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* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'': The infection that drives the game's story is marked by a strong bright orange color, to the point where only a few orange objects in the entire game are unrelated to it. Infected enemies [[AlienBlood bleed orange]] and several of them have large blobs of it on their bodies. [[spoiler:When the Forgotten Crossroads become the Infected Crossroads, covering the area with its orange substance, it becomes apparent that the source of it is located around there.]]
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* '''[[PaintTheIndexRed Red]]''' is a bright color and creates feelings of excitement and intensity. It is also used to warn of danger and can symbolize [[RedIsViolent anger]] or passion (calling to mind the FlamesOfLove). In Indian culture (UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}) and many parts of Southeast Asia, red is the color of marriage. In East Asia, red is the color of luck (hence red envelopes on Chinese New Year). Oh, it's also the color of [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies communism]]. Ironically, UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates's ''right''-wing [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem Republican Party]] is also associated with the color red: by the TurnOfTheMillennium, the standard color scheme in electoral maps on the news had coalesced as red for Republicans and blue for Democrats.
* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to [[BlueMeansSmartOne intellect]] and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. With blue pigments being rare in nature, it is associated with unattainable beauty and rarity, such as in the concept of the blue rose. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, and is specifically the colour of sailors and police, but it can also represent laborers and the working class due to association with the traditional colour of denim workwear.
* '''[[GreenTropes Green]]''', in an odd duality, represents both [[GreenMeansNatural the natural]] and the unnatural. It has the obvious association with nature, plant life, and environmentalism, but is also commonly the color of [[TechnicolorToxin poison]] and [[SicklyGreenGlow radiation]] (especially when mixed with yellow), and is often the color of the [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch]] or the strange and alien. Similarly, it is associated with both health (the colour of hospitals, healing magic and healthy plants and foods) and sickness (the colour of puke, snot and nausea). Bright green can mean "good/correct/positive" (especially in opposition to bright red as bad/incorrect/negative), playing off the idea of it meaning safety. Green is the colour of the military, since camouflage is usually in shades of green. Green is also the colour of money in America, and (especially in HipHop) marijuana.
* '''[[TheYellowIndex Yellow]]''' is cheery and warm. However, it can cause feelings of frustration and anger when it is the predominant color. It also has connections to [[CowardlyYellow fear and cowardice]]. In China, yellow is also seen as the color of royalty, mainly due to ancient China forbidding anyone but the emperor from wearing it. Soft, pale yellow is the colour of blond hair, an uncommon hair colour that mostly occurs naturally on children and baby birds, and therefore represents [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold purity]] and cuteness. Yellow is associated with industrial work -- in industrial settings, yellow is used to signal dangerous machinery or increase visibility of workers. Through this, it can also represent safety, through its use in safety equipment like hard hats and protective gloves. Yellow often forms the middle part of a spectrum between red and green, where red signals stop/bad/danger and green signals go/good/safe -- yellow therefore signals ready/warning/caution. Yellow can also be added to the pink/blue spectrum to represent a gender somewhere between them, being used for babies whose sex isn't known, and is often the colour of tomboyish girls. It's also the dominant colour in the nonbinary and intersex Pride flags.
* '''[[PurpleIsTheNewTrope Purple]]''' is the color of royalty and wealth, but also of wisdom. It is often associated with spirituality, [[PurpleIsPowerful power]], exoticism, or poisonousness. In Japan, purple is one of two colors associated with death, the other being white. Due to being both a powerful masculine colour (the colour of kings) as well as regarded as a feminine colour (a more tomboyish alternative to pink) -- and in fact, being a mix of red and blue -- it has a connotation of flamboyance and gender ambiguity. In addition to this, it has an association with psychedelia, so purple is a popular colour with gender-bending and funky rock stars, from Music/JamesBrown to Music/JimiHendrix to Music/{{Prince}}. Politically, purple represents monarchy, and (in a red/blue two party system) 'third option' political tendencies.
* '''[[ThisIndexIsBrown Brown]]''' gives a feeling of strength and dependability. It makes us feel warmth, security, and comfort. Conversely, it is also the color of filthiness and decay. Brown is extremely common in nature, as the colour of the earth, tree trunks and dying/dead leaves, and a lot of animals (including humans) evolved hair, feathers and skin in brown pigments as camouflage and sun protection -- natural products like wood, paper, fur and leather have to be processed with chemicals to make them into more appealing colours. Through this association, brown is the colour of roughness and naturalness, often used to market "eco-friendly" products. Paradoxically, it can be associated with old fashioned riches, as many luxury goods plundered during colonialism were brown (coffee, tea, exotic wood, spices) and were displayed prominently in rich European homes. Politically, brown represents fascism -- in some European contexts, it's used as an opposite of green to refer to organisations and companies that are in favour of pollution.
* '''[[AnIndexOrange Orange]]''' is, like yellow and red, an exciting color. It easily draws attention and [[VibrantOrange conveys a feeling of warmth and enthusiasm]].
* '''[[PinkTropes Pink]]''' is associated with romance, love, [[PinkIsErotic sex]], and [[PinkMeansFeminine femininity]]--though this wasn't universal until the mid-to-late twentieth century, before which pink was sometimes seen as [[RealMenWearPink masculine]] due to red's association with blood. In Japanese media, pink can be associated with a CherryBlossomGirl and by extension spring and rebirth. Pink also has a calming effect.
* '''[[TropesInBlack Black]]''' is a color (or rather, not-color) of menace or evil. It can also be associated with death and, sometimes, rebirth. Due to it being what you see when your eyes are closed, it can also represent oblivion. Its association with sinister, understated strength, and a sense of it being a "rejection" of garish and distracting colours, gives it an association with [[AManOfWealthAndTaste stylish luxury and affluence]], especially in fashion, furniture and packaging. In politics, it is the colour of anarchism and of militant, street-level movements, whether left (black bloc) or right (Blackshirts). It also represents Black civil rights movements and cultural identity.

