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** The Orzhov Syndicate, a criminal syndicate masquerading as a church, use a combination of black and white mana, so this color scheme comes naturally to them.
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* ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'': While their eyes and TronLines vary in color, the Abyssal Fleet have a distinguishing UndeathlyPallor and hair, clothing, and mechanical parts in either black, metallic grays, or white. In contrast, the shipgirls have a normal human range of skin, hair, and eye colors, and dress in colors of all kinds.
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* 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]].
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** As seen in the page image, [[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians the live-action version]], while not always clad in furs, keeps the black and white motif in her wardrobe.
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* ''Literature/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Cruella de Vil. Black leather, white furs. Wants to skin a bunch of black and white ''puppies'' to make clothes.
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** The [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Disney animated version]] adds ashy grey skin, as well as red lining on her fur coat to underline her demonic nature.
** As seen in the page image, [[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians the live-action version]], while not always clad in furs, keeps the black and white motif in her wardrobe.
** The [[Disney/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians Disney animated version]] adds ashy grey skin, as well as red lining on her fur coat to underline her demonic nature.
** As seen in the page image, [[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians the live-action version]], while not always clad in furs, keeps the black and white motif in her wardrobe.
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* ''VideoGame/HollowKnight'': The world of Hollownest [[SubvertedTrope flips this trope on its head]]; the world is painted in shades of gray, with the influence of the [[TheCorruption Radiance]] being represented by an earthy orange. [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] since the world of Hollownest also features a [[OrangeBlueContrast blue tint in many of its areas and helpful features]].
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* ''WebVideo/NandoVMovies'' made an [[https://youtu.be/R23YRN6r9aU entire video]] decrying the use of this trope in modern big-budget blockbuster films. The argument made suggests that this is becoming a DeadHorseTrope.
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* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode, "Mime Time", a happy colorful clown named Rainbow ends up getting accidentally drenched in bleach, turning him into an [[EnemyMime evil black and white mime]] that [[HandOfMidas makes anything he touches]] grayscale and lifeless.
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** Darth Vader in black, stormtroopers in white. George Lucas made a point of this, in fact, using warmer earth tones for the heroes to better contrast the lack of color of TheEmpire. Even their ships are shades of dark grey.
** The First Order continues this tradition with a black-clad Kylo Ren and white-suited Stormtroopers. Their ships are an even darker grey than the Empire.
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** During the Clone Wars, warships such as the Republic Army's attack cruisers and the Confederacy's dreadnoughts were largely the same dull color palette aside from highlights of red and blue respectively. Just like how [[TheChessmaster their leader]] was the same, they were mostly the same shades of gray.
** Darth Vader in black, stormtroopers in white. George Lucas made a point of this, in fact, using warmer earth tones for the heroes to better contrast the lack of color of TheEmpire.Even Carrying over from the Clone Wars, their ships star destroyers are shades of dark grey.
grey, this time without red markings.
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The gold standard of differentiating the heroes from the bad guys is making the heroes' [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience color scheme]] [[LightIsGood sufficiently brighter]] and the villains' [[DarkIsEvil sufficiently darker]]. However, this ends up looking [[DeliberatelyMonochrome pretty bland]]. Sure, it's [[BlackAndWhiteMorality very intuitive]], but still cliched and overused. However, the dichotomy of dark shades against solid white backdrops is striking and [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority highly effective]].
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.
What happens when LightIsNotGood and DarkIsEvil are combined. Compare EvilAlbino for when a character's skin complexion takes on aspects of this. Contrast PrimaryColorChampion.
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* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': Lucemon Falldown Mode, the OneWingedAngel form of the BigBad Lucemon, is stylized as a FallenAngel and it shows: he has both white feather wings and black bat wings, and his clothes incorporate black and white.
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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami's first dungeon has a black and white [[AstralCheckerboardDecor chessboard theme]]. Downplayed, because while she's ''not'' evil, everyone who shares her [[AcceptableProfessionalTargets occupation of Dungeon Keeper]] ''is'', and everyone else ''[[AggressiveCategorism assumes]]'' she's evil because of that.
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* ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''
** Todd Ingram and Envy Adams have a black and white color scheme.
** The Katayanagi Twins take this a step further. One wears black, the other white.
* ''Franchise/StarWars''
** Darth Vader in black, stormtroopers in white. George Lucas made a point of this, in fact, using warmer earth tones for the heroes to better contrast the lack of color of TheEmpire. Even their ships are shades of dark grey.
** The First Order continues this tradition with a black-clad Kylo Ren and white-suited Stormtroopers. Their ships are an even darker grey than the Empire.
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* ''Literature/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Cruella De Vil. Black leather, white furs. Wants to skin a bunch of black and white ''puppies'' to make clothes.
* ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'': The Lord Ruler is a [[ImmortalRuler thousand-year-old]] GodEmperor, HopeCrusher, and PersonOfMassDestruction who wears stark black-and-white suits in his appearances. He also has RavenHairIvorySkin to accentuate the look.
