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* In ''Webcomic/WildeLife,'' WordOfGod notes that she had a few ideas of how to draw Sylvia, but opted for this trope so that she would look like a black and white photograph.

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* The Teen Titans from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!'' turn light blue after they die. But in "Hot Garbage", the ghosts of the Titans except Beast-boy are blue-ish green.
** The ghostly grandma from Grandma Voice is light blue as well.

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"Hot Garbage", the ghosts of the Titans except Beast-boy are blue-ish green.
** The ghostly grandma from Grandma Voice "Grandma Voice" is light blue as well.blue.
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* Ghostly hallucinations in ''VideoGame/BiShock1'' are grainy and blue.

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* Ghostly hallucinations in ''VideoGame/BiShock1'' ''VideoGame/BioShock'' are grainy and blue.



* The Teen Titans from the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!'' episode, Ghostboy (either Landry Day or Grandma Voice) are light blue after they die. But in Hot Garbage, the ghosts of the Titans expect Beastboy are blue-ish green.
** The ghostly grandma from Ggrandma Voice is light blue as well.

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* The Teen Titans from the from ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!'' episode, Ghostboy (either Landry Day or Grandma Voice) are turn light blue after they die. But in Hot Garbage, "Hot Garbage", the ghosts of the Titans expect Beastboy except Beast-boy are blue-ish green.
** The ghostly grandma from Ggrandma Grandma Voice is light blue as well.

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* The Teen Titans from the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!'' episode, Ghostboy are light blue after they die. But in Hot Garbage, the ghosts of the Titans expect Beastboy are blue-ish green.

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* The Teen Titans from the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!'' episode, Ghostboy (either Landry Day or Grandma Voice) are light blue after they die. But in Hot Garbage, the ghosts of the Titans expect Beastboy are blue-ish green.green.
** The ghostly grandma from Ggrandma Voice is light blue as well.
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*''Webcomic/AGirlAndHerFed'' ghosts are a very distinct bright blue when interacting with the world of the living.
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* ''Film/IndianaJones: Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' has a white specter appear near the ending.

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* ''Film/IndianaJones: Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' has a white specter appear near the ending.
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* The Teen Titans from the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!'' episode, Ghostboy are light blue. But in Hot Garbage, the ghosts of the Titans expect Beastboy are blue-ish green.

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* The Teen Titans from the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!'' episode, Ghostboy are light blue.blue after they die. But in Hot Garbage, the ghosts of the Titans expect Beastboy are blue-ish green.
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* High-Five Ghost from ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'' is white and transparent.
* The Teen Titans from the ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo!'' episode, Ghostboy are light blue. But in Hot Garbage, the ghosts of the Titans expect Beastboy are blue-ish green.
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* ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheSims3 3]]'': Ghosts are color coded based on how they died. For example, Sims that died due to drowning become blue ghosts, and Sims that died due to fire become red ghosts. The original ''[[VideoGame/TheSims1 Sims]]'' averted this; the ghosts were the same colors as the living Sims, but transparent.

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''VideoGame/TheSims2'' and ''[[VideoGame/TheSims3 3]]'': Ghosts are color coded based on how they died. For example, Sims that died due to drowning become blue ghosts, and Sims that died due to fire become red ghosts. ghosts.
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The original ''[[VideoGame/TheSims1 Sims]]'' averted this; the ghosts were the same colors as the living Sims, but transparent.
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* ''TheSims 2'' and ''3'': Ghosts are color coded based on how they died. For example, Sims that died due to drowning become blue ghosts, and Sims that died due to fire become red ghosts. The original ''Sims'' averted this; the ghosts were the same colors as the living Sims, but transparent.

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* ''TheSims 2'' ''VideoGame/TheSims2'' and ''3'': ''[[VideoGame/TheSims3 3]]'': Ghosts are color coded based on how they died. For example, Sims that died due to drowning become blue ghosts, and Sims that died due to fire become red ghosts. The original ''Sims'' ''[[VideoGame/TheSims1 Sims]]'' averted this; the ghosts were the same colors as the living Sims, but transparent.

