matrix of combinations.

@Battle Phlox

You are wrong about Paladins-they see everything as black or white, not shades of gray. So Paladins would be represented by white, Anti-Paladins by black.

An easier way to approach this would be to list the encounters you expect to use in your travel game. Trim the list to equal the number of colors. Then match the colors.

If you're playing D&D, the standard colors from Lords of Waterdeep are as follows:

orange: fighters
black: rogues
purple: mages
white: clerics

As for races:

white: Austrians
green: Russians
black: Prussians
red: British
blue: French

…

OK, I'll see myself out …

Thanks for all the suggestions! I loved the varied responses.

Pink
White
Purple
Green
Black
Red
Grey
Blue
Orange

Orks they come in all colors.

Pink – human/sorcerer
White – ghost/cleric
Purple – dark elf / wizard
Green – orc/ranger
Black – demon/thief
Red – dragon/fighter
Grey – dire wolf/bard
Blue – troll/paladin
Orange – minotaur/barbarian

You need a clear one for Gelatinous Cubes!

Why don't you just print the names of the races in squares on a sheet of label paper, cut them out, and stick them on the cubes? That way you circumvent having to reference what color means what.