Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27821571-20160915183730/@comment-3279282-20160916173831

The colorisation comes from random dudes at Shueisha without any contact to Kishimoto. For example, they colored Sasuke's Rinnegan red before it was revealed to be purple.

And Kyle, just because you somehow can't imagine Gaara manipulating sand on his own accord, it doesn't mean that his sand manipulation comes from Shukaku.