  We examine the early phase intrinsic $(B-V)_{0}$ color evolution of a dozen
Type~Ia supernovae discovered within three days of the inferred time of first
light ($t_{first}$) and have $(B-V)_0$ color information beginning within 5
days of $t_{first}$. The sample indicates there are two distinct early
populations. The first is a population exhibiting blue colors that
slowlybevolve, and the second population exhibits red colors and evolves more
rapidly. We find that the early-blue events are all 1991T/1999aa-like with more
luminous slower declining light curves than those exhibiting early-red colors.
Placing the first sample on the Branch diagram (i.e., ratio of \ion{Si}{2}
$\lambda\lambda$5972, 6355 pseudo-Equivalent widths) indicates all blue objects
are of the Branch Shallow Silicon (SS) spectral type, while all early-red
events except for the 2000cx-like SN~2012fr are of the Branch Core-Normal (CN)
or CooL (CL) type. A number of potential processes contributing to the early
emission are explored, and we find that, in general, the viewing-angle
dependance inherent in the companion collision model is inconsistent with all
SS objects with early-time observations being blue and exhibiting an excess. We
caution that great care must be taken when interpreting early-phase light
curves as there may be a variety of physical processes that are possibly at
play and significant theoretical work remains to be done.
