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Some specific colors have {{Sub Trope}}s which ascribe certain character traits to them: such as [[ShyBlueHairedGirl a blue-haired girl being shy]], a [[RoseHairedSweetie pink-haired girl being cheerful or passionate or sweet]] (take your pick), and [[WhiteHairBlackHeart a white-haired young-man being evil]]. Bright yellow hair as a stand-in for blonde does not count even if the shade of yellow is unnatural, as that falls under [[HairColorDissonance Hair Color Dissonance]].

Some specific colors have {{Sub Trope}}s which ascribe certain character traits to them: such as [[ShyBlueHairedGirl a blue-haired girl being shy]], a [[RoseHairedSweetie pink-haired girl being cheerful or passionate or sweet]] (take your pick), and [[WhiteHairBlackHeart a white-haired young-man being evil]].

A {{subtrope}} of HairColors. HairColorDissonance is when hair is ''depicted'' as an odd color, but is supposed to be a normal color (e.g., powder blue standing in for grey); specifically, when hair of a very dark shade of blue or purple is supposed to represent black hair, that's PurpleIsTheNewBlack. When the hair color is realistic but is not justified by the setting, that's ImplausibleHairColor. For characters with impossible hair ''styles'', see AnimeHair.

->''"A Japanese cartoon, eh, James? I saw one of them once. Let's see what I can remember: Okay, so first of all, my head would have to be a little bean. With real, ''real'' big eyes. Get rid of my thumbs, make me all shiny. My boots would be a whole lot cooler, like robot boots. And for some reason, I got blue hair. [[TropeNamer You gotta have blue hair.]] Then there's my mouth. Real tiny when it's closed; ''ridiculously huge'' when it's open."''

->''"A Japanese cartoon, eh, James? I saw one of them once. Let's see what I can remember: Okay, so first of all, my head would have to be a little bean. With real, ''real'' big eyes. Get rid of my thumbs, make me all shiny. My boots would be a whole lot cooler, like robot boots. And for some reason, I got blue hair. You gotta have blue hair. Then there's my mouth. Real tiny when it's closed; ''ridiculously huge'' when it's open."''

See also AmazingTechnicolorPopulation and {{Mukokuseki}}. Not to be confused with MyHairCameOutGreen.

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* Music/BubbleButt: The three women at the beginning have cyan-blue hair, which matches their blue lipstick.

->''"And for some reason, I got blue hair. You gotta have blue hair."''

->''"And for some reason, I got blue hair. [[TropeNamers You gotta have blue hair.]]"''

* Used for comedy in ''ComicStrip/TheLockhorns''. While the couple passes a woman with literal blue hair, Leroy mutters "Remember when [[ElderlyBlueHairedLady blue hair meant being old]]?".

See also AmazingTechnicolorPopulation and {{Mukokuseki}}.

There are several reasons why artists do this. The first, noted above, is to help distinguish characters from each other especially if their designs are [[OnlySixFaces highly stylized and simplified]], as with AnimeHair, and other features such as eye shapes (long, wide, [[EyesAlwaysShut constantly closed]] etc.), pupil shapes (circular, elliptical, [[HellishPupils slit]], etc.), [[TechnicolorEyes eye colors]], tattoos, scars, [[CuteLittleFangs prominent canines]], accessories, mannerism, VerbalTics, etc. It may be done to indicate character personality, such as an EmotionlessGirl [[ReiAyanamiExpy with blue or white hair]]. It may indicate that a character is unique, if they are the only one in the cast with their hair color. Or it may be done just to suit the artist's taste for variety. In some cases, artists may use PowerDyesYourHair to explain how a character gets unusual hair when otherwise trying to be realistic in their hair color choices. Also not uncommon is that the CurtainsMatchTheWindow.

There are several reasons why artists do this. The first, noted above, is to help distinguish characters from each other especially if their designs are [[OnlySixFaces highly stylized and simplified]], as with AnimeHair, and other features such as eye shapes (long, wide, [[EyesAlwaysShut constantly closed]] etc.), pupil shapes (circular, elliptical, [[HellishPupils slit]], etc.), [[TechnicolorEyes eye colors]], tattoos, scars, [[CuteLittleFangs prominent canines]], accessories, mannerism, verbal tics, etc. It may be done to indicate character personality, such as an EmotionlessGirl [[ReiAyanamiExpy with blue or white hair]]. It may indicate that a character is unique, if they are the only one in the cast with their hair color. Or it may be done just to suit the artist's taste for variety. In some cases, artists may use PowerDyesYourHair to explain how a character gets unusual hair when otherwise trying to be realistic in their hair color choices. Also not uncommon is that the CurtainsMatchTheWindow.

There are several reasons why artists do this. The first, noted above, is to help distinguish characters from each other especially if their designs are [[OnlySixFaces highly stylized and simplified]], as with AnimeHair, and other features such as eye shapes, pupil shapes, [[TechnicolorEyes eye colors]], tattoos, scars, accessories. It may be done to indicate character personality, such as an EmotionlessGirl [[ReiAyanamiExpy with blue or white hair]]. It may indicate that a character is unique, if they are the only one in the cast with their hair color. Or it may be done just to suit the artist's taste for variety. In some cases, artists may use PowerDyesYourHair to explain how a character gets unusual hair when otherwise trying to be realistic in their hair color choices. Also not uncommon is that the CurtainsMatchTheWindow.

