History Main / ElementalHairColors

* {{Invoked|Trope}} in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[spoiler:After her ImportantHaircut in "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E5ThroughTheLookingGlassRuins Through the Looking Glass Ruins]]", [[Characters/TheOwlHouseAmityBlight Amity Blight]] started dying her hair lavender instead of green because purple is the color of the abomination magic that she specializes in, though she didn't reveal that it was the reason she chose that color until "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E14ReachingOut Reaching Out]]".]]

* ''ComicBook/FirestormDCComics'':

* In the ''Franchise/{{Superman}}'' comics:

* ''Franchise/XMen''
** Pyro in many of the continuities has red, spiky hair.

* The Galilean Satellites of ''Webcomic/{{Zap}}'' have this, with Io having literal FlamingHair, Callisto (water/ice) having bright blue hair cut in a bob, Europa (wind) having long, white, Comicbook/{{Storm}}-esque wavy hair, and Ganymede (earth) having messy green hair.

* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'': Bowser has a red mane/mohawk that resembles flames, and his ([[CharacterizationMarchesOn original]]) preferred method of attack is breathing fire.

* ''Literature/TheFamiliarOfZero'' sometimes plays this trope straight and sometimes averts it.
** On the [[PlayingWithATrope Played Straight]] side, we've got FieryRedHead Kirche (fire affinity), ReiAyanamiExpy Tabitha (wind), Mme. Chevreuse (brown[=/=]Earth), and Miss Longueville (green[=/=]Earth).
** On the [[AvertedTrope other hand]], TinyTyrannicalGirl and {{Tsundere}} Louise, Cattleya, and their mother Karin all have pink hair, but have different affinities (Void, Earth, and Wind, respectively).
** It's notable that the main characters who are not magic users of some kind (Saito, Siesta, Marteau, Scarron, and Jessica) all have very dark brown or black hair.

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'''s FieryRedHead Anya is [[PlayingWithFire literal]]. Red/orange Haired Mei Sakura uses [[PlayingWithFire fire]] as well.

** ComicBook/{{Storm}} has long, white hair that defies gravity (except for the brief period where she has a white Mohawk). During the Krakoan Age, she's drawn with long afro-textured hair that looks like a billowing cloud.

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': Melisandre is strongly associated with red, and many people comment on how very red her hair is. Guess what element her god is associated with? [[labelnote: hint]] What's the last word in the series name? [[/labelnote]]

* ''Literature/VillainessLevel99'': Yumiella has black and has the element of darkness. Alicia is a blonde who has the element of light.

Okay, so she got a little carried away some times. She was taking medication for that.

* '''[[PlayingWithFire Fire]]''' -- usually [[FireIsRed red]] [[FieryRedhead hair]], although sometimes it will be more orange. Sometimes taken to the [[FlamingHair logical extreme]]. Hair will often be short and spiky.

Sister trope to ElementalEyeColors. Subtrope of ElementalHairComposition, ColorCodedElements, ColourCodedForYourConvenience, and AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance. Compare FlamingHair.

* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': Genasi -- hybrids of humanoids and {{Elemental Embodiment}}s -- often have distinctive hair to match their extraplanar heritage, like bright red (sometimes {{flaming|Hair}}) for fire genasi and pale blue for air genasi. Water genasi sometimes have perpetually damp hair that wafts as though underwater, while earth genasi hair might be muddy (figuratively or literally) or crystalline.

* ''WebOriginal/LoomingGaia'': Jeimos has red hair like all red elves, and is skilled in fire magic. Linde has white hair due to her albinism and is skilled in frost magic.

* Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. [[spoiler:After her ImportantHaircut in "Through the Looking Glass Ruins", Amity started dying her hair lavender instead of green because purple is the color of the abomination magic that she specializes in, though she didn't reveal that it was the reason she chose that color until "Reaching Out".]]

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Besides imported [=NPCs=] from the games to whom this trope applies, the anime also has the Eevee brothers (the yellow-haired one having a Jolteon, the redhead a Flareon, the blue-haired one a Vaporeon, and the one with brown hair has an unevolved Eevee).

* ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'' sometimes plays this trope straight and sometimes averts it.

* ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'':
** Fireball. She {{invoke|dTrope}}s Elemental Hair by dying it red, and has a [[PlayingWithFire fire manifestation power]], as said in [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content-menu/stories/257-revenge-of-the-alphas Revenge of the Alphas.]]
--->Alberta 'Fireball' Waldner ... She was an Exemplar, which was supposed to be, like, a base requirement. She was a babe, she knew that, even if she did have to dye her naturally strawberry blonde hair flame red to go with her green eyes and Fire Manifestation powers. And POWER? She could not only create fire out of nothing, but she could shape it and animate it to whatever she wanted!
Okay, so she got a little carried away some times. She was taking medication for that.
** Sparkler, with technological assistance, as said in [[http://whateleyacademy.net/index.php/content-menu/stories/163-ayla-and-the-late-trevor-james-goodkind Ayla and the Late Trevor James Goodkind:]]
--->That redheaded bitch blasted off a sparkling fireball the size of a refrigerator.\\
...\\
I went light and waved my arm through her gloves. I phased my hand just solid enough that I shorted out the circuitry -- or whatever -- that was hidden inside them. They erupted in a shower of sparks and little puffs of black smoke. [...]\\
She stood there, covered in whipped cream, and staring at the smoking ruins of her whipped-cream-covered gauntlets. She tried to launch a fireball at me, and just got a harmless shower of sparks for her troubles.\\
...\\
"I was just trying to save my big sister's life! Okay, I was also trying to keep Firebitch from roasting those cops in that squad car."\\
Byrd said, "Firebitch, huh? Funny. Her real codename is Sparkler."\\
...\\
"We got attacked by some loser bitch named Sparkler."\\
"Oh god, what did Sarah do now," Belle said with a weary sigh.\\
Belle interrupted with a confused expression, "Wait a second, Sarah can only create light shows. None of her firecracker effects can do damage."\\
"Sparkler got an upgrade to her power somewhere, because she burned three cops and nearly killed the bank teller of the bank she had just robbed. Well, I was seeing red by then and began fighting the ditz, which ruined the street we were on."

** On the [[AvertedTrope other hand]], ShanaClone Louise, Cattleya, and their mother Karin all have pink hair, but have different affinities (Void, Earth, and Wind, respectively).

* ''Anime/ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld'': the three great priestesses of Mt. Muldoon: [[FieryRedhead Shayla]] is easily identified as the priestess of fire, thanks to her flaming red hair. [[ChristmasCake Miz Mishtal]], who presides over water, has lavender hair. And while Afura Mann's a BrainyBrunette, her blue/sea green attire shows she controls wind.

* Invoked in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''. After her ImportantHaircut in "Through the Looking Glass Ruins", Amity started dying her hair lavender instead of green because purple is the color of the abomination magic that she specializes in, though she didn't reveal that it was the reason she chose that color until "Reaching Out".

* ''Website/GaiaOnline'' released an item by the name of [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Elemental Hair]] to apply to the owner's avatar with choices of fire, wind (and the softer, curlier breeze), earth, ice, water, and life--if you fancy the symbolic bird's nest and nest for hair.