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* '''[[PaintTheIndexRed Red]]''' is a bright color and creates feelings of excitement and intensity. It is also used to warn of danger and can symbolize [[RedIsViolent anger]] or passion (calling to mind the FlamesOfLove). In Indian culture (UsefulNotes/{{Bollywood}}) and many parts of Southeast Asia, red is the color of marriage. In East Asia, red is the color of luck (hence red envelopes on Chinese New Year). Oh, it's also the color of UsefulNotes/{{socialism}} and [[UsefulNotes/PoliticalIdeologies communism]]. Ironically, UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates's ''right''-wing [[UsefulNotes/AmericanPoliticalSystem Republican Party]] is also associated with the color red: by the TurnOfTheMillennium, the standard color scheme in electoral maps on the news had coalesced as red for Republicans and blue for Democrats.
* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to [[BlueMeansSmartOne intellect]] and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. With blue pigments being rare in nature, it is associated with unattainable beauty and rarity, such as in the concept of the blue rose. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, and is specifically the colour of sailors and police, but it can also represent laborers and the working class due to association with the traditional colour of denim workwear.
workwear. In America, however, it's associated with the liberal-leaning Democratic party.
* '''[[GreenTropes Green]]''', in an odd duality, represents both [[GreenMeansNatural the natural]] and the unnatural. It has the obvious association with nature, plant life, and environmentalism, but is also commonly the color of [[TechnicolorToxin poison]] and [[SicklyGreenGlow radiation]] (especially when mixed with yellow), and is often the color of the [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch]] or the strange and alien. Similarly, it is associated with both health (the colour of hospitals, healing magic and healthy plants and foods) and sickness (the colour of puke, snot and nausea). Bright green can mean "good/correct/positive" (especially in opposition to bright red as bad/incorrect/negative), playing off the idea of it meaning safety. Green is the colour of the military, since camouflage is usually in shades of green. Green is also the colour of money in America, and (especially in HipHop) marijuana. \n Green is heavily associated with the religion of Islam.
* '''[[TheYellowIndex Yellow]]''' is cheery and warm. However, it can cause feelings of frustration and anger when it is the predominant color. It also has connections to [[CowardlyYellow fear and cowardice]]. In China, yellow is also seen as the color of royalty, mainly due to ancient China forbidding anyone but the emperor from wearing it. Soft, pale yellow is the colour of blond hair, an uncommon hair colour that mostly occurs naturally on children and baby birds, and therefore represents [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold purity]] and cuteness. Yellow is associated with industrial work -- in industrial settings, yellow is used to signal dangerous machinery or increase visibility of workers. Through this, it can also represent safety, through its use in safety equipment like hard hats and protective gloves. Yellow often forms the middle part of a spectrum between red and green, where red signals stop/bad/danger and green signals go/good/safe -- yellow therefore signals ready/warning/caution. Yellow can also be added to the pink/blue spectrum to represent a gender somewhere between them, being used for babies whose sex isn't known, and is often the colour of tomboyish girls. It's also the dominant colour in the nonbinary and intersex Pride flags.
flags. Politically, yellow is generally associated with liberalism and right-libertarianism (though it's considered a monarchist color in East Asia).
* '''[[PurpleIsTheNewTrope Purple]]''' is the color of royalty and wealth, but also of wisdom. It is often associated with spirituality, [[PurpleIsPowerful power]], exoticism, or poisonousness. In Japan, purple is one of two colors associated with death, the other being white. Due to being both a powerful masculine colour (the colour of kings) as well as regarded as a feminine colour (a more tomboyish alternative to pink) -- and in fact, being a mix of red and blue -- it has a connotation of flamboyance and gender ambiguity. In addition to this, it has an association with psychedelia, so purple is a popular colour with gender-bending and funky rock stars, from Music/JamesBrown to Music/JimiHendrix to Music/{{Prince}}. Politically, purple represents monarchy, and (in a red/blue two party two-party system) 'third option' political tendencies.
* '''[[ThisIndexIsBrown Brown]]''' gives a feeling of strength and dependability. It makes us feel warmth, security, and comfort. Conversely, it is also the color of filthiness and decay. Brown is extremely common in nature, as the colour of the earth, tree trunks and dying/dead leaves, and a lot of animals (including humans) evolved hair, feathers and skin in brown pigments as camouflage and sun protection -- natural products like wood, paper, fur and leather have to be processed with chemicals to make them into more appealing colours. Through this association, brown is the colour of roughness and naturalness, often used to market "eco-friendly" products. Paradoxically, it can be associated with old fashioned riches, as many luxury goods plundered during colonialism were brown (coffee, tea, exotic wood, spices) and were displayed prominently in rich European homes. Politically, brown represents fascism far-right ideologies, especially UsefulNotes/{{fascism}} -- in some European contexts, it's used as an opposite of green to refer to organisations and companies that are in favour of pollution.
* '''[[AnIndexOrange Orange]]''' is, like yellow and red, an exciting color. It easily draws attention and [[VibrantOrange conveys a feeling of warmth and enthusiasm]].
enthusiasm]]. Politically, it's associated with Christian democracy; to a lesser extent, it's sometimes used to represent various forms of populism.
* '''[[PinkTropes Pink]]''' is associated with romance, love, [[PinkIsErotic sex]], and [[PinkMeansFeminine femininity]]--though this wasn't universal until the mid-to-late twentieth century, before which pink was sometimes seen as [[RealMenWearPink masculine]] due to red's association with blood. In Japanese media, pink can be associated with a CherryBlossomGirl and by extension spring and rebirth. Pink also has a calming effect.
effect. Pink is frequently associated with LGBT people. Some moderate left groups (especially ones with social democratic leanings) have adopted pink.
* '''[[TropesInBlack Black]]''' is a color (or rather, not-color) of menace or evil. It can also be associated with death and, sometimes, rebirth. Due to it being what you see when your eyes are closed, it can also represent oblivion. Its association with sinister, understated strength, and a sense of it being a "rejection" of garish and distracting colours, gives it an association with [[AManOfWealthAndTaste stylish luxury and affluence]], especially in fashion, furniture and packaging. In politics, it is the colour of anarchism and of militant, street-level movements, whether left (black bloc) or right (Blackshirts). It also represents Black black civil rights movements and cultural identity.



