Cards that epitomize each color

[Jbomba53]

I was discussing with my girlfriend, who also plays, what one card do we think exemplifies each color perfectly.  We came up with the following five.  I thought it'd be a fun question and wondered what everyone else thinks.  A note: We've only been playing a couple months, so we don't know as many cards, so if something is like "omg how did they not think of this one!?" please forgive

Red: Lightning Bolt
Black: Sign in Blood or Dismember
Blue: Counterspell
Green: Elvish Mystic
White: Ajani's Pridemate (her)/Timely Reinforcements (me)

[DelverMage]

Old School Take:

Red - Lightning Bolt
Black - Terror
Blue - Counterspell
Green - Llanowar Elf
White - White Knight

[xcver]

As Garfield intended:

Red - Lightning Bolt
Black - Dark Ritual
Blue - Ancestral Recall
Green - Giant Growth
White - Healing Salve

and as I see it

Red - Chaos Warp
Black - Sacrifice
Blue - Thirst for Knowledge
Green - Force of Nature
White - Balance

[KouriNick]

I like the lists so far! here's mine:

Red   - Goblin Guide
Black - Liliana of the Veil
Blue  - Remand
Green - Primeval Titan
White -  Auriok Champion

[robort]

red: will always be lightning bolt
black: will always be doom blade
blue : will always be jace (pick anyone of them)
white: will always be path to exile
green: will always be either llanowar elf or elvish mystic

[Jabilac]

Red - Lightning Bolt
Black - Dark Confidant
Blue - Counterspell
Green - Become Immense
White - Serra Angel

[NathanJ]

I lack the history with the game to really do justice, but I'll give my takes. Or at least the cards that come to mind whenever someone mentions a color.

Red is Lightning Bolt, like just about everyone else.
Blue is Contradict. Not a great card, but I think of it as pretty well encapsulating the color.
Black is Read The Bones.
White is Raise The Alarm.
Green for me is the Terra Stomper.

[G. Moto]

Ok here's my turn:
  White - knight of glory
  Blue - calculated dismissal
  Black - murder
  Red - Fiery temper
  Green - nissa's renewal