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->''"Our race is marked by jet black and crimson skin. Just like you..."''
-->-- '''Black Doom''', ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog''

Black and red. In western culture, these are the two most sinister colors, as red typically conveys the meaning of [[RedIsViolent blood or anger]], and black is that of [[DarkIsEvil darkness]] or [[EvilWearsBlack death]]. Being a very visually striking combination, they can also convey a sense of power. Together, they can also give the impression of burning coal or wood, i.e. "fire and destruction". Sticking to these two colors is common for designers who want to create something as sinister as possible.

A favorite color for villainous characters to dress in (when they aren't wearing [[SecondaryColorNemesis purple, green, and orange]]). For example, most {{Ominous Opera Cape}}s are a case of this: black on the outside, red on the inside (which is ''really'' common with [[ClassicalMovieVampire vampires]]). It should be noted that this trope is [[Administrivia/TropesAreFlexible not just a list of villains]] wearing black and red; it can apply to non-character elements as well. For example, this is common for the covers and credit sequences of {{horror}} books, films, and games, to show that a work is DarkerAndEdgier.

Historically, red and black (along with white) were heavily used in UsefulNotes/NaziGermany's symbols, so TheEmpire displaying these colors in its flags and architecture may give the impression of PuttingOnTheReich, even if the associated characters themselves don't wear them. See RedAndBlackTotalitarianism.

DarkIsNotEvil can also apply with {{Anti Hero}}es and even {{Villain Protagonist}}s heavily using a red and black color scheme as a visual reminder that these people, no matter how much we are supposed to identify with them, are not "[[IdealHero good guys]]". Or that the concepts associated with this color scheme, such as darkness, blood, or fire, [[TheSacredDarkness are not that evil to begin with]]. Can also be used to benefit from EvilIsCool without resorting to actual evil. If a heroic character wears this, they may be an example of a TerrorHero, or of GoodIsNotNice at the bare minimum. It's not uncommon for cases of this to be juxtaposed with a group of characters represented by blue and white. If the hero is represented by the colors blue and white, TheRival or an EvilCounterpart may have the black and red [[RedOniBlueOni color scheme]].

A SubTrope of GoodColorsEvilColors. A SisterTrope to EvilWearsBlack.

Compare DarkIsEvil, GrayscaleOfEvil, RedEyesTakeWarning, RedFilterOfDoom, and ObviouslyEvil, as well as BigRedDevil. Contrast GoldAndWhiteAreDivine, HeavenlyBlue, RedIsHeroic, MovieSuperheroesWearBlack, and PrimaryColorChampion, where blue takes the place of black. Compare or Contrast DarkIsNotEvil and RedIsViolent for anti-hero/anti-villain examples, as well as MysteriousPurple for people with less defined and often obscured allegiances and moral leanings.

See also WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver, which is portrayed as ghastly in addition to being sinister.

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[[folder:Advertising]]
* In ''Advertising/TheMythOfOrpheusAndEurydice'', Aristaeus and Hades, the two antagonists, dress exclusively in red and black. The snake that kills Eurydice is a red-and-black coral snake, and Hades' underground nightclub is lit in harsh red and blue light that blends to look black.
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aDSmFPVptc This ad]] for ''VideoGame/VirtualBoyWarioLand'' depicts [[VideoGame/WarioLand Wario]] in this manner while showing him [[EvilLaugh laughing maniacally]] and sneaking through a cave. It is also meant to mirror the red-and-black graphics of the Platform/VirtualBoy.
* An early TV ad for the {{Franchise/LEGO}} ''Franchise/StarWars'' toyline showed a kid building a ship out of [=LEGOs=], followed by Darth Maul's voice asking "Got anything in red and black?", after his own use of these colors, as seen in the film section.
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[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
* Femto from ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' is black with red eyes, [[spoiler:but as Griffith [[LightIsNotGood the colors of this trope are inverted]].]]
* The Chevaliers in ''Anime/CuteHighEarthDefenseClubLove'' have black uniforms with red and gold trim.
* ''Anime/{{Daltanious}}'': Inverted,. The SuperRobot Atlaus has a red-coloured chest and a black-coloured torso amongst white limbs, but is one-third of the BigGood and IconOfRebellion Daltanious.
* ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' introduces Goku Black, Goku's EvilDoppelganger, who wears black clothing with a red sash, [[spoiler:and has a SuperMode that turns his hair pink]]. After Black performs a FusionDance with [[spoiler:Future Zamasu]], the result wears black Supreme Kai-style clothing with red trim.
* The Homunculi from ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' have black and red as their primary colour palette.
* ''The King of Braves Anime/GaoGaiGar'' features a mech that is colored Red and Black and is even feared as a God of Destruction by its enemies. However, this is subverted as a case of DarkIsNotEvil; narration tells us at length that destruction is necessary as nothing new will come without the old first being destroyed.
* The various ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series have multiple examples of this...
** In ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'', the [[BashBrothers Frost Brothers']] [[AceCustom personal Gundams]], in differing proportions; older brother Shagia's Virsago is predominantly crimson with plenty of black accents, while younger brother Olba's Ashtaron is mostly black with some red accents.
** Likewise, Clotho Buer's Raider Gundam in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', as well as Stella Loussier's Gaia Gundam and the Dark Dagger L from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'', and the 105 Slaughter Dagger from ''Gundam SEED C.E.73 Stargazer''.
** On a larger scale, there's the Dominion from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' -- it's the sister ship to the heroic Archangel, but flying the flag of the villainous anti-Coordinator 'Blue Cosmos' organization... so of course it trades in the Archangel's dashing white-red-blue color-scheme for black-and-red with gold accents. Just to make sure nobody's going to get confused about which ship the good guys are on, even if they're otherwise identical.
** Subverted by [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Deathscythe Hell]] from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing''; it's black and red, and it sure ''looks'' evil thanks to its bat motif, but its pilot is [[TheLancer a pretty friendly Lancer]] compared to the [[GoodIsNotNice stoic hero (who has an angel motif)]] and [[DarkIsNotEvil most definitely a hero]].
** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Char Aznable]] starts out with a red and black Zeon uniform but years later as [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Quatro]] it gets subverted but then played straight again in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'' with his new red and black outfit and his Sazabi.
*** In ''Beltorchika's Children'', Char pilots the Nightingale, which has red and black colors like the Sazabi. Interestingly, his rival, Amuro Ray, pilots the Hi-Nu Gundam, which has blue and white colors.
*** Some of Char's Clones fit.
*** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Full Frontal]] having a red and black outfit and his Sinanju is red and black.
*** Zechs with his red and black uniform he later pilots the red and black Gundam Epyon.
*** [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamAge Zeheart Galette]] is an AntiVillain, wears a red coat and black clothes underneath, and pilots red mobile suits. Likewise, Captain Ash dresses predominantly in red and black and pilots a black-and-red Gundam, [[DarkIsNotEvil but is definitely not evil]].
*** Subverted by Johnny Ridden, whose AceCustom colors are crimson and black; by all accounts, he was a good person, even though he fought for Zeon.
** The very evil Titans in ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' use this color scheme, as does the Psyco Gundam, which has a tendency to drive its pilots insane. The heroes even repaint a black Gundam Mk-II white after stealing it from the Titans.
** ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' plays this straight. After [[spoiler:Tatsuya Yuki]] is forcibly brainwashed by Mashita in the final round of the Gunpla World Tournament, his [[spoiler:Amazing Exia]] is redesigned to look much more sinister, complete with a black and red paint job. While [[spoiler:Tatsuya]] himself wore an all-black outfit during the tournament, he is given a slightly different one featuring a crimson scarf to go with it.
* Ai Enma from ''Anime/HellGirl'' has this twice: she has black hair with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and her standard costume is a black sailor uniform with a red collar. She also happens to be a VillainProtagonist.
* [[AntiHero Alucard]] from ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}''. The guy has black hair and red eyes, wears a black suit with a long red coat and hat, and it's all usually drenched in blood.
* In ''Literature/InfiniteStratos'', Laura's IS is also this color scheme, possibly as a ShoutOut to Elzam, as the series likes to reference other mecha anime. And she does a HeelFaceTurn as well (sort of).