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* ''Series/AmericanGods'':
** The Technical Boy and his minions take on this aesthetic. After he abducts Shadow, his limo lair is shown to be as black and white as his costume.
** Downplayed with Media, who is only this by virtue of appearing to Shadow through a television currently screening ''Series/ILoveLucy'', which was originally recorded and broadcast in black and white.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Everything Regina wears after becoming evil is this. Her office in the real world has black and white wallpaper, and black and white knick-knacks strewn everywhere.
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* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The [[EldritchAbomination Eldrazi]]
** Introduced during the Zendikar block, the Eldrazi were mechanically unique at the time for actually ''requiring'' colorless mana to play in some instances.
** The Eldrazi made a return in the Innistrad block, introducing horrific fusions of local flora and fauna with Emrakul's essence. Cards that depicted these horrors usually required colored mana to cast, but were marked with "'''Devoid ''(this card has no color)'''''."
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* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'': [[BigBad Nova]]'s OneWingedAngel form is a colossal humanoid figure with a black side and white side, and also controls a big black drone and a white one.
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* ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}'': Monokuma, the school "headmaster" is a deceptively cute looking black and white bear and the most visible antagonist. He also has a DualityMotif [[note]](one half is white and friendly-looking, the other half is black and evil-looking),[[/note]] with a [[RedEyesTakeWarning sinister red eye]] and a SlasherSmile. From the very first game, it doesn't take long to establish him as the BigBad of the entire series.
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[[folder:Web Comics]]
* ''WebComic/ExterminatusNow'': Former Inquisitor and now Chaos SorcerousOverlord Silas Morth is a badger. His entire cult follows black-and-white motifs: [[http://exterminatusnow.comicgenesis.com/d/20070511.html penguins, zebras, tigers...]]
* ''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]].
%% Despite being in the Video Game namespace, the Klonoa property is actually a Webcomic. Please do not move it from the Webcomic folder.
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[[folder:Web Originals]]
* ''WebVideo/NandoVMovies'' made an [[https://youtu.be/R23YRN6r9aU entire video]] decrying the use of this trope in modern big-budget blockbuster films. The argument made suggests that this is becoming a DeadHorseTrope.
* ''WebVideo/TribeTwelve'': The videos made by members of The Collective - Slender Man's evil group of possessed souls - are in an animated sketchy style, making them black and gray. Every picture shown of the collective members is in this same style.
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': The VillainOfTheWeek, Reverser's design is half black and half white, fitting his personality-reversing powers. This also contrasts his civilian self's subtle RainbowMotif.
* The Nixels from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' are black and white cubes, in contrast to the multi-colored and multi-shaped Mixels they oppose. The goal of the Nixels' is to make the world just as drab and uncreative as they are.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': White Diamond is not only entirely white and black as her name implies, she can control other Gems and turn them monochrome.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode, "Mime Time", a happy colorful clown named Rainbow ends up getting accidentally drenched in bleach, turning him into an [[EnemyMime evil black and white mime]] that [[HandOfMidas makes anything he touches]] grayscale and lifeless.
%% PwrPuffGrls example included for specific HandOfMidas-like context - other EnemyMime examples should go there.
* Murky Dismal from ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'''s goal is to rid the world of color, so naturally he lacks any color himself.
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* Quote picked! (going w/ Helen Van Wyk)
* Image picked! (Cruella De Vil)
* Launching some time today
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Quotes
->''Gray is the queen of colors, because she makes everyone else look good.''
-->--'''Helen Van Wyk'''
->''Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak.''
-->--'''Allen Klein'''
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Indices!
* BlackIndexWhiteIndex
* EvilTropes
* GoodColorsEvilColors
* GrayTropes
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Image Links
* [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/white_diamond_cym.png]] White Queen, ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse''
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[[quoteright:300:[[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cruella_bnw.jpg]]]]
''[[caption-width-right:300:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcdQk7JBPzQ If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will...]]]]''
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%% Image and caption selected based on discussion from this Image Pickin thread: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1563195568021548400
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%% Please don't change without opening a new discussion.
->''Gray is the queen of colors, because she makes everyone else look good.''
-->--'''Helen Van Wyk'''
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%% Quote source: https://www.azquotes.com/quote/1193424
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The gold standard of differentiating the heroes from the bad guys is making the heroes' [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience color scheme]] [[LightIsGood sufficiently brighter]] and the villains' [[DarkIsEvil sufficiently darker]]. However, this ends up looking [[DeliberatelyMonochrome pretty bland]]. Sure, it's [[BlackAndWhiteMorality very intuitive]], but still cliched and overused. However, the dichotomy of dark shades against solid white backdrops is striking and [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority highly effective]].
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.
What happens when LightIsNotGood and DarkIsEvil are combined. Compare EvilAlbino for when a character's skin complexion takes on aspects of this. Contrast PrimaryColorChampion.
Supertrope to EnemyMime.
