History Main / MysticalWhiteHair

** Jennifer Morgan, Travis Morgan's daughter and the sorceress supreme of Skartaris in ''ComicBook/TheWarlord''. She was originally blonde, but her hair turns white as she gains sorcerous power.
** When Artemis (the goddess, not the [[ComicBook/{{Artemis}} hero]]) was redesigned for ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'' she was given glowing white hair, which matches her skin and eyes as she is entirely monochromatic.

** Rose and Roxy both have white hair like Dave and Dirk, and have shown an interest in magic, with Roxy being a big fan of wizards and Rose dual-wielding magic wands as her WeaponOfChoice. However, while depending on your [[{{Fanon}} headcanon]] this trope could apply, technically this white hair is just a result of the (intentionally ambiguous) art style. In all likelihood, Rose and Roxy have light blonde or orange hair.

** ''ComicBook/XMen'''s Ororo "ComicBook/{{Storm}}" Munroe is a DarkSkinnedBlond(-ish) with, yes, blue eyes. This was eventually explained as a property she got from her mother's inherent magic. Her mother came from a line of Kenyan witches, and during a New Mutants time-travel story, one of Storm's ancestresses in ancient Egypt also shared the physical characteristics.

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Dark elves, or drow, also count as DarkSkinnedBlonde ([[FridgeLogic despite living underground for thousands of years, which you'd think would have the opposite effect]]; though, at least in one gameworld, they're described as being cursed into that form so no-one would mistake them). And since they're elves, they tend to be very good-looking (drow are even described as being more attractive on average than other elves, on top of looking exotic). They took this to massive race-wide MsFanservice levels. The good ones took to dancing naked in the moonlight. The [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil ones]] considered wearing armor admission of [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder fear and weakness before rival houses]]. The females would often wander their cities nude or nearly so, flaying alive anyone who was DistractedByTheSexy with [[WhipItGood whips made of snakes]] unless they decided the male would make a worthy addition to their harem and let him audition for the role of pleasure slave. Pretty is not nice at all.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': [[HotWitch Feiya the witch]], [[SummonMagic Balazar the summoner]], [[DeviousDaggers Merisiel the knife-wielding rogue]] (who's an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]]), and [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Seltyiel]] the [[MagicKnight magus]] (who's a half-elf). Seoni the sorcerer is [[DarkSkinnedBlonde platinum blonde]], so it would appear that Paizo is fond of this trope.

* Like her parents, Allura from ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' has [[DarkSkinnedBlonde dark skin and white hair]], as was common on her home planet, Altea. Later on, this happens to [[spoiler:Shiro as his soul is revived into a clone body with Allura's magic, gaining a full head of silver hair]].

* Daenerys Targaryen (natural brunette Creator/EmiliaClarke in a white wig) in ''Series/GameOfThrones'', who has silver-blonde hair due to her Targaryen ancestry. She's at least fire-absorbent.

* WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom, Danny and Dani's half-ghost forms.

** Comicbook/DoctorStrange's disciple/lover/wife Clea, half-Faltinian princess of the Dark Dimension. She has a touch of AnimeHair as well.
** ''ComicBook/{{Captain Marvel|MarvelComics}}'''s Phyla-Vell a.k.a. Quasar, who is half Titanian (Titanese?) and half Kree.

** The ''X-Men'' villain Spiral, although she was originally a brunette before her genes were messed with.
** ComicBook/AlphaFlight's Walter Langkowski, aka Sasquatch, once [[GenderBender became a woman]] after returning from the dead (long story). Going by the name Wanda, she was young and pretty, and had snow-white hair in both her human and Sasquatch forms.
** Balder Odinson, [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor's]] half-brother and long-time friend, returned to the living after making a deal with Hela to defeat 1000 of his previous foes in battle again to return to life. This took so long that his hair turned white while his Asgardian physiology meant he retained his youthful appearance.
** Subverted with Quicksilver. Although he was born on the extremely mystical Wundagore Mountain (haunt of the elder god Chthon), his white hair apparently is simply inherited from his father Magneto.
** Subverted with the ComicBook/BlackCat. She has natural white hair (officially platinum blonde) but was originally a BadassNormal. She acquired superpowers when she felt she was a liability on the battlefield. A straighter example would be [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel The Ultimate Universe]] which reimagines her as a {{Mutant}} (though in that case, she wore a wig) and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' which grants her the power to change [[PowerDyesYourHair her hair from blonde to white when she powers up]].
* All of the [[ComicBook/TheMetabarons Metabarons]] have long white hair, if they have any. For some reason, even the women they bring into the family from other clans have long white hair.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': [[HotWitch Feiya the witch]], [[SummonMagic Balazar the summoner]], [[KnifeNut Merisiel the rogue]] (who's an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]]), and [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Seltyiel]] the [[MagicKnight magus]] (who's a half-elf). Seoni the sorcerer is [[DarkSkinnedBlonde platinum blonde]], so it would appear that Paizo is fond of this trope.