* An inversion in ''Anime/KillLaKill''. You have Ryuko Matoi, who has black hair with a red streak, wears a predominantly black and red outfit... and is the main character and firmly ChaoticGood, though she ''is'' an AntiHero. Meanwhile, the antagonists all wear traditional "good guy" colors: Satsuki's Kamui is [[LightIsNotGood white]], Nui wears a [[CuteAndPsycho cutesy pink lolita outfit]], and Ragyo's outfits are also predominantly white and usually also shining with [[RainbowMotif all colors of the rainbow]].
** This is actually a recurring motif in the series. The protagonist's various forms begin to look increasingly demonic as the series progresses, adding spikes, devil horns, and other ObviouslyEvil signifiers. She still remains good [[spoiler:until being exposed to MoreThanMindControl and getting sewn into Satsuki's white Kamui.]]
* ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'':
** Fate Testarossa, TheDragon and DarkMagicalGirl of the [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha first season]] with an outfit sporting a black and red theme. [[HeelFaceTurn Eventually]] gets [[DefeatMeansFriendship befriended]], and later sports a barrier jacket that adds more white to her color scheme.
** Reinforce Eins from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAs'', the physical manifestation of the [[ArtifactOfDoom Book of Darkness]] who wears a black outfit with [[TooManyBelts red belts]] all over her body and [[MarkOfTheBeast red markings on her face]]. Once the [[EnemyWithout Darkness of the Book of Darkness is destroyed]], the red belts and markings disappear, showing that she's finally free of its destructive influence.
** Inverted with Voltaire, who looks the part (being a massive red and black dragon with a somewhat demonic appearance), [[DarkIsNotEvil but is actually the benevolent guardian deity of Caro's home planet]].
** The [[FinalBoss Unbreakable Dark]] from ''VideoGame/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaAsPortable: The Gears of Destiny'', whose white and pink outfit takes a more sinister [[PaintItBlack red and black]] whenever [[PowerIncontinence her God-like powers go out of control]] and force her to kill everyone and destroy everything around her against her will.
** Downplayed with Iris from ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaReflection''. Since she's an AntiVillain, she wears salmon pink and dark gray rather than red and black. [[spoiler:Played straight when she [[{{Pun}} shows her true colors]] and switches over to a magenta and black ensemble. Her post-HeelFaceTurn outfits also lack any dark colors.]]
* Judar from ''Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic'' follows this color scheme to a T. He's the DarkerAndEdgier {{Foil}} to Aladdin, and ArtisticLicense often gives him glowing red eyes when he's using black Rukh.
* In ''Anime/Metropolis2001'' Rock mainly wears black pants with suspenders and a red turtleneck sweater, the red standing for his [[RedIsViolent violent, murderous tendencies]].
* In ''Anime/MiracleWanda'', the Bugmin, who are BrainwashedAndCrazy versions of the friendly Promin, are recognizable by their signature red, black, and gray color schemes.
* In ''Anime/{{Moldiver}}'', Brooke frequently wears red and black clothes and is one of the Dolls developed by the BigBad Professor Amagi/Machinegal.
* The Akatsuki from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' wear long black coats with a red cloud pattern on them.
** The [[MagicalEye Sharingan]] of the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil U]][[ThePowerOfHate c]][[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity h]][[ItsAllAboutMe i]][[TheProudElite h]][[ArrogantKungFuGuy a]] are red and black.
* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' depicts Gendo Ikari, a ruthless commander and abusive parent, wearing a black coat over his red clothing, with a pair of orange shades thrown in for good measure.
* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', Tepig's former trainer, who abandoned it because he deemed it weak, wears a black jacket with red accents and calls his team the "Fire Warriors".
** Most members of Team Rocket wear black suits with red Rs on the fronts... plus, a lot of their equipment tends to be red and black. Jessie and James are really the only exceptions, seeing as their suits are white. But then, most of the time, they are less evil.
* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
** The second villain of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', Poisony, has red and black hair and wears a black jumpsuit and black cape with a red underside.
** ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'': This can be seen in both of Setsuna Higashi's forms, though, while Eas plays it straight, Cure Passion subverts it by becoming good.
** [[DaddysLittleVillain Regina]] from ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' initially plays this straight, [[spoiler:then subverts it by wearing black and purple while {{brainwashed}} and switching back to the black and red color scheme after her HeelFaceTurn]].
