>>49181147The colors in the 3D games are based on the official art by Sugimori, which in some cases are kind of washed out seemingly to mimic his old watercolor style.
Mind you, even though those are technically the "correct" colors, a lot of Pokemon, particularly from gens 1 to 3, don't really have a consistent color scheme across all media.
For instance here's Parasect in its main art...
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