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* The [[spoiler:ghosts of the murdered children]] in ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys3'' are only ever represented in monochrome 8-bit, even in scenes where they should be by all rights have defining colors.
* ''VideoGame/RuneScape'' Ghost monsters are monochromatic white, while their Wights are variations of green (and surprisingly opaque). Other non-hostile ghosts are usually some variation on bluish-green, almost teal. Revenants are largely gray. The Shades are ColorCodedForYourConvenience but are always a variation of a single color on any given example.

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*''Anime/VariableGeo'': Miranda Jahana's spirit is only seen twice during the OVA: first, when her visage takes the place of [[spoiler: [[MindControlEyes Satomi's irises]]]], and once she's been expelled from [[spoiler: Satomi]]'s body. In both instances, she appears as a greyish-white apparition.



* In ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', most of the human-esque ghosts are depicted this way.

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* In ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', most of the human-esque ghosts are depicted this way.in semi-transparent shades of blue/grey.



* In ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', Marley and Marley are pale blue.
* Force ghosts in ''Franchise/StarWars'' are blue.

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* In ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', Marley and Marley are pale blue.
* Force ghosts in ''Franchise/StarWars'' are blue.
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* ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'': Ghostly hallucinations are grainy and blue.

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* ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'': Ghostly hallucinations in ''VideoGame/BiShock1'' are grainy and blue.
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* Most productions of ''Theatre/BlitheSpirit'' have the deceased wife Elvira [[spoiler:and later the second deceased wife Ruth]] in monochrome dress and makeup (the stage directions say grey, but pale blue has also been done).
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* The numerous ghosts in ''Pinball/HauntedHouse'' are all in various shades of pale blue.
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* In the 2006 ''[[MissMarple Marple]]'' adaptation of "The Sittaford Mystery", the ghost of murder victim Clive Trevelyan (played by Timothy Dalton) appears in shades of bluish grey at the end of the episode.

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* In the 2006 ''[[MissMarple ''[[Literature/MissMarple Marple]]'' adaptation of "The Sittaford Mystery", the ghost of murder victim Clive Trevelyan (played by Timothy Dalton) appears in shades of bluish grey at the end of the episode.
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* The free-floating viral apparitions of Sigma and Zero in the ''MegaManX'' series are violet-hued and glitchy.

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* The free-floating viral apparitions of Sigma and Zero in the ''MegaManX'' ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' series are violet-hued and glitchy.
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* ''{{Coraline}}'': The ghost children are of pale blueish color.

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* ''{{Coraline}}'': ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'': The ghost children are of pale blueish color.



* The ghosts in Disney's ''TheHauntedMansion'' film are whitish-blue, as are many of the ghosts in the actual ride.

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* The ghosts in Disney's ''TheHauntedMansion'' ''Film/TheHauntedMansion'' film are whitish-blue, as are many of the ghosts in the actual ride.
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* ''{{Coraline}}'': The ghost children are a pale blueish color.

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* ''{{Coraline}}'': The ghost children are a of pale blueish color.
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* In the ''MysteryCaseFiles'' games, Emma, Rose, and the twins are ghost-white. The [[spoiler: the ghost pirate]] in ''13th Skull'' is blue.

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* In the ''MysteryCaseFiles'' ''VideoGame/MysteryCaseFiles'' games, Emma, Rose, and the twins are ghost-white. The [[spoiler: the ghost pirate]] in ''13th Skull'' is blue.
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* ''GunnerkriggCourt'' has a number of ghosts, including a BedsheetGhost and full-color varieties. The ghost of the woman by the Annan waters, however, is just a white figure.
* ''ThePhoenixRequiem'': The ghosts of regular, non-Shade human beings are depicted as wispy white figures. The Spirits also start off this way as pale gold, but more color begins to show as they gain strength.

