Is super saiyan god a "super saiyan" transformation, or does just it have a missleading name?


After watching the trailer of the new Dragon Ball movie, where a villain with
an armor similar to saiyans appear and it has yellow eyes,

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gCVyT.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/gCVyT.jpg)

I started to wonder if a super saiyan transformation can have eyes of a
different color than blue, so I started to check,

SSJ1, USSJ, SSJ2, SSJ3, blue eyes, SS Rage, blue eyes, Legendary SS , blue
eyes, SS Blue, blue eyes, SS Blue evolution, blue eyes,

SS Rosé, pink eyes, but I'm not sure if this counts because it comes from a
half god / half saiyan, Ultra Instinct grey eyes, but apparently this isnt a
super saiyan transformation, but a form any race can get, SSJ4 yellow eyes but
it's non canon,

And the only one that's left is super saiyan god with red eyes, but is this
transformation a real "super saiyan" transformation or it's just a missleading
name? Super Saiyan Blue is attained by "getting the power of a super saiyan
god and transforming into a super saiyan" . So how can you transform into a
super saiyan if you already have the power of a "super saiyan" god? Wouldnt
this mean the "super saiyan" god is a missleading name and it isnt a "super
saiyan" transformation but another kind of saiyan transformation?




The Super Saiyan God transformation [requires the power of 6 pure hearted
Saiyans](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan_God#The_Ritual).
However it is not mentioned anywhere that the 6 Saiyans must be Super-Saiyan
themselves, (since Videl's unborn child was able to contribute as well).

I think it gets very confusing though because all the Saiyans during the
ritual including Goku were super-Saiyans(except Videl's child) and yet
[Videl's hair-color also changed to
Golden](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/4/40/Ritual_2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160716144138).
So I think the name **_Super Saiyan God_** is a misnomer and it should have
actually been **_Saiyan God_**.

It would also make sense that way, since [Super Saiyan
Blue](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan_Blue) would then
technically be a **"Saiyan God"** who does a Super-Saiyan transformation. That
would be more accurate, but I guess we have to accept Akira Toriyama's naming
convention, since it is his creation after all.




The Super Saiyan God transformation [requires the power of 6 pure hearted
Saiyans](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan_God#The_Ritual).
However it is not mentioned anywhere that the 6 Saiyans must be Super-Saiyan
themselves, (since Videl's unborn child was able to contribute as well).

I think it gets very confusing though because all the Saiyans during the
ritual including Goku were super-Saiyans(except Videl's child) and yet
[Videl's hair-color also changed to
Golden](https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/dragonball/images/4/40/Ritual_2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20160716144138).
So I think the name **_Super Saiyan God_** is a misnomer and it should have
actually been **_Saiyan God_**.

It would also make sense that way, since [Super Saiyan
Blue](http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan_Blue) would then
technically be a **"Saiyan God"** who does a Super-Saiyan transformation. That
would be more accurate, but I guess we have to accept Akira Toriyama's naming
convention, since it is his creation after all.