* A few of the guys in ''AudioPlay/YandereHeaven'' possess odd colors while the rest have black, brown or blond hair. Atsushi and Ayumu have green, Kakeru has purple, Minase has silver and Katsumi has lavender.

* Sedine from ''ComicStrip/InSecurity'' sports a bright shade of purple.

* Annie from ''Pinball/AsteroidAnnieAndTheAliens'' has green hair for some unspecified reason.

* Most of the ''Toys/{{Hairdorables}}'' characters have brightly colored hair; the main character, Noah, has blue hair and blue eyes. Only about a third of them have semi-natural hair colors at all: Kat, Skylar, Bella, and Brit--and starting in Series Two Brit drops the semi-natural brown for fully pink.

* The {{Trope Namer|s}}, ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'', spoofs this when a fan named James [[http://homestarrunner.com/sbemail57.html asks]] what Strong Bad would look like as an anime character. Strong Bad decides that he'd be shiny and have huge green eyes, cooler boots, and blue hair ([[TropeNamers "You gotta have blue hair."]]), for some reason. Humourously, on one [[http://www.homestarrunner.com/main17.html main page,]] scrolling over "Store" gives 1-Up (Homestar Runner's anime counterpart) blue hair.

* ''WebAnimation/{{Eddsworld}}'' had Laurel, a one-time character in the "Movie Makers" episode.
* ''WebAnimation/GwainSaga:'' The population of the Kingdom of Gwain all have technicolor hair. And eyes as well.

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Bill and his sister, Whitney, are the only members of the main cast with unnatural hair colors. [[PinkGirlBlueBoy He has blue hair and she has pink.]]

* WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}: On the world of Remnant, people honour the memory of a terrible global war that sought to suppress individuality and artistic expression by naming children after colour associations and letting people express their personalities through clothing styles, hair dyes, and other forms of artistic expression. As a result, a number of characters have impossible hair colours. Characters that have ImplausibleHairColour can be found under that trope.

* Richie in ''WebAnimation/RecessReindeer'' has blue hair to match his blue body.
* Several ''WebAnimation/MyStoryAnimated'' videos features technicolor hair colours, especially the {{animesque}} ones. For example, an episode about a pink haired girl with SplitPersonality.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair/WebComics

There are several reasons why artists do this. The first, noted above, is to help distinguish characters from each other especially if their designs are [[OnlySixFaces highly stylized and simplified]], as with AnimeHair, and other features such as eye shapes, [[TechnicolorEyes eye colors]], tattoos, scars, accessories. It may be done to indicate character personality, such as an EmotionlessGirl [[ReiAyanamiExpy with blue or white hair]]. It may indicate that a character is unique, if they are the only one in the cast with their hair color. Or it may be done just to suit the artist's taste for variety. In some cases, artists may use PowerDyesYourHair to explain how a character gets unusual hair when otherwise trying to be realistic in their hair color choices. Also not uncommon is that the CurtainsMatchTheWindow.

This is especially common in {{anime}}, where characters often have impossible hair colors (and no, they're not a result of dyeing; they're [[UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} completely natural even down there in the south]]). This started with {{manga}} series that used distinctive colors on the covers to make characters stand out, even though they all had either dark or light hair in the actual black-and-white pictures; {{anime}} brought it to the screen and [[AdaptationDyeJob made it a standard part of character designs]].

!!Examples:

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* ''WebVideo/LaGolda'': Ms. Ricca's hair is green, and Sonya's hair is blue.

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This is especially common in {{anime}}, where characters often have impossible hair colors (and no, they're not a result of dyeing; they're [[UsefulNotes/{{Pornography}} completely natural even down there]]). This started with {{manga}} series that used distinctive colors on the covers to make characters stand out, even though they all had either dark or light hair in the actual black-and-white pictures; {{anime}} brought it to the screen and [[AdaptationDyeJob made it a standard part of character designs]].

** Nebula Violette from Team NDGO has violet coloured hair.
** May Zedong from Team BRNZ has magenta-coloured hair. Depending on lighting, it sometimes can look either pale purple or dusky pink.

** Doctor Oobleck is Beacon Academy's history teacher. He has a shaggy, unkempt mane of vivid green hair.
** Emerald Sustrai has mint-green hair, in keeping with her name.
** Neopolitan is named after the ice-cream of the same name. She has a tri-colour theme to match. Her hair is therefore half pink and half chocolate brown. In the pink half of her hair, there are streaks of white. This actually matches her eyes, which naturally default to one pink, one brown eye, but which turn white when she's afraid.
** Ciel Soleil, who has a sun-and-sky theme, has very dark blue hair that borders on blackish-grey.

** Russel Thrush from Team CRDL has a punk theme and a green mohawk to go with it.
** From Team SSSN: Neptune Vasillas light blue hair, which goes with his heavy water themes. Sage Ayana has very dark green hair, similar in colour to the plant.
** From Team ABRN: Reese Chloris has mint-green hair, which matches her eyes. Nadir Shiko has bi-coloured hair: predominantly pink with very dark side-cuts.

* The unnamed woman on the backglass of ''Pinball/TotalNuclearAnnihilation'' has blue hair.

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* ''WebVideo/GwainSaga:'' The population of the Kingdom of Gwain all have technicolor hair. And eyes as well.