Which groups joined together during the Nika revolt in Constantinople?

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Mosaic detail of Emperor Justinian I with a jeweled crown and halo, wearing ornate robes, from the Church of San Vitale in Ravenna, Italy. — Justinian I Justinian I, detail of a mosaic in the Church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy.

During the Nika revolt of 532 in Constantinople, the two primary groups that joined together were the Blues and the Greens.12

These factions were originally organized to support rival charioteers in the Hippodrome and were typically divided by partisan fanaticism rather than political or religious ideology. However, during the Nika revolt, they united to voice political opposition against the imperial government, specifically protesting the severity of the city prefect and demanding the dismissal of two of Justinian’s unpopular officials, John of Cappadocia and Tribonian.21