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* In ''Literature/GrimoiresSoul'' Kesterline's Mages are basically its SecretPolice, and they normally wear mostly white robes and shoes with black accents.

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* In ''Literature/GrimoiresSoul'' ''Literature/GrimoiresSoul'', Kesterline's Mages are basically its SecretPolice, and they normally wear mostly white robes and shoes with black accents.

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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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* ''Fanfic/DungeonKeeperAmi'': Ami's first dungeon has a black and white [[AstralCheckerboardDecor chessboard theme]]. Downplayed, because while she's ''not'' not evil, everyone who shares her [[AcceptableProfessionalTargets occupation of Dungeon Keeper]] ''is'', Keeper is, and everyone else ''[[AggressiveCategorism assumes]]'' [[AggressiveCategorism assumes]] she's evil because of that.
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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has [[BigBad Salem]], who is a HumanoidAbomination with unnaturally white skin, black tainted veins, and a black dress. The only part of her that isn’t black or white are her [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]].

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* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has [[BigBad Salem]], who is a HumanoidAbomination with unnaturally white skin, black [[TaintedVeins tainted veins, veins]], and a black dress. The only part of her that isn’t black or white are her [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]].
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* ''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.
** Max Shreck is always seen in grayscale suits as well, with an occasional red bowtie as the only splash of colour.
** ComicBook/{{Catwoman}}, though more of an AntiVillain, is dressed in black leather with white stitches and seams.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII'': [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Sephiroth]], with his black clothing, pale skin, silver hair, and gray pauldrons. Also his clones -- Kadaj, Yazoo, and Loz -- in Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren.
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* ''WebVideo/RWBY'' has [[BigBad Salem]], who is a HumanoidAbomination with unnaturally white skin, black tainted veins, and a black dress. The only part of her that isn’t black are her [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]].

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* ''WebVideo/RWBY'' ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' has [[BigBad Salem]], who is a HumanoidAbomination with unnaturally white skin, black tainted veins, and a black dress. The only part of her that isn’t black or white are her [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]].
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* ''WebVideo/RWBY'' has [[BigBad Salem]], who is a HumanoidAbomination with unnaturally white skin, black tainted veins, and a black dress. The only part of her that isn’t black are her [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]].
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* ''Literature/LaughingJack'': The titular clown is all black and white, and ultimately proves to be a lethal FalseFriend to James. The mother finds herself in an eerie black and white AmusementParkOfDoom inhabited by disfigured children in her nightmare, which is implied to be Laughing Jack's realm. In the origin story, Laughing Jack was once a colorful clown, but years of abandonment caused his colors to fade away, and being exposed to violence made him a murderous MonsterClown.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst'': Princess Ivy has hair that's black on one side and white on the other, wears a dress with a black and white pattern, and can even magically summon butterflies that drain the color from anything they touch, leaving her surroundings entirely in grayscale. Her second appearance shows she lives in exile on an island she's turned gray, and she becomes distraught when a patch of colorful flowers blooms and starts spreading to her butterflies. After her HeelFaceTurn at the end, her personal color scheme doesn't change, but she starts wearing tinted glasses to block out color so she doesn't have to remove it anymore.
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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 [[MidasTouch makes anything he touches]] grayscale and lifeless.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'' ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' episode, "Mime Time", For a Change", a happy colorful clown named Rainbow ends up getting accidentally drenched in bleach, turning him into an [[EnemyMime evil black and white mime]] that [[MidasTouch makes anything he touches]] grayscale and lifeless.
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* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'': In the episode [[Recap/StarTrekVoyagerS2E23TheThaw The Thaw]], also has a circus but this one is a DangerouslyGarishEnvironment whose governing program has mutated into a personification of fear and runs the place like a BlackBugRoom, using it to torture its RubberForeheadAlien creatures. Unlike nearly every other character in there it's dressed up in grey with a bit of white face paint.
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What happens when LightIsNotGood and DarkIsEvil are combined. Contrast PrimaryColorChampion and SecondaryColorNemesis.

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What happens when LightIsNotGood and DarkIsEvil are combined. Contrast PrimaryColorChampion PrimaryColorChampion, SecondaryColorNemesis and SecondaryColorNemesis.
of course BrightIsNotGood.
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* "Evil" is going too far, but ComicBook/ThePunisher is a dangerous vigilante who dresses in black and white.

