History Main / GoodColorsEvilColors

** Perhaps the MostTriumphantExample, though, is ''{{Tattletales}}'', where the StudioAudience was separated into red, "banana" and blue segments to root on the celebrities playing the game. At the end, every audience member received a share of the celebrity couple's winnings.

* For the most part, it seems that red is good and green is bad in the ''HarryPotter'' series. Gryffindor House is represented by scarlet red and gold, the non-fatal combat spells normally used by the heroes (''Stupefy'' and ''Expelliarmus'') create red light, and the Weasleys all have flaming red hair. Conversely, Slytherin House is represented by emerald green and silver, the Killing Curse used pretty much only by the bad guys (''Avada Kedavra'') create green light, and two snakes employed by Voldemort (the basilisk and Nagini) are both described as being green[[hottip:* :Note neither were green in [[Film/HarryPotter the film versions]].]]. However, there is one huge dent in this pattern -- it is constantly mentioned that Harry has green eyes while Voldemort has red eyes.

* For the most part, it seems that red is good and green is bad in the ''HarryPotter'' series. Gryffindor House is represented by scarlet red and gold, the non-fatal combat spells normally used by the heroes (''Stupefy'' and ''Expelliarmus'') create red light, and the Weasleys all have flaming red hair. Conversely, Slytherin House is represented by emerald green and silver, the Killing Curse used pretty much only by the bad guys (''Avada Kedavra'') create green light, and two snakes employed by Voldemort (the basilisk and Nagini) are described as being green. However, there is one huge dent in this pattern -- it is constantly mentioned that Harry has green eyes while Voldemort has red eyes.

** The spells could also have something to do with their respective Houses (Gryffindor Scarlet versus Slytherin Emerald).

* In the ''HarryPotter'' series, it is constantly mentioned that Harry has green eyes while Voldemort has red eyes. Inversely, Harry's "trademark" spell, Expelliarmus, is colored red while Voldemort's Avada Kedavra is green.

-->-- ''The Simpsons Movie''

* ''KimbaTheWhiteLion'' has the hero being [[ShapedLikeItself a white lion]] while Claw, the resident EvilOverlord, has a black mane.

* The ''ShinMegamiTensei'' games have traditionally used blue/white for the forces of Law and red/black for the forces of Chaos.
** Note, though, that [[EvilVersusEvil both sides are pretty bad]]: The [[LawfulEvil Law Alignment]] is full of KnightsTemplar [[LightIsNotGood Angels]], and lead by [[GodIsEvil The Man Himself]]. Demons of the [[ChaoticEvil Chaos Alignment]] are [[DarkIsEvil scary and dangerous]], led by [[{{Satan}} You Know Who]]. Interestingly, [[EvenEvilHasStandards Law is the eviler alignment]].

* ''[[{{ptitle7hpv9q0i}} Nth Man: The Ultimate Ninja]]'' revolves around white-haired John Doe's mission to stop the black-haired PsychopathicManchild RealityWarper Alfie O'Meagan.

* ''LegendOfDragoon'' has the standard ColorCodingForYourConvience for the magical elements (red for fire, brown for earth, etc.) but also plays a few of the other colour tropes straight. In particular is Emperor Doel, whose castle has a SicklyGreenGlow of evil due to the magical fire powering the place. He himself plays the evil purple trope straight, [[CaptainObvious being the Emperor]] as well as the [[spoiler: Dragoon of Thunder]]. Lloyd, Meru, Lenus and [[spoiler: the rest of the Winglies]] have white hair, referred to as platinum in-game. The good guys are bound to their elements though, which means they play about half the colours straight and subvert the rest.

** It's notable that Hasbro recognised that the Decepticons are predominantly purple, and actually recoloured toys that were largely purple to other tones. The most prominent example was Armada combiner Depth Charge, who started as a purple and black tribute to Shockwave, but wound up covered in earth tones when brought to North America.

* Artificially-flavoured food also falls victim to this. Bananna flavour? yellow. Strawberry? pink or red. Mint? green or white with red pinstriping. Peach? light pinkish orange. Raspberry? blue or dark red. Cherry? blood red.

* ''inFAMOUS''. Evil lightning is red.

** According to the offical website of ''SonicColors'', White Wisps are said to be friendly and social, Pink Wisps being [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Jerks With Hearts of Gold]], and Purple/Violet Wisps being extremely aggressive.

* In ''Mother3'', the Magypsies are wizard-like entities that live millenia long lives. They [[CampGay each represent a color of the rainbow]](Aeolia=Red, Phrygia=Orange, etc.), except for [[spoiler: Locria/Fassad/Yokuba, who has betrayed the Magypsies, and now sports white(absence of color in pigments).]]

** TaeKwonDo, however, does use white belts for newbies and black belts for masters.

White for good and black for evil (why do you think it's called ''TheDarkSide''?) is probably the oldest and most obvious classification. This can lead to UnfortunateImplications. It can be more complex than this, of course, especially when you get into different cultural values and perceptions. (For example, in Asia many countries associate white with death and mourning [since bones are white], as it has been associated in Europe at various times. It can also denote [[PureIsNotGood purity]], merely because it shows dirt well.) Black can also be used as a form of ShadowArchetype which is not necessarily evil, and nowadays, dark equaling evil is subverted as often as it's used straight; see DarkIsNotEvil.

* ''{{The Order of the Stick}}' is the former TropeNamer, after Elan referred to dragons in ''[[DungeonsAndDragons Dungeons & Dragons]]'' being "Color coded for your convenience!" Also, on at least three occasions character's clothes have changed to indicate alignment shift: [[HeroicSociopath Belkar's]] clothes turn white when a wisdom boost gives him empathy and turns him good for a short time, [[spoiler: [[KnightTemplar Miko's]] clothes turn grey when the gods punish her for murdering Shojo, and Vaarsuvius' robes go from purple to black when s/he accepts a DealWithTheDevil]].

* The anime for {{Eyeshield 21}} isn't subtle about this in the least. In the manga, Agon Kongo has normal black dread locks and wears a black, gold, and red football uniform. The anime decided to re-color him with purple dreadlocks, (which give the illusion that tentacles are coming out of his head) and a purple and blood-red uniform. Because there's obviously ''no way'' the audience would know he's bad without coloring him in purple from head to toe.

* The anime for {{Eyeshield 21}} isn't subtle about this in the least. In the manga, the antagonist has normal black dread locks and wears a black, gold, and red football uniform. The anime decided to re-color him with purple dreadlocks, (which give the illusion that tentacles are coming out of his head) and a purple and blood-red uniform. Because there's obviously ''no way'' the audience would know he's bad without coloring him in purple from head to toe.