* On the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', Boomer has white hair, and from what his content creator counterpart has revealed, it's indicated that his hair was sapped of its original blond colour in exchange for mystical powers that can be harnessed through his NiceHat.

* The Nobles (including [[CombatPragmatist Aida]]) in ''VisualNovel/{{Ascension}}'' have this.

* Chloe from ''Webcomic/AngelDown'' has [[RapunzelHair extremely long]] white hair due to her being a {{Nephilim}}

* Nasha of ''Literature/{{SPAZ}}'' has white RapunzelHair, and while she's not magical, she's definitely a little strange

** [[Comicbook/XMan Nate Grey]] started out with a SkunkStripe, like his counterpart, {{ComicBook/Cable}}, but at the end of ''ComicBook/AgeOfXMan'' it went completely white under the influence of the Life Seed. It is no accident that at this point, Nate was more than just a person, even a RealityWarper, having become a [[GeniusLoci living pocket-reality]] -- in many ways, he ''was'' the Age of X-Man.

** Princess Anna has naturally strawberry-blonde hair with a platinum blonde SkunkStripe as a result of being struck by Elsa's powers when she was five. When Anna's heart is frozen solid, her hair gradually begins to turn white. Sharp-eyed viewers will note that Anna's hair turns ''literally'' white instead of platinum blonde.

** In a darker shade on this, [[spoiler:Claudia's hair [[PrematurelyGreyHaired starts going white]] when she overtaxes himself on dark magic. She gets a SkunkStripe to fix Soren's paralysis, then about half of it white when she resurrects Viren]].

%%* Drew Saturday from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' has white hair. This seems to be a genetic trait since her 11-year old son has black hair with a white SkunkStripe (or whatever the equivalent is for the spiky crazy anime hair Zack has). In flashbacks, Drew's mom had white hair, too, so it is certainly genetic.

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/sister3-309 both]] Hanma and Voltaire seem to have this. The former has dark skin and the latter seems to have pure white skin. Both combinations are not seen even in other [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Immortals]] which mark them as unusual given that they live in a setting where YouGottaHaveBlueHair.

** Star Catcher was the first pegasus introduced in [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3 G3]] and is the most unusual of the pegasi. She is white-furred with MulticoloredHair. Star Catcher has a more refined voice than most other characters (who have more cartoony voices), she is very calm and understanding, and she can make wishes come true. She is also the unofficial leader of the pegasus, she is referred to as one of the most beautiful ponies out there, and her wings stand out amongst the other pegasus. It's [[InformedAbility stated]] in G3 that pegasus are rare and mystical, yet Star Catcher is the only one who actually displays these traits.

* ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'': Sabrina used to have platinum blonde hair but in the 1990s she was redesigned to be a brighter shade of blonde. She is [[HalfHumanHybrid half-witch]]. In ''ComicBook/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'' her original hair color was blonde but it had turned white by her teenage years, likely due to her {{witch|species}} heritage.

* ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'': [[HotWitch Feiya the witch]], [[SummonMagic Balazar the summoner]], [[KnifeNut Merisiel the rogue]] (who's an [[OurElvesAreDifferent elf]]), and [[WhiteHairBlackHeart Seltyiel]] the [[MagicKnight magus]] (who's a half-elf). Seoni the [[WitchSpecies sorcerer]] is [[DarkSkinnedBlonde platinum blonde]], so it would appear that Paizo is fond of this trope.

%%** Or even age -- the elite of humanity often receive treatments to keep them fighting for hundreds of years. Old Space Marines usually seem to opt for BaldOfAwesome instead.

* On the ''LetsPlay/DreamSMP'', Boomer has white hair, and from what his content creator counterpart has revealed, it's indicated that his hair was sapped of its original colour in exchange for mystical powers that can be harnessed through his NiceHat.

* Freudia from ''VisualNovel/{{Rosenkreuzstilette}}'' has white hair and [[AnIcePerson specializes in ice magic]].

It bears repeating that these are young (or at least [[OlderThanTheyLook young]]-[[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld looking]]) characters, and their hair color is not indicative of age (or of premature aging).

See also WhiteHairBlackHeart, which is where having white hair is a sign of evil instead of magic, superpowers or otherworldly origins; an albino power's white hair being seen as a sign of evil or the supernatural may be indicative of AlbinosAreFreaks. If a character's hair turns white due to a disease or illness, it's DiseaseBleach. If a characters hair turns white when they use their powers, it's PowerDyesYourHair. Sometimes can be a result of LockedIntoStrangeness. See also BaldMystic, another hairstyling choice that denotes the supernatural.

