History Main / RedAndBlackTotalitarianism

A subtrope to RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver. PuttingOnTheReich is also relevant here, for the reasons stated above. Intersects with RedIsViolent and EvilWearsBlack when the colors are separated. Contrast RedIsHeroic.

** In the prequel series, the Sith Empire

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* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'': In "[[Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger What If Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?]]", HYDRA and the Nazis still make heavy use of reds and blacks, much like in the main timeline. The main difference here is that the HYDRA emblem is now a black skull and tentacles in a white circle surrounded by red, more closely resembling the Nazi German flag.

* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': The Fire Nation uses a red and black color scheme, as shown on the air balloons that the Mechanist is forced to create.

* Music/PinkFloyd: In ''Music/TheWall'', a red and black crossed-hammers logo is associated with the unnamed fascist regime that Pink imagines himself as the leader of during the album's fourth side; the gatefold interior additionally depicts these hammers marching in goose-step. The film adaptation accentuates this further, showing the regime's members donning and flying red and black colors everywhere they go, punctuated by animated renditions of the marching hammers.

* ''Music/PinkFloyd'': In ''Music/TheWall'', a red and black crossed-hammers logo is associated with the unnamed fascist regime that Pink imagines himself as the leader of during the album's fourth side; the gatefold interior additionally depicts these hammers marching in goose-step. The film adaptation accentuates this further, showing the regime's members donning and flying red and black colors everywhere they go, punctuated by animated renditions of the marching hammers.

* ''Music/PinkFloyd'': In Pink Floyd's "The Wall", the movie adaptation of the album has an unnamed fascist regime wearing red and black during the "Fascist Pink" segment of the album ("In the Flesh", "Run Like Hell" and "Waiting for the Worms"), complete with red and black handled hammers in their logo. Most famously, the hammers are animated and shown marching in goose step.

* In ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' the Peacekeepers, who are TheEmpire in the show, have red and black uniforms and interior decor. Their insignia is based on a rather famous Russian Civil War-era communist propaganda poster, ''Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge'', which depicts a red wedge penetrating a white circle (white being the color of the Russian anticommunist coalition).
* ''Series/StarTrekPicard'': In the time distortion of Earth that Q generates, The Confederation Of Earth adopts a red and black color scheme, with the military wearing all black uniforms.

* ''WesternAnimation/WhatIf2021'': In ''Recap/WhatIfS1E1WhatIfCaptainCarterWereTheFirstAvenger'', HYDRA and the Nazis still make heavy use of reds and blacks, much like in the main timeline. The main difference here is that the HYDRA emblem is now a black skull and tentacles in a white circle surrounded by red, more closely resembling the Nazi German flag.

* ''Music/PinkFloyd'': In Pink Floyd's "The Wall", the movie adaptation of the album has an unnamed fascist regime wearing red and black during "Waiting for the Worms", complete with red and black handled hammers in their logo. Most famously, the hammers are animated and shown marching in goose step.

Paraphenalia worn by the party in question may include pins and ceremonial dress. Flags and banners may be flown depicting the colors as well.

Ironically, certain movements on the ''opposite'' end of the political spectrum, like the Anarchist movement and Antifa also utilize red and black as their color scheme. These could overlap in the case of certain flavors of [[BombThrowingAnarchists Bomb-Throwing Anarchist]].

In many postwar mediums, an oppressive authoritarian regime's colors are depicted as red and black, with white or silver often being employed as an accent color. It doesn't matter if the underlying symbol is a swastika, a cross, or a tool; that particular color scheme is meant to symbolize that the regime in question is totalitarian and the bad guys.

In the early 1930's up to the end of World War II, a political movement started in Germany that utilized fear, intimidation, hate and division to take power, subjugate an entire race, and ultimately lead Europe to the brink of destruction. The [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazi party,]] led by UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, adopted red and black as their official colors. Though the Nazis were ultimately defeated, their influence ultimately prevailed in both its tactics and imagery.

In many postwar mediums, an oppressive authoritarian regime's colors are depicted as red and black, with white or silver often being employed as an accent color. It doesn't matter if the underlying symbol is a swastika, a cross, or a tool, that particular color scheme is meant to symbolize that the regime in question is totalitarian and the bad guys.

In many postwar mediums, an oppressive authoritarian regime's colors are depicted as red and black, with white as an accent color. It doesn't matter if the underlying symbol is a swastika, a cross, or a tool, that particular color scheme is supposed to symbolize that the party in question is totalitarian and the bad guys.

Paraphenalia that is worn by the party in question may include pins and ceremonial dress. Flags and banners may be flown depicting the colors as well.

Ironically, certain movements on the ''opposite'' end of the spectrum, like the Anarchist movement and Antifa also utilize red and black as their color scheme. These could overlap in the case of certain flavors of [[BombThrowingAnarchists Bomb-Throwing Anarchist]].

In the early 1930's up to the end of World War II, a political movement started in Germany that utilized fear, intimidation, hate and division to take power, subjugate an entire race, and ultimately lead Europe to the brink of destruction. The [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazi party,]] led by UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler, adopted red and black as their official colors. Though the Nazis was ultimately defeated, their influence ultimately prevailed in both its tactics and imagery.

In the early 1930's up to the end of World War II, a political movement started in Germany that utilized fear, intimidation, hate and division to take power, subjugate an entire race, and ultimately lead Europe to the brink of destruction. The [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Nazi party,]] led by Adolf Hitler, adopted red and black as their official colors. Though the Nazi party was ultimately defeated, its influence ultimately prevailed in both its tactics and imagery.

* ''VideoGame/PapersPlease'' has Astortzka, a CommieLand whose color schemes contain shades of red, black, and gray, and its regime is chronicled by a border patrol agent.

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* ''Film/StarWars'' The antagonists for all three trilogies are designated as red and black.

** In the prequel series, the Sith

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* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'': Given that the Principality of Zeon embodies the worst aspects of UsefulNotes/NaziGermany and UsefulNotes/ImperialJapan, it?s unsurprising to note that their ''Kriegsmarine''-esque flag is coloured in... you guessed it, red, black and white.