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* ''GunnerkriggCourt'' ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'' has a number of ghosts, including a BedsheetGhost and full-color varieties. The ghost of the woman by the Annan waters, however, is just a white figure.
* ''ThePhoenixRequiem'': ''Webcomic/ThePhoenixRequiem'': The ghosts of regular, non-Shade human beings are depicted as wispy white figures. The Spirits also start off this way as pale gold, but more color begins to show as they gain strength.
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* In the 2006 ''[[MissMarple Marple]]'' adaptation of "The Sittaford Mystery", the ghost of murder victim Clive Trevelyan (played by Timothy Dalton) appears in shades of bluish grey at the end of the episode.
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* ''Film/IndianaJones: Raiders of the Lost Ark'' has a white specter appear near the ending.
* In ''TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', Marley and Marley are pale blue.

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* ''Film/IndianaJones: Raiders of the Lost Ark'' Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' has a white specter appear near the ending.
* In ''TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', ''Film/TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', Marley and Marley are pale blue.
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* The Flying Dutchman in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is sickly green.

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* The Flying Dutchman in ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is [[SicklyGreenGlow sickly green.green]].
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* Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past in ''[[MrMagoo Mr. Magoo]]'s Christmas Carol'' are blue and orange respectively.

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* Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past in ''[[MrMagoo ''[[WesternAnimation/MrMagoo Mr. Magoo]]'s Christmas Carol'' are blue and orange respectively.
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* In ''Series/MurdochMysteries'',

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* In ''Series/MurdochMysteries'',
the episode "The Ghost of Queen's Park" of ''Series/MurdochMysteries'', there are several mysterious deaths in a building near Queen's Park that look like murders. People report seeing a ghost that is blue and glows. [[spoiler:The ghost was a woman who wanted a revenge for her mother's death. She looked exactly like her mother and her adoptive father was a scientist who experimented with radium. She rubbed hersefl with it, and radium is luminescent, glowing a faint blue.]]

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* In the ''Pokémon'' episode "The Tower of Terror", after Ash & Pikachu are ([[DisneyDeath temporarily]]) killed by a chandelier falling on them, their spirits are a bluish-white.

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* In the ''Pokémon'' ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' episode "The Tower of Terror", after Ash & Pikachu are ([[DisneyDeath temporarily]]) killed by a chandelier falling on them, their spirits are a bluish-white.



* ''BillAndTedsBogusJourney'': When B&T are dead they're grayish-blue.
* All the ghosts in ''{{Film/Casper}}'' are [[CaptainObvious ghostly]] white.

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* ''BillAndTedsBogusJourney'': ''Film/{{Bill and Ted}}'s Bogus Journey'': When B&T are dead dead, they're grayish-blue.
* All the ghosts in ''{{Film/Casper}}'' are [[CaptainObvious ghostly]] ghostly white.



* In ''{{Ghostbusters}}'', most of the human-esque ghosts are depicted this way.

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* In ''{{Ghostbusters}}'', ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}'', most of the human-esque ghosts are depicted this way.



* ''IndianaJones: Raiders of the Lost Ark'' has a white specter appear near the ending.

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* ''IndianaJones: ''Film/IndianaJones: Raiders of the Lost Ark'' has a white specter appear near the ending.



* The ghosts in the ''HarryPotter'' books are described as 'pearly white', with the exception of Peeves. In the movies they are merely desaturated, however.

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* The ghosts in the ''HarryPotter'' ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books are described as 'pearly white', with the exception of Peeves. In the movies they are merely desaturated, however.




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* In ''Series/MurdochMysteries'',



* The Flying Dutchman in ''[[SpongeBob SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' is sickly green.

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* The Flying Dutchman in ''[[SpongeBob SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' is sickly green.


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* In ''WesternAnimation/CasperTheFriendlyGhost'', the ghosts are transparent, pale and white-ish and not detailed.
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Whether they appear wispy or solid, often a full-bodied, non-[[BedsheetGhost Bedsheet]] apparition is depicted in values of only one color, often white/grey or blue. If there is an exception, however, it will be for the eyes.

This refers to a disembodied apparition of some kind that appears in a full-color work and is monochrome for the purpose of showing that it isn't a physical presence.

Compare MonochromePast, DeliberatelyMonochrome and UndeathlyPallor. Contrast LivingShadow.
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* In the ''Pokémon'' episode "The Tower of Terror", after Ash & Pikachu are ([[DisneyDeath temporarily]]) killed by a chandelier falling on them, their spirits are a bluish-white.