* Siahm in ''ComicBook/{{Arawn}}'' is a silver-haired amazon, just like the rest of her tribe, who are made up of nothing but white haired pretty girls. They have some limited magical powers that provide heightened vitality and [[OlderThanTheyLook slowed aging]], all granted by drinking the blood of their enemies' hearts.

** Dream Girl / Dreamer, Princess Projectra and White Witch from the ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes''.

** When Artemis (the goddess not the [[ComicBook/{{Artemis}} hero]]) was redesigned for ''ComicBook/WonderWoman2011'' she was given glowing white hair, which matches her skin and eyes as she is entirely monochromatic.

* ComicBook/LadyDeath is a white-haired, white-skined undead demigoddess.

** ''ComicBook/XMen'''s Ororo "ComicBook/{{Storm}}" Munroe is a DarkSkinnedBlond(-ish) with, yes, blue eyes. This was eventually explained as a property she got from her mother's inherent magic. Her mother came from a line of Kenyan witches, and during a New Mutants time-travel story one of Storm's ancestresses in ancient Egypt also shared the physical characteristics.

** Balder Odinson, [[Comicbook/TheMightyThor Thor's]] half-brother and long time friend, returned to the living after making a deal with Hela to defeat 1000 of his previous foes in battle again to return to life. This took so long that his hair turned white while his Asgardian physiology meant he retained his youthful appearance.

** Subverted with the ComicBook/BlackCat. She has natural white hair (officially platinum blonde), but was originally a BadassNormal. She acquired super powers when she felt she was a liability in the battle field. A straighter example would be [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel The Ultimate Universe]] which reimagines her as a {{Mutant}} (though in that case she wore a wig) and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' which grants her the power to change [[PowerDyesYourHair her hair from blonde to white when she powers up]].

* There's Wolf Gal, a white haired woman RaisedByWolves, from Lil Abner.

* Brunhilde from ''WesternAnimation/ThorTalesOfAsgard'' has white hair, which make her stand out from the rest of the valkyries whom she leads, that have blonde hair.

* Ni Chan, also know as the White-Haired Witch, from ''Film/TheForbiddenKingdom''.
* The titular character from ''Film/TheBrideWithWhiteHair'', who started off with normal black hair until the day she was betrayed by her lover; learning to increase her inner ''qi'' to a whole new level, her hair turns silver-white overnight, and can [[PrehensileHair lash out as whip-like appendages capable of shredding through flesh]].
* The titular heroine of ''Wolf Devil Woman'', the Taiwanese movie which inspired ''The Bride With White Hair''. Being raised by a white wolf somehow have her hair naturally growing silver-white.

* In ''Film/UnderworldBloodWars'', the vampires from the [[GrimUpNorth Scandinavian Coven]] possessed silver-hair as result of going through a cocooning process that granted some unusual abilities not seen in other members of their species (such as [[FlashStep teleportation-like speed]] and soul reading), as well as increasing already existing abilities to higher levels. [[spoiler:When Selene undergoes the same transformation, she gains streaks of white hair along with these powers]].

** Storm is a white haired woman with weather manipulation/summoning powers.

* In the pre-Christian Hungarian religion, it was believed that children born with white hairs had magic powers and thus were destined to become shamans.

* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' Dark elves, or drow, also count as DarkSkinnedBlonde ([[FridgeLogic despite living underground for thousands of years, which you'd think would have the opposite effect]]; though, at least in one gameworld, they're described as being cursed into that form so no-one would mistake them). And since they're elves, they tend to be very good-looking (drow are even described as being more attractive on average than other elves, on top of looking exotic). They took this to massive race-wide MsFanservice levels. The good ones took to dancing naked in the moonlight. The [[AlwaysChaoticEvil evil ones]] considered wearing armor admission of [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder fear and weakness before rival houses]]. The females would often wander their cities nude or nearly so, flaying alive anyone who was DistractedByTheSexy with [[WhipItGood whips made of snakes]], unless they decided the male would make a worthy addition to their harem and let him audition for the role of pleasure slave. Pretty is not nice at all.

** Majesty from G1 is a unicorn pony introduced in Year 2 who has a white pelt and has a white stripe in her blue hair. She is not officially a "princess", but lives in a castle and has a dragon like the later introduced princesses. Majesty has extraordinary abilities when it comes to magic. In the British ''ComicBook/MyLittlePony'' comics she can use multiple types of magic, unlike the other ponies who specialize in only one type of magic. Majesty watches over the other ponies using a magic mirror and a crystal ball. She also has horseshoes which turn her invisible.