* '''[[GrayTropes Grey]]''' is used for mourning, humility and repentance. It can also represent depression, plainness, and lack of life or joy. Like brown, grey is common in nature, particularly rock and metal which gives it a similar connotation of strength. While usually a sombre colour that can represent seriousness and austerity, inclement weather often involves a grey sky, giving grey a connotation of rage and drama similar to storms and tornados.

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* '''[[GrayTropes Grey]]''' is used for mourning, humility and repentance. It can also represent depression, plainness, and lack of life or joy. Like brown, grey is common in nature, particularly rock and metal which gives it a similar connotation of strength. While usually a sombre colour that can represent seriousness and austerity, inclement weather often involves a grey sky, giving grey a connotation of rage and drama similar to storms and tornados. Independent politicians are often associated with the color.



** Luffy is Red. This perfectly goes with his easygoing, hyperactive, and HotBlooded personality. His trademark clothes often has red in them.

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** Luffy is Red. This perfectly goes with his easygoing, hyperactive, and HotBlooded personality. His trademark clothes often has have red in them.



* In ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'', white is highly associated with death (it doesn't help that the moon looks like a giant skull.) This becomes especially apparent in ''Defender of the Crown'', when the author himself begins to use the color as a form of foreshadowing.

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* In ''Literature/TheReynardCycle'', white is highly associated with death (it doesn't help that the moon looks like a giant skull.) This becomes especially apparent in ''Defender of the Crown'', when the author himself begins to use the color as a form of foreshadowing.{{foreshadowing}}.
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* ''Series/CriminologistHimuraAndMysteryWriterArisugawa'':
** The "Study in Vermilion" cases have, expectedly, the colour orange connecting them together. The first case, murder by arson, left Akemi with a deep phobia of the colour orange, as she associated it with the fire that killed her uncle. The second case took place at Cape Tasogare, with ''tasogare'' being a niche term for dusk -- Akemi's phobia is notably triggered by the evening sunset painting the sky orange. And then the final case takes place in an apartment complex called Orange Tachibana. When Arisugawa notices this colour connection and points it out, Himura remarks that it's just like an author to have noticed that thread.
** While imprisoned, Moroboshi wears a white cape that marks her as an ethereal and [[VillainInAWhiteSuit sinister]] figure. When she escapes and becomes directly involved in the plot, she switches her cape for a more striking [[EvilWearsBlack all-black]] ensemble.
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*** Scenes around Luz sometimes have some mixture of royal blue, magenta, and lavender -- the colors of [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bisexual_Pride_Flag.svg the bisexual pride flag]], since Luz herself is bi.