* Princess Kraehe (and, by extension, the Monster Raven and [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn Raven!Mytho]]]]) from ''Anime/PrincessTutu''. The red part is mostly due to RedEyesTakeWarning.
* Kyoko Sakura from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' first appears as a sadistic, uncaring, egocentric nightmare of a magical girl. She's also a {{Fiery|Redhead}} EvilRedhead who wears a primarily blood-red outfit with some black in it. [[spoiler:Subverted later on when she does a HeelFaceTurn.]]
* This was also done in the ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' parody of ''Film/JamesBond'' to mark the villain.
* Most of the shots of the BigBad Ashura in the 4th credit sequence in ''Manga/SoulEater'' are colored Red, Black, Grey, and inspired by insanity.
* [[spoiler:Heathcliff]] from ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'' has red armor with black cloths underneath and turns out to be the BigBad Akihiko Kayaba.
* ''Anime/SwordOfTheStranger'' movie has the Ming Squad, a group of Chinese warriors who chase Kotaro to use his blood as an ingredient of an immortality elixir. They wear red capes and rather dark conical hats and clothes. The notable exception is their leader, Bai-Luan who wears a [[LightIsNotGood white and gold robe]].
* ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'' has a main rival who sports this color theme. Bonus points for being named Tekkaman Evil.
* In ''Anime/TenchiUniverse'', Kagato Jurai's LaserBlade is black with a red outline to contrast Tenchi's, which is blueish white.
* ''Literature/TrappedInADatingSimTheWorldOfOtomeGamesIsToughForMobs'':
** These are the colors of the villains of [[MediaTransmigration the game the protagonist Leon transmigrated into]], the Principality of Fanoss, a seperatist state with the two Princesses [[PuppetKing "leading" it]] having RavenHairIvorySkin to match.
** This is also the coloring of the demons spouting from the eventually corrupted WorldTree of Alzer, from the second game.
* ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' has Kurogane, the resident badass {{Ninja}}. His default outfit is almost completely black only with a little red, he has black hair, red eyes and dark skin, and is the only one of the main characters not associated with the BigBad. Funny how his [[HoYay partner]] is his [[TheMole complete]] [[KungFuWizard opposite]].
* Yuuko Ichihara from ''Manga/XxxHolic'' has long black hair and red eyes, but she is definitely not evil. She does operate outside standard ideas of "good", though, such as granting wishes knowing that they may lead to the person's death.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh'' had two frequently recurring dragons, which subverted this. One was Kaiba's majestic-looking Light-Attribute ''Blue-Eyes White Dragon'', which he had the only three existing copies of (originally, there were four, but he destroyed the last one solely so it could never be used against him, while also increasing the value of the remaining three). The other was the slightly weaker Dark-Attribute counterpart, ''Red-Eyes B. Dragon'', which, as the name implies, is an evil-looking black dragon with red eyes. Red-Eyes was used primarily by Joey Wheeler, one of the heroes, whereas Blue-Eyes was used by Seto Kaiba, an AntiHero, who doubles as a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk. While Kaiba isn't evil per se, he isn't really good either. Ironically, When Joey was Marik's mind slave and forced to fight Yugi in a duel to the death, Yugi was the one using Red-Eyes, hoping to get through to Joey and make him snap out of Marik's mind control.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'':
** Astral's EvilCounterpart Black Mist/No. 96 is primarily black, red, and teal.
** Chaos Number 39: Kibou'ou Hope Ray V subverts it. His armor and swords are black/dark purple and red/dark magenta (depending on how you look it), making him look sinister. Given that this form is the Barian version of Hope's Chaos forms, the sinister-looking colors are invoked to make the connection to the Barians more obvious. DarkIsNotEvil comes into play, as Hope Ray V is not only a LIGHT monster, but also not evil on his own. The one time he plays it straight, it's a case of MyMasterRightOrWrong.
* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'': [[spoiler:Supreme King Dragon Z-ARC]] subverts this by being green and black, rather than red and black (although his [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes are red]]). His color scheme still takes the spirit of this trope, as his [[MarkOfTheBeast glowing green marks covering his black body still make him look very evil]].
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[[folder:Arts]]
* Creator/AlexandreCabanel's ''Art/TheFallenAngel'': Heavily {{downplayed}} but Lucifer's main hues are his red hair and blackening wings.
