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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Pink, with Orange and Purple also joining later. Special feature: only shoes, belts, gloves and visors have their own custom colors, when most of the suits are gray. And when they get a team power-up, a color reversal happens.

Connection Detective, Tantei Red!
Records Detective, Tantei Yellow!
Science Detective, Tantei Green!
Mindset Detective, Tantei Blue!
Talking Detective, Tantei Pink!
Network Detective, Tantei Orange!
Detail Detective, Tantei Violet!
Seeking truth and justice! Chosa Sentai, Tanteiger!

The name means "Investigation Team Detective-ger," and they're a team of private detectives, each a genius in a different field of investigation (Yellow takes photos and looks at records, Green analyzes samples from the crime scene, Blue figures out how criminals think, Pink interviews suspects and witnesses, Orange listens for rumors and gossip, Violet catches details others don't notice, and Red puts it all together to find the answer), who investigate cases beyond the reach of the police. Usually their cases turn out to involve otherworldly criminals who reveal their true monstrous forms when caught, and the major villains are an otherworld mafia family who hire out their footsoldiers as muscle for other criminals and sell the drug the MotWs use to become giant, among other crimes.

Where the gray suits come in is that the season's aesthetics are heavily inspired by film noir with a dash of cyberpunk (which historically also takes a lot of inspiration from noir). The set and costume design for heroes, villains and civilians alike all uses an intentionally limited color palette with mostly grayscale to make the splashes of color pop more, and the rangers' equipment blends advanced tech with a retro feel: Their suits look like business suits with fedora bands for the visors (I'm also gonna cheat a little and say they have colored neckties as well), the power-up gives them trenchcoats, their weapon is a revolver and their mecha are styled like classic cars. Narrations like the "previously" and "next time" segments are done in the style of a noir detective's internal monologue, usually by Red but sometimes by another character. Sometimes the filming even goes fully black-and-white for dramatic effect, with color digitally re-added to the colored parts of the rangers.