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*** Scenes around Luz sometimes have some mixture of royal blue, magenta, pink, and lavender purple -- the colors of [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bisexual_Pride_Flag.svg the bisexual pride flag]], since Luz herself is bi.
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* A common motif in comic books is for the heroes to be dressed in [[PrimaryColorChampion primary colors]] (Franchise/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, Franchise/SpiderMan, Franchise/WonderWoman, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the ComicBook/FantasticFour) and the villains in [[SecondaryColorNemesis secondary colors]] (ComicBook/LexLuthor, ComicBook/TheJoker, [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], ComicBook/GreenGoblin).

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* A common motif in comic books is for the heroes to be dressed in [[PrimaryColorChampion primary colors]] (Franchise/{{Superman}}, ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}, Franchise/SpiderMan, ComicBook/SpiderMan, Franchise/WonderWoman, ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, the ComicBook/FantasticFour) and the villains in [[SecondaryColorNemesis secondary colors]] (ComicBook/LexLuthor, ComicBook/TheJoker, [[Characters/MarvelComicsDoctorDoom Doctor Doom]], ComicBook/GreenGoblin).
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* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to intellect and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. With blue pigments being rare in nature, it is associated with unattainable beauty and rarity, such as in the concept of the blue rose. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, and is specifically the colour of sailors and police, but it can also represent laborers and the working class due to association with the traditional colour of denim workwear.

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* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to intellect [[BlueMeansSmartOne intellect]] and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. With blue pigments being rare in nature, it is associated with unattainable beauty and rarity, such as in the concept of the blue rose. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, and is specifically the colour of sailors and police, but it can also represent laborers and the working class due to association with the traditional colour of denim workwear.



* While most of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove''[='=]s main cast were given one of these, Ao's case is the most blatant. Her name means "blue"[[note]][[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue Sure, "Ao" can mean blue or green]], but an unanimated part of Chapter 16 established her name is taken to mean "blue" in-universe.[[/note]], she has [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow blue hair and blue eyes]], and personality-wise she's a mixture of BlueIsCalm with a bit of ShyBlueHairedGirl, not to mention she has [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak quite a tint of masculinity]].

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* While most of ''Manga/AsteroidInLove''[='=]s main cast were given one of these, Ao's case is the most blatant. Her name means "blue"[[note]][[UsefulNotes/GreenIsBlue Sure, "Ao" can mean blue or green]], but an unanimated part of Chapter 16 established her name is taken to mean "blue" in-universe.[[/note]], she has [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow blue hair and blue eyes]], and personality-wise she's a mixture of BlueIsCalm BlueIsCalm, BlueMeansSmartOne with a bit of ShyBlueHairedGirl, not to mention she has [[GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak quite a tint of masculinity]].
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* The ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManSpiderVerse'' films do this a lot, with various characters having color motifs significant to their arcs:
** Spider-People in general like Peter, Miles, Peni, Noir, Spider-Ham, Hobie, Margo, and Pavitir are [[PrimaryColorChampion all associated with red and blue]] — traditionally "heroic" colors and, of course, the iconic color scheme of the original Spidey costume. [[AntiHero Miguel O'Hara]], the Spider-Man of the 2099 universe, retains this color association, but with ''much'' darker shades of blue and red, symbolizing both the DarkerAndEdgier nature of his home reality and how he himself has become warped into a KnightTemplar.
** Spider-Gwen and her universe are associated with a variety of pastel colors, both to riff on the "punk rock indie comic" vibe of her world and likely to symbolize how Gwen's personal life and emotions have become turbulent thanks to her superheroism.
** [[TheDragon The Prowler]] is associated with [[SecondaryColorNemesis purple and green]] in order to contrast with Spider-Man's colors, since his gimmick is essentially being an EvilCounterpart with similar powers to Spidey but faked through technology. [[spoiler:The color is ''also'' used subtly with Miles quite a bit, foreshadowing both TheReveal in the first film that [[LukeIAmYourFather he's unknowingly Prowler's nephew]] and the twist in the second where he meets an alternate version of himself who became the second Prowler.]]
** Kingpin and the Spot are both associated with [[GrayscaleOfEvil black and white]], marking them out as major supervillains. With Spot, it's also used to symbolize his character arc. At the start, when he's a doofy HarmlessVillain, he's white-with-black-spots, giving him a silly appearance and an innocent, non-threatening demeanor. Once he's [[CharacterDevelopment developed]] into a terrifying BigBad and NotSoHarmlessVillain, he switches to being black-with-white-spots, making him look much more intimidating and symbolically showing his [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil corruption]] from a mere scientist trying to assert control over his ruined life to a vengeful, murderous madman who will destroy worlds to get even with anybody who disrespects him.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', three characters are associated specifically with a particular color, present in all their outfits:

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** Hans is associated with [[VillainInAWhiteSuit white]] as a [[spoiler:subversion]] of Disney [[LightIsGood expectations]]. But in a more subtle manner, he wears purple under his coat, a common color motif used to represent villains in animated Disney films.