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* "Evil" is going too far, but While not exactly "evil", ComicBook/ThePunisher is a dangerous brutal and merciless vigilante who dresses in a black and white.t-shirt with a white skull emblem while out murdering criminals.
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* ''Literature/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Cruella de Vil. Black leather, white furs. [[MulticoloredHair Hair that's half black-half white]]. Wants to skin a bunch of black and white ''puppies'' to make clothes.

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* ''Literature/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'': Cruella de Vil. Black leather, white furs. [[MulticoloredHair Hair that's half black-half white]].white. Wants to skin a bunch of black and white ''puppies'' to make clothes.
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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.
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* Harley Quinn from ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'' wears a black and red jester outfit with white makeup, resulting in an amalgamation of this, RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver, and WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver.
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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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* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'': [[BigBad Nova]'s 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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* ''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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* Applies to Loki who shows up in ''VideoGame/Persona5'' decked out in black and white stripes of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage Dazzle Camouflage]] which is a [[AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance perfect mien]] for him [[spoiler: given that he is the original Persona of Black Mask otherwise known as [[Characters/Persona5GoroAkechi Goro Akechi]].]]
* ''VideoGame/AzureStrikerGunvolt'': [[BigBad Nova]]'s 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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* In ''WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck'', the High Command of the terrorist group F.O.W.L are depicted as three black shadows with white eyes. They reappear in ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' in the form of [[spoiler: Scrooge’s board of directors.]] They wear black-and-white business suits, although the primary member, [[spoiler: Bradford]], gets some [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver reds added to the mix when empowered by the Sword of Swanstantine]].
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* ''Radio/OurMissBrooks'': Osgood Conklin prefers to dress in black three-piece suits, or at least dark colors. Although the program appeared on television and film in black and white, and didn't "appear" at all on the radio, this tendency is mentioned several times:
** "First Day": Mr. Conklin not only dressed in black, but drove a large black sedan that Walter Denton compares to a hearse.
** "Friday The Thirteenth": Mr. Conklin brags about his respectable black suit and hat to his daughter. He worries that his "midnight blue" tie might be loud.
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* "Evil" is going too far, but ComicBook/ThePunisher is a dangerous vigilante who dresses in black and white.
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* Inverted in ''Literature/TheNightCircus''. The ''Cirque des Reves'' is intentionally set up so that almost everything in the circus is colored either black or white, but the circus is benevolent, and it is intended to bring joy and wonder to people around the world.
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* ''VideoGame/{{MGCM}}'': All demons (except the elemental ones) have black and white colors, from the hair, body marks, wings and skins.

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* ''VideoGame/{{MGCM}}'': ''VideoGame/{{IMGCM}}'': All demons (except the elemental ones) have black and white colors, from the hair, body marks, wings and skins.
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* The Drow of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''have charcoal grey skin and white or very light hair. This makes them stand out among the surface races, but their lack of color is not uncommon among the races of the underdark where they live.

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* The Drow of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''have ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons ''have charcoal grey skin and white or very light hair. This makes them stand out among the surface races, but their lack of color is not uncommon among the races of the underdark where they live.
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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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* ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'': ''VideoGame/KanColle'': 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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* ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'': During the last stage of the FinalBoss battle, [[BigBad Xemnas]] switches from a BlackCloak to a robe with black-and-white patterns resembling the Nobody emblem. The battle itself takes place in a gray void.
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* In ''Literature/GrimoiresSoul'' Kesterline's Mages are basically its SecretPolice, and they normally wear mostly white robes and shoes with black accents.
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* ''Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit'': Judge Doom's black suit, clean white shirt and unnaturally pale skin makes him stand out from the lead characters (namely, [[HardBoiledDetective Eddie's]] brownish tones and [[NonIronicClown Roger's]] bright colours), hinting about his malicious nature. However, [[spoiler: it's [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when Doom's true appearance is revealed to be that of a very colourful Toon, with his human appearance simply serving as a disguise]].
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* The Drow of ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''have charcoal grey skin and white or very light hair. This makes them stand out among the surface races, but their lack of color is not uncommon among the races of the underdark where they live.

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