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[[folder:Asian Animation]]
* ''Animation/BoBoiBoy'': Subverted in [[ShockAndAwe BoBoiBoy Thunderstorm's]] debut. When he appeared, his outfit turned black with red glowing highlights and lightning insignias. He was unlocked out of rage and he first wore a [[RedEyesTakeWarning red-eyed]] DeathGlare. However, he was only "evil" because the villains exploited his weakness -- the longer the [[LiteralSplitPersonality elementals were split up]], the worse his memory became -- and claimed they were his friends. His memory and good allegiance eventually return by the end of the episode.
* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': The villain Wolnie is a dark gray wolf who wears red clothes.
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* ''ComicBook/{{Batman}}'': Seems to be popular with spin-off characters these days. While Batman and his protege are heroic, they use the color scheme to appear sinister and intimidating or to achieve VillainCred when they need to, making this an InvokedTrope.
** ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} has donned a red-and-black outfit in the ''ComicBook/New52'' to reflect the new, grittier Nightwing.
** Tim Drake (known as "ComicBook/{{Robin}}" or "ComicBook/RedRobin" depending on the time period) uses this color scheme. He's been wearing red and black since after [[ComicBook/{{Superboy}} his best friend]] was killed by Superboy-Prime in ''ComicBook/InfiniteCrisis''. Before that, he used the standard-issue Robin palette of red, green, and yellow with more emphasis on green than any other Robins.
---> '''[[Characters/SupermanJimmyOlsen Jimmy]]:''' No green anymore, huh? Just black and red. What's the deal with the new suit?\\
'''Robin:''' (looking at Superboy's memorial statue) They were his colors.
** The Red Hood wears primarily black and red. Both of them, the Joker before he went all smiley and Jason Todd after he comes back as a murderer. Jason later subverts this after his HeelFaceTurn.
** The Joker's sidekick Harley Quinn wears a black and red playing card motif.
** Before all of these examples, Jean Paul-Valley changed his armored Batman costume into a red-and-gold version color scheme just before confronting Bruce Wayne as the "real" Batman, indicating that he's already [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumped off the slippery slope]].
** Bane wears a black costume and his mask is often drawn with red eyepieces.
** The second Batman in ''ComicBook/Earth2'' wears a Batsuit that is black with red trimmings. He is not evil, but compared to the previous Batman, he is more an AntiHero.
** ComicBook/SimonDark isn't actually affiliated with Batman, but he's a Gotham based anti-hero who wears red and black stripes and is ''far'' less opposed to killing than the Bats.
** Omega, the BigBad of ''ComicBook/BatmanLastKnightOnEarth'' wears a black (and grey) costume with red accents and is trying to conquer the planet. [[spoiler:It's also a case of EvilClostumeSwitch as Omega is, in fact, the original Bruce Wayne, now a FallenHero.]]
** The Reaper costume is predominantly red and black, with a [[SkullForAHead white skull mask]], and is intended to make the wearer look like the GrimReaper. The first and the third [[LegacyCharacter Reapers]] were [[VigilanteMan murderous vigilantes]], while the second was [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes the son of the man who murdered the Waynes]] and was looking to [[AvengingTheVillain kill the man who killed his father]].
%%** !!Administrivia/ZeroContextExample!! ComicBook/{{Batwoman}} also has black-and-red digs.
* A number of characters in ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' and its imitators wear red and black with the 'anti-hero protagonist' connotation, such as [[ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUK Dennis the Menace]], his DistaffCounterpart Minnie the Minx, and ManipulativeBastard Roger the Dodger.
* ''ComicBook/BlueBeetle'': In the ComicBook/New52's run, Blue's EvilCounterpart Blood Beetle has a red and black color scheme, in contrast to [[ColorCharacter Blue]] Beetle's blue and black color scheme.
* ''ComicBook/CaptainAmerica'': The Red Skull has [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin a red skull]] for a head, and usually wears black. He's [[ThoseWackyNazis as evil as they come]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}'': Deadpool's red suit with black stripes and matching red and black hood. Subverted in that he's not evil (usually). He's just ''[[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity crazy]]''.
* ''ComicBook/DoctorStrange'': The Dread Dormammu has a black BadassLongcoat with large red plates, as well as a red BattleAura and the small fact that his head is on fire.