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* In the DVDCommentary for ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'', the creators note when colors are used for certain effect, based on Chinese symbolism. For example, gold means heroism, even for the BigBad, who sees himself as the hero (and everyone else as just in his way) having golden eyes. Green represents wisdom, as seen in the green Oogway and Po's green eyes.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove'', Yzma is heavily associated with the color purple; fittingly enough, the color is associated with royalty, madness and magic.
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* In ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', Mashiro, an IdiotSavant and genius artist asks Sorata, her future CloudcuckoolandersMinder what color he pictures himself. He claims to be opal-like, a swirling of colors. She sees herself as white. Later on he is depicted as insecure, confused about his future and overly worried about being normal; she instead is completely focused in her art, if not unbounded by societal norms.

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* In ''LightNovel/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', ''Literature/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou'', Mashiro, an IdiotSavant and genius artist asks Sorata, her future CloudcuckoolandersMinder what color he pictures himself. He claims to be opal-like, a swirling of colors. She sees herself as white. Later on he is depicted as insecure, confused about his future and overly worried about being normal; she instead is completely focused in her art, if not unbounded by societal norms.



* Almost all of the core ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' gang have a color associated with them. Kirito (Black), Asuna (White and Red), Leafa (Leaf Green), Sinon (Cyan and Olive Green), Lisbeth (Pink), Klein (Red), Agil (Emerald Green), and Yuuki (Purple), Alice (Gold), and Eugeo (Blue). The only exception is Silica who has variably been given Red, Blue, and Yellow, without any specific fixed color.

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* Almost all of the core ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'' ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' gang have a color associated with them. Kirito (Black), Asuna (White and Red), Leafa (Leaf Green), Sinon (Cyan and Olive Green), Lisbeth (Pink), Klein (Red), Agil (Emerald Green), and Yuuki (Purple), Alice (Gold), and Eugeo (Blue). The only exception is Silica who has variably been given Red, Blue, and Yellow, without any specific fixed color.

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* '''[[TheYellowIndex Yellow]]''' is cheery and warm. However, it can cause feelings of frustration and anger when it is the predominant color. It also has connections to [[CowardlyYellow fear and cowardice]]. In China, yellow is also seen as the color of royalty, mainly due to ancient China forbidding anyone but the emperor from wearing it. Yellow is the colour of blond hair, an uncommon hair colour that mostly occurs naturally on children, and therefore [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold a Western beauty/purity ideal]]. Yellow is associated with industrial work -- in industrial settings, yellow is used to signal dangerous machinery or increase visibility of workers. Through this, it can also represent safety, through its use in safety equipment like hard hats and protective gloves. Yellow often forms the middle part of a spectrum between red and green, where red signals stop/bad/danger and green signals go/good/safe -- yellow therefore signals ready/warning/caution.

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* '''[[TheYellowIndex Yellow]]''' is cheery and warm. However, it can cause feelings of frustration and anger when it is the predominant color. It also has connections to [[CowardlyYellow fear and cowardice]]. In China, yellow is also seen as the color of royalty, mainly due to ancient China forbidding anyone but the emperor from wearing it. Yellow Soft, pale yellow is the colour of blond hair, an uncommon hair colour that mostly occurs naturally on children, children and baby birds, and therefore represents [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold a Western beauty/purity ideal]].purity]] and cuteness. Yellow is associated with industrial work -- in industrial settings, yellow is used to signal dangerous machinery or increase visibility of workers. Through this, it can also represent safety, through its use in safety equipment like hard hats and protective gloves. Yellow often forms the middle part of a spectrum between red and green, where red signals stop/bad/danger and green signals go/good/safe -- yellow therefore signals ready/warning/caution. Yellow can also be added to the pink/blue spectrum to represent a gender somewhere between them, being used for babies whose sex isn't known, and is often the colour of tomboyish girls. It's also the dominant colour in the nonbinary and intersex Pride flags.

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* '''[[PurpleIsTheNewTrope Purple]]''' is the color of royalty and wealth, but also of wisdom. It is often associated with spirituality, [[PurpleIsPowerful power]], exoticism, or poisonousness. In Japan, purple is one of two colors associated with death, the other being white.

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* '''[[PurpleIsTheNewTrope Purple]]''' is the color of royalty and wealth, but also of wisdom. It is often associated with spirituality, [[PurpleIsPowerful power]], exoticism, or poisonousness. In Japan, purple is one of two colors associated with death, the other being white. Due to being both a powerful masculine colour (the colour of kings) as well as regarded as a feminine colour (a more tomboyish alternative to pink) -- and in fact, being a mix of red and blue -- it has a connotation of flamboyance and gender ambiguity. In addition to this, it has an association with psychedelia, so purple is a popular colour with gender-bending and funky rock stars, from Music/JamesBrown to Music/JimiHendrix to Music/{{Prince}}. Politically, purple represents monarchy, and (in a red/blue two party system) 'third option' political tendencies.

