History Main / GrayscaleOfEvil

* ''Romancing [=StellaVisor=]'': In this FanRemake of ''VideoGame/HoshiWoMiruHito'', [[spoiler:Aine [[EvilCostumeSwitch dons a white and black cloak]] in place of her normal VibrantOrange outfit upon the Marionette possessing her [[FightingHerFriend and forcing her to fight the rest of the party]]]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has [[BigBad Salem]], who is a HumanoidAbomination with unnaturally white skin, black [[TaintedVeins tainted veins]], and a black dress. The only part of her that isn’t black or white are her [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]].

* ''Literature/AvestaOfBlackAndWhite'': The mysterious arch-demon Nadare has a black and white DualityMotif going on with her black and white clothing and even the sclerae of her eyes being mirrored in color. [[spoiler:This hints to her nature as a Sensory of the ruling God Mithra whose red and blue DualityMotif makes Nadare come across as a monochrome copy of her]].

* ''VideoGame/{{Klonoa}}: Dream Traveller of Noctis Sol'': Nightmare Klonoa, the EvilCounterpart to Klonoa, is all black and gray (with a little white), from his fur to to his clothing. He initially appears in a completely grayscale world, but when he comes to the "real" world, he retains his coloration... aside from his eyes, which turn [[YellowEyesOfSneakiness yellow]]. By contrast, while Klonoa himself has black and white fur, he wears clothing in the [[PrimaryColorChampion primary colors]].

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* Dr. Evil from ''Film/AustinPowers'' is famously depicted as wearing grey Nehru jackets, and his lair in ''Film/AustinPowersInternationalManOfMystery'' is quite grey in its color scheme. This helps to contrast him with the more colorful Austin.
* ''Film/BatmanReturns'': In contrast to the [[BrightIsNotGood garishly coloured]] [[ComicBook/TheJoker antagonist]] of the [[Film/Batman1989 previous film]], this time the villains are devoid of colours:
** ComicBook/ThePenguin wears grayscale Victorian clothing, and has a pale, colourless complexion as well.

** ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, though more of an AntiVillain, is dressed in black leather with white stitches and seams.

* Although the BigBad of ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' starts off with a colorful costume straight out of the comics, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Mysterio's true costume is a black, gray, and white mocap getup.]]
* The "uniform" of the War Boys from ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad'' is white body paint and black eye shadow. Played with by Nux, who starts the film as a War Boy [[spoiler: and keeps the color scheme after his HeelFaceTurn]].

* In ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline'', Death Gun has a black cloak, white bandages on each arm, and a silver mask. This is a reference to his old identity; [[spoiler: back when he was controlling the [=XaXa=] avatar, Shouichi Shinkawa wore a black cloak with a white skull mask]].

* Harley Quinn from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' wears a black and red jester outfit with white makeup, resulting in an amalgamation of this, RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver, and WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver.

* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'': ComicBook/TwoFace was drawn with his trademark two-tone suit being half-white and half-black.

Cue this trope, where villains feature mostly black, white and gray color motifs, with at the most a [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver dash of red]] here and there for effect. The heroes might occasionally wear [[DarkIsNotEvil black]] ''or'' [[LightIsGood white]] when this trope is in effect, but rarely at the same time ''or'' to a degree that exceeds the villains. The heroes will instead usually favor a more vibrant color scheme with fluid colors and a [[RainbowMotif rainbow]] [[RainbowPimpGear mix]], to further contrast the villain's shaded motif.