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The taint (Mannoroth's blood) was passed down between bloodlines of the Orcs, those who got the taint genetically (not drinking the blood) have green skin. Otherwise those who got too much exposure to fel magic while already having this biological taint had red pigment.
It is also highly likely that fel magic tainted those who refused the blood at some point, turning them to green rather than red. Thus red is the most corrupted one.
We can dig more deeply in conspiracy theories that somebody on-purpose poisoned those who rejected Mannoroth's blood.
There is simply no excuse to make the Orcs.. brown in the movie.. If that happens I will count on editing to recolor orcs.
Brown > Green > Red
It is also highly likely that fel magic tainted those who refused the blood at some point, turning them to green rather than red. Thus red is the most corrupted one.
We can dig more deeply in conspiracy theories that somebody on-purpose poisoned those who rejected Mannoroth's blood.
There is simply no excuse to make the Orcs.. brown in the movie.. If that happens I will count on editing to recolor orcs.
Brown > Green > Red