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* '''[[ThisIndexIsBrown Brown]]''' gives a feeling of strength and dependability. It makes us feel warmth, security, and comfort. Conversely, it is also the color of filthiness and decay. Brown is extremely common in nature, as the colour of the earth, tree trunks and dying/dead leaves, and a lot of animals (including humans) evolved hair, feathers and skin in brown pigments as camouflage and sun protection -- natural products like wood, paper, fur and leather have to be processed with chemicals to make them into more appealing colours. Through this association, brown is the colour of roughness and naturalness, often used to market "eco-friendly" products. Paradoxically, it can be associated with old fashioned riches, as many luxury goods plundered during colonialism were brown (coffee, tea, exotic wood, spices) and were displayed prominently in rich European homes.

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* '''[[ThisIndexIsBrown Brown]]''' gives a feeling of strength and dependability. It makes us feel warmth, security, and comfort. Conversely, it is also the color of filthiness and decay. Brown is extremely common in nature, as the colour of the earth, tree trunks and dying/dead leaves, and a lot of animals (including humans) evolved hair, feathers and skin in brown pigments as camouflage and sun protection -- natural products like wood, paper, fur and leather have to be processed with chemicals to make them into more appealing colours. Through this association, brown is the colour of roughness and naturalness, often used to market "eco-friendly" products. Paradoxically, it can be associated with old fashioned riches, as many luxury goods plundered during colonialism were brown (coffee, tea, exotic wood, spices) and were displayed prominently in rich European homes. Politically, brown represents fascism -- in some European contexts, it's used as an opposite of green to refer to organisations and companies that are in favour of pollution.

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* '''[[TropesInWhite White]]''' symbolizes purity, innocence, and divinity. It can also make an area seem bland, sterile, or cold. In some Eastern cultures (such as Japan and China), white is a symbol of death. In terms of politics, white could either refer to pacifism (hence the white flag) or right-wing counter-revolution (hence the Russian White Army). Women are traditionally married in a white dress in many Western cultures.
* '''[[GrayTropes Grey]]''' is used for mourning, humility and repentance. It can also represent depression, plainness, and lack of life or joy.

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* '''[[TropesInWhite White]]''' symbolizes purity, innocence, and divinity. It can also make an area seem bland, sterile, or cold. In some Eastern cultures (such as Japan and China), white is a symbol of death. Taking its association with purity to a more sinister level, white can symbolise oblivion, emptiness and dissociation. It can also represent potential, being the colour of a blank page waiting to be filled. In terms of politics, white could either refer to pacifism (hence the white flag) or right-wing counter-revolution (hence the Russian White Army). Women are traditionally married in a white dress in many Western cultures.
* '''[[GrayTropes Grey]]''' is used for mourning, humility and repentance. It can also represent depression, plainness, and lack of life or joy. Like brown, grey is common in nature, particularly rock and metal which gives it a similar connotation of strength. While usually a sombre colour that can represent seriousness and austerity, inclement weather often involves a grey sky, giving grey a connotation of rage and drama similar to storms and tornados.

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* '''[[TheYellowIndex Yellow]]''' is cheery and warm. However, it can cause feelings of frustration and anger when it is the predominant color. It also has connections to [[CowardlyYellow fear and cowardice]]. In China, yellow is also seen as the color of royalty, mainly due to ancient China forbidding anyone but the emperor from wearing it.

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* '''[[TheYellowIndex Yellow]]''' is cheery and warm. However, it can cause feelings of frustration and anger when it is the predominant color. It also has connections to [[CowardlyYellow fear and cowardice]]. In China, yellow is also seen as the color of royalty, mainly due to ancient China forbidding anyone but the emperor from wearing it. Yellow is the colour of blond hair, an uncommon hair colour that mostly occurs naturally on children, and therefore [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold a Western beauty/purity ideal]]. Yellow is associated with industrial work -- in industrial settings, yellow is used to signal dangerous machinery or increase visibility of workers. Through this, it can also represent safety, through its use in safety equipment like hard hats and protective gloves. Yellow often forms the middle part of a spectrum between red and green, where red signals stop/bad/danger and green signals go/good/safe -- yellow therefore signals ready/warning/caution.

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* '''[[GreenTropes Green]]''', in an odd duality, represents both [[GreenMeansNatural the natural]] and the unnatural. It has the obvious association with nature, plant life, and environmentalism, but is also commonly the color of [[TechnicolorToxin poison]] and [[SicklyGreenGlow radiation]] (especially when mixed with yellow), and is often the color of the [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch]] or the strange and alien. Similarly, it is associated with both health (the colour of hospitals and healing magic) and sickness (the colour of puke and snot).

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* '''[[GreenTropes Green]]''', in an odd duality, represents both [[GreenMeansNatural the natural]] and the unnatural. It has the obvious association with nature, plant life, and environmentalism, but is also commonly the color of [[TechnicolorToxin poison]] and [[SicklyGreenGlow radiation]] (especially when mixed with yellow), and is often the color of the [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch]] or the strange and alien. Similarly, it is associated with both health (the colour of hospitals and hospitals, healing magic) magic and healthy plants and foods) and sickness (the colour of puke puke, snot and snot).nausea). Bright green can mean "good/correct/positive" (especially in opposition to bright red as bad/incorrect/negative), playing off the idea of it meaning safety. Green is the colour of the military, since camouflage is usually in shades of green. Green is also the colour of money in America, and (especially in HipHop) marijuana.



