History Main / MistakenForDyed

* In ''Webcomic/YokokasQuest'', Grace questions Yokoka, "[[https://yokokasquest.com/comic/chapter-7-page-44/ Your hair is such a nice colour, is that natural?]]". Yokoka [[IdiotHero doesn't understand the question]], as she's presumably unaware of hair dye.
* In [[https://hajnarus.tumblr.com/post/633891744717635585 this]] ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fan comic by {{Creator/Hajnarus}}, two mean boys accuse Kakyoin (who has red hair) of dyeing his hair because most Japanese people have black hair. When he says it's not dyed, they accuse him of wearing a wig, and then start ripping out his hair trying to find his "real" hair color.

* ''Literature/WhereTheDrownedGirlsGo'': Cora's blue hair is a MarkOfTheSupernatural, but students at the Whitethorn BoardingSchoolOfHorrors accuse her of dying it for attention and bully her. It's by design; Whitethorn {{Gaslight|ing}}s students into disbelieving their [[TrappedInAnotherWorld experiences in magical worlds]] and enforces conformity through bullying.

->'''Sherbet:''' There wasn’t a scratch but there sure was a lot of blood. Or was it just your hair dye running?
->'''Kazuki:''' Oi this color’s natural!

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie2TheSecondPart'': Everybody thinks that Wildstyle's black hair is her natural hair color with pink and blue highlights. Later, it is revealed that she had used a marker to dye her hair black while the pink and blue parts are her natural hair color.

* Youko of ''Literature/TheTwelveKingdoms'' has implausibly red hair for a Japanese person, causing her parents to worry that she'll be mistaken for a delinquent that bleaches her hair. She actually dyes it a more subdued color to prevent this.

* The NSFW FurryWebcomic ''Webcomic/ShaylaThePinkMouse'' gets a visit from her brother while she's working at Trevor's convenience store. While the two siblings update each other, Shayla's boss and some regulars comment on Shayla's pink fur and her brother's teal fur. After Shayla points out that her large mouse ears heard their puerile chatter clearly, she goes on to explain that her ancestors lived in the Southwest painted desert, where pink and teal are typical landscape colors. Their fur coloration is actually a natural camouflage effect.

* Early in the first season of ''Series/TheGifted'', Lorna/Polaris appears to have dark hair with dyed green streaks. At one point she's captured, and in the prison shower the dye washes out...the ''black'' dye, revealing her hair to be naturally a vivid green. As in the comics, she colours it to hide that she's a mutant, although it's a bigger deal in the anti-mutant police state the series is set in.

* A related example from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "The '37s" our heroes are being held hostage by people who have been frozen since the 20th century. Janeway tries to prove that aliens exist by showing off Kes' elf-like ears. Amelia Earhart (long story) isn't convinced, saying that she's seen people all over the world modify their bodies, that doesn't mean that aliens exist.

* In [[https://hajnarus.tumblr.com/post/633891744717635585 this]] ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fan comic, two mean boys accuse Kakyoin (who has red hair) of dyeing his hair because most Japanese people have black hair. When he says it's not dyed, they accuse him of wearing a wig, and then start ripping out his hair trying to find his "real" hair color.

* ''Literature/TheLostFleet'' : Inhabitants of the planet Éire all have green hair as a result of genetic manipulation done several generations before. Captain John "Black Jack" Geary is all set to discipline a junior officer for dyeing her hair before he learns this.

* Kodaka of ''LightNovel/{{Haganai}}'' has naturally blond hair thanks to his [[ButNotTooForeign English ancestry]]. This alienates him from his peers, who all mistake him for a delinquent on sight because of this.

* Some of the Zodiac members in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' have rare or unusual hair colours by Japanese standards (or people, period), such as orange or black-and-white, which is a side effect of the animals of the EasternZodiac they're possessed by. Some of them have faced bullying because of their hair colours; Kisa in particular suffers from some nasty school bullying due to her [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold naturally golden hair]] and [[SupernaturalGoldEyes golden eyes]], and even when she tried to tell her classmates her hair and eyes were natural, [[CassandraTruth none of them believed her]].

* One submission on [[Website/NotAlwaysLearning Not Always Learning]] centers on this trope. The submitter is half-Japanese, half-Irish, and has to [[https://notalwaysright.com/cant-catch-you-red-handed/38081/ prove to a substitute teacher]] that her red hair is in fact completely natural.

* One submission on [[NotAlwaysRight/SisterSites Not Always Learning]] centers on this trope. The submitter is half-Japanese, half-Irish, and has to [[https://notalwaysright.com/cant-catch-you-red-handed/38081/ prove to a substitute teacher]] that her red hair is in fact completely natural.

* ''Webcomic/GenocideMan'': {{Invoked|Trope}} by the Inuit {{Designer Bab|ies}}y Girii, who [[http://www.genocideman.com/?p=70 colours]] her ''roots'' brown so that people think her telltale [[DarkSkinnedBlond platinum-blonde hair]] is a dye job. It's a survival tactic -- the OneWorldOrder summarily executes anyone and anything that's been genetically modified.

* A related example from ''Series/StarTrekVoyager''. In "The '37s" our heroes are being held hostage by people who have been frozen since the 20th century. Janeway tries to prove that aliens exist by showing off Kes' elf-like ears. Amelia Earhart (long story) isn't convinced, saying that she's seen people all over the world modify their bodies, that doesn't mean that aliens exist.

* In [[https://hajnarus.tumblr.com/post/633891744717635585 this]] ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fan comic, two mean boys accuse Kakyoin (who has red hair) of dying his hair because most Japanese people have black hair. When he says it's not dyed, they accuse him of wearing a wig, and then start ripping out his hair trying to find his "real" hair color.

* In [[https://hajnarus.tumblr.com/post/633891744717635585 this]] ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fan comic, two mean boys accuse Kakyoin of having dyed hair because most Japanese people have black hair. When he says it's not dyed, they accuse him of wearing a wig, and then start ripping out his hair trying to find his "real" hair color.

* In [[https://hajnarus.tumblr.com/post/633891744717635585 this]] ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' fan comic, two mean boys accuse Kakyoin of having dyed hair because red hair is uncommon in Japan. When he says it's not dyed, they accuse him of wearing a wig, and then start ripping out his hair trying to find his "real" hair color.

* Some of the Zodiac members in ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' have rare or unusual hair colours by Japanese standards (or people, period), such as orange or black-and-white, which is a side effect of the animals of the EasternZodiac they're possessed by. Some of them have faced bullying because of their hair colour; Kisa in particular suffers from some nasty school bullying due to her blonde hair and [[SupernaturalGoldEyes golden eyes]], and even when she tried to tell her classmates her hair and eyes were natural [[CassandraTruth none of them believed her]].

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* Ichigo and Orihime from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' both have orange hair. They've both received trouble because they look like JapaneseDelinquents.

Some characters have hair colours that are rare or unusual. Maybe their hair is [[ImplausibleHairColor abnormal]] for their [[HollywoodGenetics parentage]] or ethnicity, maybe their hair is [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair outright]] abnormal for their species ''period'', but their hair is actually natural. Others don't believe them, though. They think that their hair is dyed.

* Makoto Kino from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' has red hair in the manga, which is supposed to make her look like a JapaneseDelinquent. In chapter five, one of the teachers mistakes her for one because of this.