* MysteriousWaif Chou from ''VisualNovel/BalladOfAnEveningButterfly'' has white hair. It probably has to do with her albinism, the fact she’s from a unusual species (that are very similar to vampires) and her mysterious powers.

** Ilyasviel von Einzbern and her maids Sella and Leysritt from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', as well as Ilya's mother [[LightNovel/FateZero Irisviel]]. In their case it's genetic, since Einzbern homunculi are descendants (or, more appropriately, clones) of Lizleihi Justica von Einzbern, who had the same white hair and red eyes. They also carry parts of her personality and even memories.

** There are several characters who have white hair when summoned as Servants, but did not in their human lives. Archer in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' is [[spoiler:a FutureBadass version of Shirou Emiya who became a Counter-Guardian and thus eligible for summoning as a Servant]], while in ''VideoGame/FateGrandOrder'', one of the Assassin-class Servants is [[spoiler:an alternate version of Shirou's father, ''LightNovel/FateZero'' protagonist Kiritsugu Emiya, who also became a Counter-Guardian]]. ''Grand Order'' also has [[spoiler:King Solomon, who as as a Servant has white hair but in his human form as [[HiddenInPlainSight Dr. Roman]] is a redhead]].

* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', [[https://www.egscomics.com/comic/sister3-309 both]] Hanma and Voltaire seem to has this. The former has dark skin and the latter seems to have pure white skin. Both combinations are not seen even in other [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Immortals]] which mark them as unusual given that they live in a setting where YouGottaHaveBlueHair.

** Rose and Roxy both have white hair like Dave and Dirk, and have shown an interest in magic, with Roxy being a big fan of wizards and Rose dual wielding magic wands as her WeaponOfChoice. However, while depending on your [[{{Fanon}} headcanon]] this trope could apply, technically this white hair is just a result of the (intentionally ambiguous) art-style. In all likelihood, Rose and Roxy have light blonde or orange hair.
** Calliope is a better example, [[spoiler:except that it's a white wig, and she's actually bald. She wears it to cosplay as her [[JustForFun/OneOfUs Trollsona]] who bears a striking resembalance to Calmasis, a character in Post-Scratch Rose's books.]]

* Corrick of ''Webcomic/{{Plume}}'', an immortal GuardianEntity gifted with absurdly overpowerd magic, has gotten white hair upon his ascension to a magical being.
* [[OurAngelsAreDifferent Angels]] in Webcomic/SlightlyDamned have naturally snow white hair (but it is difficult to see because their culture demands they [[DyeHard dye]] their hair the same color as their [[ElementalPowers element]]) and are the [[http://sdamned.com/angels most magically powerful]] of all races.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': Princess Yue's hair color was a plot point. She was actually born (or rather still-born) with dark hair like everyone else in the water-tribe (and pretty much everyone in the four nations). When the moon-spirit saved her infant life, her hair turned pure white and remained that way all her life.
* Charmcaster from ''WesternAnimation/Ben10'' is a silver haired sorceress.

%%* Drew Saturday from ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretSaturdays'' has white hair. This seems to be a genetic trait, since her 11-year old son has black hair with a white SkunkStripe (or whatever the equivalent is for the spiky crazy anime hair Zack has). In flashbacks, Drew's mom had white hair, too, so it is certainly genetic.
* Like her parents, Allura from ''WesternAnimation/VoltronLegendaryDefender'' has [[DarkSkinnedBlonde dark skin and white hair]], as was common on her home planet, Altea. Later on this happens to [[spoiler:Shiro as his soul is revived into a clone body with Allura's magic, gaining a full head of silver hair]].

See also WhiteHairBlackHeart, which is where having white hair is a sign of evil instead of magic, superpowers or otherworldly origins; an albino power's white hair being seen as a sign of evil or the supernatural may be indicative of AlbinosAreFreaks. If a character's hair turns white due to a disease or illness, it's DiseaseBleach. If a characters hair turns white when they use their powers, it's PowerDyesYourHair. Sometimes can be a result of LockedIntoStrangeness.

** ''ComicBook/CaptainMarVell'''s Phyla-Vell a.k.a. Quasar, who is half Titanian (Titanese?) and half Kree.

* Chiana in ''Series/{{Farscape}}''. A feature of her species, apparently -- the women have white hair and the men have black hair.

** Subverted with the ComicBook/BlackCat. She has natural white hair but was originally a BadassNormal. She acquired super powers when she felt she was a liability in the battle field. A straighter example would be [[ComicBook/UltimateMarvel The Ultimate Universe]] which reimagines her as a {{Mutant}} and ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' which grants her the power to change [[PowerDyesYourHair her hair from blonde to white when she powers up]].