* '''[[ThisIndexIsBrown Brown]]''' gives a feeling of strength and dependability. It makes us feel warmth, security, and comfort. Conversely, it is also the color of filthiness and decay.

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* '''[[ThisIndexIsBrown Brown]]''' gives a feeling of strength and dependability. It makes us feel warmth, security, and comfort. Conversely, it is also the color of filthiness and decay. Brown is extremely common in nature, as the colour of the earth, tree trunks and dying/dead leaves, and a lot of animals (including humans) evolved hair, feathers and skin in brown pigments as camouflage and sun protection -- natural products like wood, paper, fur and leather have to be processed with chemicals to make them into more appealing colours. Through this association, brown is the colour of roughness and naturalness, often used to market "eco-friendly" products. Paradoxically, it can be associated with old fashioned riches, as many luxury goods plundered during colonialism were brown (coffee, tea, exotic wood, spices) and were displayed prominently in rich European homes.
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** Green is used to a great extent as well, being associated with the idea of hope. The light at the end of Daisy's dock, which Gatsby seen reaching out towards and is described as one of Gatsby's "enchanted objects", is green, and the settlers Nick describes in the famous end passage of the novel are described as sighting "the fresh, green breast of the new world". Or, from another point of view, the green light at the end of Daisy's dock represents {{Envy}}. Specifically, Gatsby's envy towards Tom for his marriage with Daisy.

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** Green is used to a great extent as well, being associated with the idea of hope. The light at the end of Daisy's dock, which Gatsby seen reaching out towards and is described as one of Gatsby's "enchanted objects", is green, and the settlers Nick describes in the famous end passage of the novel are described as sighting "the fresh, green breast of the new world". Or, from another point of view, the green light at the end of Daisy's dock represents {{Envy}}.[[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]. Specifically, Gatsby's envy towards Tom for his marriage with Daisy.
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* ''Fanfic/FalloutEquestriaPinkEyes'': As the name would imply, the main character Puppysmiles is represented heavily by the color pink, to the point of being nicknamed 'The Pink Ghost' on the radio. Her fur is naturally pink, her eyes turn pink with certain emotional outbursts, and she releases toxic Pink Cloud when she's killed. [[spoiler:After her first possession, she gains a blue streak in her hair, and blue becomes a warring arc color representing her internal takeover by the Nightmare.]]
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** Played straight with Levana as a reflection of her attitude towards life. As a vampire who was miserable with her life, she wore mostly black; as a mortal who could now embrace and live her life, she wore far lighter colors, such as a sky blue t-shirt.
** Laura's hospital scrubs are also a light blue, and has been shown to display much calmness whenever Levana would be faced with a problem, such as her relapses from blood withdrawals (working in a chaotic hospital probably also helped her learn how to keep her head in stressful situations).
** Two of the prominent supernatural characters in the comic have green skin and wear purple outfits. Sigfred N. [=LeRoy=] is a wise old wizard who hires himself out to help people in situations that are far more complicated than everyday predicaments; the Vampiress is the evil supreme overlord who rules over all of vampirekind.
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* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'': Several characters / locations are associated with one or two colours.
** Kyril has dark grey and dark red as his primary and secondary colours respectively. Grey, the colour of his BadassLongcoat, complements his humility, dourness, moral complexity, and him being a total enigma. The moments where the colour red is present, be it his eyes or his coat stained with blood, basically screams "don't mess with this guy". Befitting a NinetiesAntiHero, both colours are of darker shades instead of lighter ones.
** The Hunter's Dream is predominantly white and grey due to the abundance of white asphodels and gravestones, hence associated with death and mourning.
** Claudia is silver, from how she is clad in steel plate in most of her appearances. She is regarded as the [[NumberTwo right hand]] of the Goddess Reborn, [[TheHighQueen Celestine]], whose appearance has a gold and white motif.
** Prim, associated with pink and white, is characterised as a PrincessClassic and TheCutie.
** Maia, associated with red and tangerine, is characterised as the [[TheLadette fratboy]] of the Seven Shields.
** [[OurOrcsAreDifferent Orcs]] are also known as "greenskins", alluding to their dull-green skin color. They are portrayed as dumb, dirty, and [[AlwaysChaoticEvil depraved]].
** Alicia (remastered version) is blue. She has blue eyes, is always clad in blue armour, is the leader of the Iris Knights (the iris is commonly depicted as a blue flower), and strives to live up to the ideals of a noble KnightInShiningArmour that protects the innocent from the orcs' predations.
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* ''Manga/HappySugarLife'': Satou is represented by the color pink while Shio is represented by the color blue. It’s their respective hair and eye colors (with Shio also wearing a blue SailorFuku) and their “love” is commonly symbolized by a jar full of pink and blue candies. [[spoiler:After they hold a makeshift wedding, Satou wears a ring with a blue gemstone while Shio wears a ring with a pink gemstone. It’s also shown in the manga that Shio developed a love for all things pink after Satou’s death due to them reminding her of Satou.]]

