History Main / SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin

* ''Literature/ChildrenOfBloodAndBone'': Among the people of Orïsha (an alternate history Nigeria) are those known as divîners, who have white hair and the capability to learn magic. However, when King Saran took over he learned the secret of how to disable magic, and ever since divîners have no power and are marked for prejudice by their darker skin and white hair. A decade later, the protagonist Zélie able to unlock her power [[spoiler:and later on she inadvertently grants Amari power too, who is not a divîner but whose hair also turns white]].

* ''Anime/{{Jormungand}}'''s Jonah is the show's {{deuteragonist}} and has white hair and red eyes despite being a young ChildSoldier and a dark-skinned West Asian.

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* ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'':

* ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'': The people of Atlantis all possess white hair and dark skin.

* The TropeCodifier for this in Western media is Ororo Munroe aka Storm, one of the leading members of the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics and all of their adaptations. She is a Black Kenyan princess with distinct silver hair and blue eyes which she inherited from her mother, who came from a long line of African priestesses, and was worshiped as a goddess due to her appearance and her WeatherManipulation powers.

* In the Literature/{{Discworld}} novel ''Literature/{{Sourcery}}'', Barbarian hairdresser and thief Conina Cohensdaughter is explicitly described as having platinum-blonde hair combined with exotically dark skin. In a previous Discworld book, ''Literature/TheColourOfMagic'', the people of Krull are described as combining very dark skin with very blonde hair.
* Pirotess from ''Literature/RecordOfLodossWar'' has dark skin and silver hair befitting her status as a Dark Elf, as the series' lore is heavily based on ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. She's the series' EvilCounterpart to the heroic elf Deedlit and the only noteworthy [[DarkActionGirl female combatant]] among the antagonists.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arcane}}'' features Ekko, who has dark brown skin and white hair. This dark skin/pale hair combination makes him stand out among the rest of the cast, especially as both the tritagonist of the show and the leader of the Firelights, a third-option group opposed to both Silco's crime syndicate and Piltover's enforcers.
* Kida, the female protagonist of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', is the princess of the long-lost civilization of Atlantis, whose people all seem to share her white hair, dark skin, and longevity.
* Princess Yue of the Northern Water Tribe from ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' has the same brown skin as any other Water Tribe member. She was born with dark hair and unresponsive. The Moon Spirit saved her life, turning her hair white.

* ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'' has the black Max Kanté's normally dark hair become silvery as the superhero Pegasus.

* King Alfor and his daughter Princess Allura in ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' were [[AdaptationDyeJob redesigned to have brown skin and stark white hair in this version]]. As a result, Allura (as the scion of a lost alien civilization and the main characters' MysticalWaif {{herald}}) stands out among the human main characters.