If I name a color with painter that the sword gives protection from does it make the sword fall off of creatures. example, I name red, would it make sword of fire and ice fall off an equipped creature?
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If I name a color with painter that the sword gives protection from does it make the sword fall off of creatures. example, I name red, would it make sword of fire and ice fall off an equipped creature?
Yes. Protection from x means that the permanent can't have things with quality x attached to it. You can still equip the sword but it will fall off before any player receives priority.
how does white ward work then, or does that just get its own special exemption.
White Ward has its own exception.