* ''ComicBook/Earth2'': The so-called "brainwashed Superman" who was working for Darkseid has a red-and-black uniform.
* ''ComicBook/GreenLantern'': The [[Characters/GLRedLanternCorps Red Lantern Corps]] has this coloration and they are raging berserkers.
* ''ComicBook/{{Grendel}}'': Many comics are three-colour, using only black, white, and red highlights. The symbolism is quite deliberate.
* ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'': Inverted by Hellboy, who certainly looks the part but is (usually) the good guy.
* ''ComicBook/JudgeDredd'': The Judges' uniforms in the AlternateUniverse that became Deadworld was solid black leather with red shoulder pads, whereas the Judges' uniforms from Judge Dredd's universe are dark blue leather with gold shoulder pads. Unsurprisingly, they were [[EvilCounterpart much more brutal and prone to wanton executions]] than their counterpart even before the [[OmnicidalManiac Dark Judges]] took over.
* ''ComicBook/JupiterJet'': Pluto, the BigBad, wears a black outfit with red lining.
* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'':
** ComicBook/{{Carnage}} is a SerialKiller bonded to a red and black [[TheSymbiote alien parasite]] that grants him {{Lovecraftian Superpower}}s.
** Introduced as a ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' villain but later turned into an AntiHero, ComicBook/{{Morbius}} [[OurVampiresAreDifferent the Living Vampire]]'s IconicOutfit is red and black. Originally his eyes were shown as pink but were later changed to red, making his entire color scheme white-black-red.
** Spider-Man himself was meant to [[InvokedTrope invoke this trope]] despite his costume being made out of two primary colors, as the red and dark blue coloring, in addition to his gymnastics and [[MalevolentMaskedMen mask with its creepy eye holes]] was meant to be unsettling.
** Spider-Man's clone, [[AntiHeroSubstitute Kaine]], very much invokes this as the [[LegacyCharacter second]] ComicBook/ScarletSpider, with a red and black costume rendered even creepier by the [[RedEyesTakeWarning creepy eye holes]] on the [[MalevolentMaskedMen mask]], and a set of [[BladeBelowTheShoulder stingers]]. He's also prone to killing, maiming, and torturing his enemies. [[GoodIsNotNice Good is very definitely not nice.]]
** Otto Octavius, after [[ComicBook/SuperiorSpiderMan2013 becoming the Superior Spider-Man]], wears a red costume that replaces the blues of Spider-Man's normal suit with black.
* ''ComicBook/StarWarsInfinities -- A New Hope'' has Luke and Han on Coruscant, encountering the red-robed Imperial Guard. In standard canon, they are commando-stormtroopers, which is bad enough, but in this, they are armed with lightsabers.
-->'''Han:''' They're wearing ''red robes'', Luke. Tell me what it means when they wear red suits, Luke...\\
'''Luke:''' I think it means trouble.
* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'': Most of the members of the Superman family wear [[PrimaryColorChampion blue-and-red-and-yellow costumes]]. However, ambiguous or evil versions of the Super-family generally go for red and black.
** ''ComicBook/{{Supergirl}}'': In ''ComicBook/RedDaughterOfKrypton'' Supergirl became a Red Lantern -Red Lanterns are raging berserkers-, and although she was not evil, she was ''definitely'' darker, edgier and angrier. And she wore a red-and-black costume.
** Black Zero, an evil alternate version of ComicBook/{{Superboy|1994}} (Kon-El/Conner Kent) wears a black bodysuit with a red sash and red cape.
** ComicBook/{{Superboy}} uses this color scheme in regards to [[BroughtToYouByTheLetterS Superman's trademark "S"]] for his ComicBook/New52 incarnation, where his costume is completely red-and-black. While Superboy is a hero, the opening issue of [[ComicBook/SuperboyNew52 his comic]] (as well as the rebooted ''ComicBook/TeenTitans'' comic) uses the color scheme to make him seem sinister.
** The Cyborg Superman has made a few bodies with this color scheme, notably his Apokolipian-based body when he hopped off of Doomsday in ''Hunter/Prey'' and his ''ComicBook/SinestroCorpsWar'' body.
