"Why," you might ask?"FOR SCIENCE!" I would reply. Oh, and because ponies.I was trying to choose colors for some original characters and most of them were turning out terrible, so I began studying pony colors a bit more thoroughly. One thing lead to another, and I eventually decided to make a little research project out of it.I do hope I applied the distance covariance independence test correctly. Though I tried my best to be accurate and careful in my approach, this paper has not been thoroughly peer-reviewed. There may be technical mistakes; If you see one, let me know in the comments and I'll look into it!