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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?


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


Your question honestly doesn't make much sense as it kind of answers itself in
your last paragraph, however, I'll try my best to break it down.

* The color of the eyes have nothing to do with the transformations. It is just a selective form of artwork chosen by the artists of the show to help accentuate the color of the entire transformation. So In other words, _"can a super saiyan transformation have eyes of a different color than blue?"_ The answer would be **Depends**. If the artist chooses to color the eyes Orange, they'd be orange and same goes for blue.
* Secondy, Super Saiyan God is indeed a Saiyan transformation. It is a form of Ritual which allows a Saiyan to attain Godly ki without actual training in the same. Goku was able to attain this transformation without any training of God Ki. We also know that this transformation can be attained by training based on Vegeta in the manga. Super Saiyan Blue, on the other hand, is the adaptation of God ki to the Super Saiyan transformation.
* A good analogy for the same would be a technique like **Instant transmission**. When Goku learned the transformation, he managed to adapt it to his fighting style while he is a Super Saiyan, Super Saiyan 2 or Super Saiyan Blue etc. Similarly, when God Ki is applied during a Super Saiyan transformation, it results in a character transforming into Super Saiyan Blue. One can only do the same if he has a fairly good mastery of God Ki, which is probably why this transformation is stronger than Super Saiyan God as one can attain that even without actual training. 
* Also, Goku's Ulra Instinct transformation is definitely exclusive to Saiyans. The angels don't have an exclusive transformation to utilize this skill. We see Beerus utilize an unmastered version of the same in the manga. We know that the Saiyans evolution in strength is always seen through transformations. So it only makes sense this would be a transformation when a Saiyan masters it.


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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.


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