** Composite Superman combines Superman's and Batman's costumes, resulting in a mixture of red, black, blue, and yellow. This oddly combines this trope with PrimaryColorChampion. For a more fitting combination of tropes, his skin is [[GreenAndMean green]].
* ''ComicBook/{{Thunderbolts}}'': In ''ComicBook/Thunderbolts2012'', during the Red Hulk's incarnation of the team, the entire team wore red and black, including both ComicBook/ThePunisher and Agent ComicBook/{{Venom}}, who are noted for wearing black and white. When Deadpool calls Venom a suck-up for changing his colors with the rest of them, the former soldier strangles Deadpool, telling him that keeping the same color means there's less of a chance for FriendlyFire.
* ''ComicBook/UltimateMarvel'':
** ''ComicBook/TheUltimates'': While her mainstream counterpart is a hero, the ComicBook/BlackWidow is an EvilRedhead who (like her main counterpart) wears black. She is revealed to be a traitor to the team in the second volume.
** ''ComicBook/UltimateXMen'': In contrast to the strictly red 616 Juggernaut, this Juggernaut's outfit is primarily black, but with lots of red dots/lights on it.
* ''ComicBook/WonderWoman'':
** In [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Volume 1]], ''ComicBook/SensationComics'' and ''ComicBook/ComicCavalcade'' in the 'verse that would later be termed [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks "Earth-Two"]] the sadistic Saturnian Emperor and his agents all wear red and black, have [[HornsOfVillainy horns]], and parts of their skin are splotched/patterned with red.
** In his manifestation as Mars, the WarGod Ares trades his signature blued armor for red armor and keeps his shadowed face and glowing red eyes. During the [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1987 Greg Rucka run]], his appearance was a blonde man with red eyes and black clothing.
** There is also Dark Angel, an evil version of [[ComicBook/WonderGirl Donna Troy]] from another Earth who has black hair and wears a red dress and boots.
** The ''ComicBook/New52'' and ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'' depict the sorceress Circe as an EvilRedhead who often wears black.
* ''ComicBook/XMen'':
** Mr. Sinister is a MadScientist with chalk-white skin and red eyes. He wears black clothing.
** While under the control of the Hellfire Club, ComicBook/JeanGrey wore a black {{Stripperiffic}} outfit which when combined with her red hair gave her this aesthetic.
** Jean's [[EvilKnockoff clone]] Madelyene Pryor took to wearing black after FaceHeelTurn. She also has [[EvilRedhead red hair]] just like her progenitor.
** ComicBook/{{Nightcrawler}}'s ArchnemesisDad Azrael is a demonic-looking Mutant with red skin and black hair. His clothing is also black.
* Though definitely not villains, the new ComicBook/XForce team Cyclops assembled (including ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, [[MeaningfulName Warpath]] and ComicBook/{{Wolverine}}), which was created to do missions none of the... "regular" teams were up to, all wore black and grey ...and for some reason, all had red-tinted lenses in their masks.
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/AbraxasHrodvitnon'': Towards the end of this ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'' Franchise/MonsterVerse fanfiction, [[spoiler:[[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonKingGhidorah Keizer Ghidorah]]]] covers the sky in a broiling, lightning-filled tempest which casts red light and black shadows over the terrain.
* The MirrorUniverse Smurfs in the ''Fanfic/EmpathTheLuckiestSmurf'' story "Smurfed Behind: The Other Side Of The Mirror" are mostly red-skinned and wear black clothing and are constantly evil -- the opposite of the good blue-and-white Smurfs of the normal universe. Its Papa Smurf is red-skinned and wears blue, while its version of Empath wears white clothes with black stars on it, however.
* ''Fanfic/FateOfTheClans'': [[spoiler:Cú Chulainn Alter]] has black armor with [[TaintedVeins veins of red]] on it and his skin.
* In [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/art/Finally-Home-Ch-1-pt-11-814324540 chapter 1 part 11]] of [[https://www.deviantart.com/slifofinadragon/ SilfofinaDragon]]'s VideoGame/SengokuBasara fanfic ''Finally Home'', UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi's [[TragicVillain tragically]] [[WickedWitch wicked]] daughter Kagehime appears in a black kimono, described with having red flowers on it.
