Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-30663779-20171210021137/@comment-26890115-20181223123012

That is correct also there are guilds that are identifed by their color. Titan's Hand is an Orange Guild these guys rob players of their items. Army, Knights of the Blood Oath, and the Dragons are Blue Guilds since they are also the system administrators. Laughing Coffins is a Red Guild these guys are a murder for hire gang and have members in every guild. The reason Kirito and his party did not go orange or red is because they were defending themselves and members of their party. Take the episode Black Swordsman for example Kirito was defending Silica after Titan's Hand bullied her. Kirito told Rosalia he did not care if his curser went orange he was serving a warrent to arrest Titan's Hand for robbing the Silver Flags and killing them. Another example is when the Army, Dragons and Knights of the Blood Oath took out Laughing Coffins and Kirito and Asuna killed Kuradeel. You don't go orange or red for self defence or taking out an orange player you only go orange or red if you kill a green player or rob them.