Grindelwald and Badge Colors (WAS: A few questions)

[Susan Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 66714

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tom Wall" <thomasmwall at y...> 
wrote:
Joe in SoFla asked:
> 2- What color are the prefect badges?

and Tom replied:
> I'm guessing that they are adorned in the colors for each house. In 
> OoP, Ch.9, p160 (US edition,) the description of Ron's badge comes 
> when one of the twins grabs the envelope from his brother's hand 
and dumps it outside down:
> "Harry saw something scarlet and gold fall into George's palm."
> So, since the prefects' badges are pinned to their robes, I'm 
> guessing that the scarlet and gold is the actual color of the 
badge, and not of any kind of ribbon or what-not. So, if all of the 
badges come in the house colors, then probably the only common 
denominators for the prefects' badges are their shape, size, and 
(unless the prefects get a wide berth for this) the location on the 
robes in which they are pinned.

<MY (Susuan's) REPLY>

Percy Weasley's prefect badge, however, was silver (canon on this), 
so at some point JKR changed her description of badges.

Susan