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* In a couple of DC comics stories (''Animal Man, Suicide Squad'') the authors wrote themselves into the story and appeared as black & white images.

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* ''BillAndTedsBogusJourney'': When B&T are dead they're grayish-blue.
* All the ghosts in ''{{Film/Casper}}'' are [[CaptainObvious ghostly]] white.
* ''{{Coraline}}'': The ghost children are a pale blueish color.
* In ''{{Ghostbusters}}'', most of the human-esque ghosts are depicted this way.
* The ghosts in Disney's ''TheHauntedMansion'' film are whitish-blue, as are many of the ghosts in the actual ride.
* In the British comedy ''How I Won The War'', the soldiers of a platoon keep marching even after they are killed. The StockFootage of each battle is tinted a different color, so each ghost soldier is the color of the battle they died in.
* ''IndianaJones: Raiders of the Lost Ark'' has a white specter appear near the ending.
* In ''TheMuppetChristmasCarol'', Marley and Marley are pale blue.
* Force ghosts in ''Franchise/StarWars'' are blue.

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* The ghosts in the ''HarryPotter'' books are described as 'pearly white', with the exception of Peeves. In the movies they are merely desaturated, however.

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* The Lady of the Lake in ''Series/{{Kaamelott}}'' is pale blue when she appears to King Arthur.
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the ghost of a [[MonochromePast silent film star]] in the episode "Hollywood Babylon" was rendered in black and white, as well as the ghost of company founder P. T. Sandover in "It's A Terrible Life". Some other ghosts or death echoes in the series are static-y black and white as well, but often there is some color, particularly red blood to highlight various wounds they suffered when they died.
* ''Series/TheXFiles'':
** "Elegy": People reported seeing injured pale women trying to convey a message. It was found out that at those moments, the women were already killed and they were seeing their ghosts, all in pale blue colour.
** In "Tithonus", Alfred Fellig can recognize who is about to die. He sees the people going black and white when they are dying, while the background stays fully coloured. (Inverse of SplashOfColour.)
* ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'': In a filmed sketch parodying tween comedies, a commercial for TheDisneyChannel's [[http://www.hulu.com/#!watch/489151 "Aw Nuts! Mom's a Ghost!"]], mom had gone to South Korea and had an affair with a Korean official. He's worried she'll talk so he drowns her in a river and now she's a Mool-Gwishin - a Korean water ghost. She appears in monochrome gray while having wacky hijinks.

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* The free-floating viral apparitions of Sigma and Zero in the ''MegaManX'' series are violet-hued and glitchy.
* In the ''MysteryCaseFiles'' games, Emma, Rose, and the twins are ghost-white. The [[spoiler: the ghost pirate]] in ''13th Skull'' is blue.
* ''VideoGame/{{Pikmin}}'': Dead Pikmin will evaporate into a colored ghost, the color depending on [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience their color in life]].
* ''TheSims 2'' and ''3'': Ghosts are color coded based on how they died. For example, Sims that died due to drowning become blue ghosts, and Sims that died due to fire become red ghosts. The original ''Sims'' averted this; the ghosts were the same colors as the living Sims, but transparent.
* In ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyThe4HeroesOfLight'', party members who fall in battle will be shown as opaque grey ghosts.
* ''VideoGame/{{Bioshock}}'': Ghostly hallucinations are grainy and blue.

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* ''GunnerkriggCourt'' has a number of ghosts, including a BedsheetGhost and full-color varieties. The ghost of the woman by the Annan waters, however, is just a white figure.
* ''ThePhoenixRequiem'': The ghosts of regular, non-Shade human beings are depicted as wispy white figures. The Spirits also start off this way as pale gold, but more color begins to show as they gain strength.

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* The Flying Dutchman in ''[[SpongeBob SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' is sickly green.
* Marley and the Ghost of Christmas Past in ''[[MrMagoo Mr. Magoo]]'s Christmas Carol'' are blue and orange respectively.
* In ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' episode "The Spirit World", when Aang accidentally transfers himself into the Spirit World, he's shown as completely blue and translucent.
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