There were many different sprites in Gen 1 divided into seven different lines. That gives a possible total of no less than 50 but only 39 different ones were actually made. Here's the breakdown.
TYPE>.......Hand......Large Boy......Large Girl......Hatful......Emotions......Taco......Baby*
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COLOR
White.........YES.......YES...............NO...............YES.......YES..............YES.......NO
Red............YES.......YES..............NO................YES......YES...............YES......YES
Orange.......YES.......YES..............NO.................NO........NO.................NO.......YES
Yellow........YES.......YES..............NO.................YES......YES...............YES.....YES
Green.........YES.......YES..............NO.................YES......YES...............NO.......NO
Blue...........YES.......YES..............NO.................YES......YES...............YES.....NO
Indigo.........YES.......NO................NO.................YES......NO.................NO.......NO
Violet.........YES.......NO................NO..................NO.......NO.................NO.......NO
Dk. Pink......NO........NO................NO..................NO.......NO.................NO......YES
Lt. Pink.......NO........NO................YES................NO.......NO.................NO.......NO
Lt. Yellow....NO........NO................YES................NO.......NO.................NO.......NO
Lt. Green.....NO........NO................YES................NO.......NO.................NO.......NO
Turquoise....NO........NO................YES................NO.......NO.................NO.......NO
Purple.........NO........NO................YES................NO.......NO.................NO.......NO
Lavender.....NO........NO................YES................NO.......NO.................NO.......NO
*For the Baby Sprites, the color shown is that around the face.
If you include the lighter shade used for Merrily, yellow was the most popular color for sprites and the only one used across the board. Red and blue were next in line, followed by green. The least popular color was violet followed by the unique colors for the girl sprites.
Yes, really. 39 different sprites. 42 if you count the three different Lurkys that were made.