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* ''Manga/HappySugarLife'': Satou is represented by the color pink while Shio is represented by the color blue. It’s their respective hair and eye colors (with Shio also wearing a blue SailorFuku) and their “love” is commonly symbolized by a jar full of pink and blue candies. [[spoiler:After they hold a makeshift wedding, Satou wears a ring with a blue gemstone while Shio wears a ring with a pink gemstone. It’s also shown in the manga that Shio developed a love for all things pink after Satou’s death due to them reminding her of Satou.]]]] Satou is a Main/{{Yandere}} that is [[PsychoPink willing to do anything to keep Shio to herself]], while Shio is an [[InnocentBlueEyes innocent]] little girl that is [[HeavenlyBlue frequently compared to an angel]].
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* ''Manga/HappySugarLife'': Satou is represented by the color pink while Shio is represented by the color blue. It’s their respective hair and eye colors (with Shio also wearing a blue SailorFuku) and their “love” is commonly symbolized by a jar full of pink and blue candies. [[spoiler:After they hold a makeshift wedding, Satou wears a ring with a blue gemstone while Shio wears a ring with a pink gemstone. It’s also shown in the manga that Shio developed a love for all things pink after Satou’s death due to them reminding her of Satou.]]

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* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to intellect and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. With blue pigments being rare in nature, it is associated with unattainable beauty and rarity, such as in the concept of the blue rose. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, with a specific association with the police, but it can also represent laborers and the working class due to association with the traditional colour of denim workwear.
* '''[[GreenTropes Green]]''', in an odd duality, represents both [[GreenMeansNatural the natural]] and the unnatural. It has the obvious association with nature, plant life, and environmentalism, but is also commonly the color of [[TechnicolorToxin poison]] and [[SicklyGreenGlow radiation]] (especially when mixed with yellow), and is often the color of the [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch]] or the strange and alien.

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* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to intellect and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. With blue pigments being rare in nature, it is associated with unattainable beauty and rarity, such as in the concept of the blue rose. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, with a specific association with and is specifically the colour of sailors and police, but it can also represent laborers and the working class due to association with the traditional colour of denim workwear.
* '''[[GreenTropes Green]]''', in an odd duality, represents both [[GreenMeansNatural the natural]] and the unnatural. It has the obvious association with nature, plant life, and environmentalism, but is also commonly the color of [[TechnicolorToxin poison]] and [[SicklyGreenGlow radiation]] (especially when mixed with yellow), and is often the color of the [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch]] or the strange and alien. Similarly, it is associated with both health (the colour of hospitals and healing magic) and sickness (the colour of puke and snot).

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* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to intellect and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, with a specific association with the police, but it can also represent laborers and the working class due to association with the traditional colour of denim workwear.

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* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to intellect and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. With blue pigments being rare in nature, it is associated with unattainable beauty and rarity, such as in the concept of the blue rose. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, with a specific association with the police, but it can also represent laborers and the working class due to association with the traditional colour of denim workwear.
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* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to intellect and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, and is also specifically associated with the police, but also can represent laborers and the working class through the traditional colour of denim workwear.

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* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to intellect and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, and is also specifically associated with a specific association with the police, but it can also can represent laborers and the working class through due to association with the traditional colour of denim workwear.

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* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to intellect and through intellect to magic.

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* '''[[BlueTropes Blue]]''' is the most common favorite color and can create [[BlueIsCalm calmness]], serenity, and [[BlueIsHeroic heroism]], although darker blues are associated with a feeling of melancholia. It is also symbolic of [[BlueBoyPinkGirl masculinity]] and, interestingly, also [[TrueBlueFemininity femininity]], the latter due to the Virgin Mary often being depicted with blue robes. The association with calmness can also extend to intellect and through intellect to magic. Light blues are associated with freedom and hope, due to the colour of the sky. Its association with cool-headed seriousness leads to it being used in politics to represent conservativism and authority, and is also specifically associated with the police, but also can represent laborers and the working class through the traditional colour of denim workwear.



* '''[[TropesInBlack Black]]''' is a color (or rather, not-color) of menace or evil. It can also be associated with death and, sometimes, rebirth. Due to it being what you see when your eyes are closed, it can also represent oblivion. Its association with sinister, understated strength, and a sense of it being a "rejection" of garish and distracting colours, gives it an association with stylishness, luxury and aspiration, especially in fashion, furniture and packaging.

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* '''[[TropesInBlack Black]]''' is a color (or rather, not-color) of menace or evil. It can also be associated with death and, sometimes, rebirth. Due to it being what you see when your eyes are closed, it can also represent oblivion. Its association with sinister, understated strength, and a sense of it being a "rejection" of garish and distracting colours, gives it an association with stylishness, [[AManOfWealthAndTaste stylish luxury and aspiration, affluence]], especially in fashion, furniture and packaging.packaging. In politics, it is the colour of anarchism and of militant, street-level movements, whether left (black bloc) or right (Blackshirts). It also represents Black civil rights movements and cultural identity.

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