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!!Examples:
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[[folder:Anime and Manga]]
* ''Anime/DigimonFrontier'': Lucemon Falldown Mode, the OneWingedAngel form of the BigBad Lucemon, is stylized as a FallenAngel and it shows: he has both white feather wings and black bat wings, and his clothes incorporate black and white.
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[[folder:Fanfiction]]
* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami's first dungeon has a black and white [[AstralCheckerboardDecor chessboard theme]]. Downplayed, because while she's ''not'' evil, everyone who shares her [[AcceptableProfessionalTargets occupation of Dungeon Keeper]] ''is'', and everyone else ''[[AggressiveCategorism assumes]]'' she's evil because of that.
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[[folder:Film]]
* ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld''
** Todd Ingram and Envy Adams have a black and white color scheme.
** The Katayanagi Twins take this a step further. One wears black, the other white.
* ''Franchise/StarWars''
** Darth Vader in black, stormtroopers in white. George Lucas made a point of this, in fact, using warmer earth tones for the heroes to better contrast the lack of color of TheEmpire. Even their ships are shades of dark grey.
** The First Order continues this tradition with a black-clad Kylo Ren and white-suited Stormtroopers. Their ships are an even darker grey than the Empire.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Cruella De Vil. Black leather, white furs. Wants to skin a bunch of black and white ''puppies'' to make clothes.
* ''Literature/MistbornTheOriginalTrilogy'': The Lord Ruler is a [[ImmortalRuler thousand-year-old]] GodEmperor, HopeCrusher, and PersonOfMassDestruction who wears stark black-and-white suits in his appearances. He also has RavenHairIvorySkin to accentuate the look.
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[[folder:Live Action TV]]
* ''Series/AmericanGods'':
** The Technical Boy and his minions take on this aesthetic. After he abducts Shadow, his limo lair is shown to be as black and white as his costume.
** Downplayed with Media, who is only this by virtue of appearing to Shadow through a television currently screening ''Series/ILoveLucy'', which was originally recorded and broadcast in black and white.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Everything Regina wears after becoming evil is this. Her office in the real world has black and white wallpaper, and black and white knick-knacks strewn everywhere.
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': The [[EldritchAbomination Eldrazi]]
** Introduced during the Zendikar block, the Eldrazi were mechanically unique at the time for actually ''requiring'' colorless mana to play in some instances.
** The Eldrazi made a return in the Innistrad block, introducing horrific fusions of local flora and fauna with Emrakul's essence. Cards that depicted these horrors usually required colored mana to cast, but were marked with "'''Devoid ''(this card has no color)'''''."
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[[folder:Video Games]]
* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'': [[BigBad Nova]]'s OneWingedAngel form is a colossal humanoid figure with a black side and white side, and also controls a big black drone and a white one.
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}}'': Monokuma, the school "headmaster" is a deceptively cute looking black and white bear and the most visible antagonist. He also has a DualityMotif [[note]](one half is white and friendly-looking, the other half is black and evil-looking),[[/note]] with a [[RedEyesTakeWarning sinister red eye]] and a SlasherSmile. From the very first game, it doesn't take long to establish him as the BigBad of the entire series.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Comics]]
* ''WebComic/ExterminatusNow'': Former Inquisitor and now Chaos SorcerousOverlord Silas Morth is a badger. His entire cult follows black-and-white motifs: [[http://exterminatusnow.comicgenesis.com/d/20070511.html penguins, zebras, tigers...]]
* ''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]].
%% Despite being in the Video Game namespace, the Klonoa property is actually a Webcomic. Please do not move it from the Webcomic folder.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Originals]]
* ''WebVideo/NandoVMovies'' made an [[https://youtu.be/R23YRN6r9aU entire video]] decrying the use of this trope in modern big-budget blockbuster films. The argument made suggests that this is becoming a DeadHorseTrope.
* ''WebVideo/TribeTwelve'': The videos made by members of The Collective - Slender Man's evil group of possessed souls - are in an animated sketchy style, making them black and gray. Every picture shown of the collective members is in this same style.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'': The VillainOfTheWeek, Reverser's design is half black and half white, fitting his personality-reversing powers. This also contrasts his civilian self's subtle RainbowMotif.
* The Nixels from ''WesternAnimation/{{Mixels}}'' are black and white cubes, in contrast to the multi-colored and multi-shaped Mixels they oppose. The goal of the Nixels' is to make the world just as drab and uncreative as they are.
* ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'': White Diamond is not only entirely white and black as her name implies, she can control other Gems and turn them monochrome.
* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' episode, "Mime Time", a happy colorful clown named Rainbow ends up getting accidentally drenched in bleach, turning him into an [[EnemyMime evil black and white mime]] that [[HandOfMidas makes anything he touches]] grayscale and lifeless.
%% PwrPuffGrls example included for specific HandOfMidas-like context - other EnemyMime examples should go there.
* Murky Dismal from ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'''s goal is to rid the world of color, so naturally he lacks any color himself.
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