* ''Fanfic/GuysBeingDudes'': The main colors of Arlo's outfit and hair, as in canon. He retains his affiliation with Team GO Rocket from ''VideoGame/PokemonGo'' canon and gains CardCarryingVillain tendencies.
* ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'': [[spoiler:[=UnChloe=]]] wears a pretty black dress, has a black crown decorated with garnets and long red hair. She's also a sadistic manifestation of a child's worst impulses.
* {{Downplayed}} in the ''Fanfic/JuniorOfficers'' chapter "The Undersea Twister"; Deborah wears red and black because she's angry.
* ''Fanfic/MiraculousThePhoenixRises'' has [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast The Nightmare King]] show up at the end of chapter 15, a knight clad in blood red and pitch black armor who's first onscreen action is massacring a squad of guards without mercy or remorse.
* ''Fanfic/TheNightUnfurls'':
** Not evil, but Kyril is still an [[AntiHero anti-heroic]] TerrorHero whose [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes blaze red]] occasionally (in the remastered version, they are always red), garbed in [[DarkIsNotEvil dark grey attire]]. The "red" part is more pronounced whenever he is [[BloodSplatteredWarrior covered in gore, head to toe]].
** One of his apprentices, Sanakan, is an {{Inversion}}. Assuming that the Old Hunter Set she wears looks exactly the same as that in ''VideoGame/BloodBorne'', her BadassLongcoat is a case of dark on the outside, red on the inside. [[KidHero She's]] actually one of the heroes.
* ''Fanfic/SonOfTheSannin'': Played with in the case of [[spoiler:Fugaku Uchiha]] whose Susanoo is red and black (even wielding a dual bladed-katana as a full ShoutOut to Darth Maul, seen below). While he was an antagonist when he was alive (and even then he was at most an AntiVillain rather than outright evil), he doesn't use this ability until the Fourth Ninja War as an Edo Tensei zombie, and by then he's not even a willing antagonist anymore.
* ''FanFic/TotalDramaLegacy'''s BigBad, Emilia Burromuerto, wears a red and black outfit.
* ''Fanfic/TwinklingInTheDark'': Chapter 21 briefly features an evil version of [[Anime/SmilePrecure Candy]], who has black [[EarsAsHair ear-buns]] and wears a red bow with a skull, instead of her normal yellow ear-buns and magenta bows.
* In the ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' au ''Fanfic/{{Underfell}}'', in which all the monsters are more vicious and wholly willing to murder Frisk on sight, the monsters tend to be redesigned with red and black tones. Subverted with Frisk, who wears a red and black-striped shirt but is an unambiguously sweet kid.
* ''Fanfic/WeCanBeHeroesStevenUniverse'': [[StarterVillain Val Kazkani]] is a brutal [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent Hopkoblin]] mob boss who wears a snazzy red and black pinstripe suit, and rules the port town of Krapton with an iron fist.
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[[folder:Films -- Animated]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Nine}}'', The Fabrication Machine is a towering, [[SpidersAreScary spider-like]] robot with a black frame and a [[CyberCyclops single red eye]], and it's hellbent on wiping out the Stitchpunks and taking over what's left of the ruined world.
* Unsurprisingly, this is the color scheme of a lot of Creator/{{Disney}} villains, though it has also been given to some non-villanous characters.
** [[EvilSorcerer Jafar]] from ''WesternAnimation/{{Aladdin}}'' wears black with red trim, and has a black beard. His cobra form has a black upperside with stripes and the underside of his hood being red. His genie form is a muscular red devil with a black topknot and black beard.
** This applies to the red and black Queen Of Hearts from ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''.
** Cruella [=DeVil=], the villain of ''WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians'', primarily wears a white fur coat with a red underside over a black dress and red gloves. Her car is also colored red and black.
** The black-haired Mother Gothel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' wears a red dress and often a black cape over that too. Her color combination sharply contrasts with that of her "[[ObliviousAdoption daughter]]" Rapunzel's [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold golden hair]] and [[GracefulLadiesLikePurple lavender dress]].
** Professor Ratigan, the arch-villain of ''WesternAnimation/TheGreatMouseDetective'', wears a black suit with a red-lined OminousOperaCape.
** Gaston from ''WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast'' is a black-haired, muscle-bound hunter who wears a blood-red shirt and black trousers, and he goes from an amusing SmallNameBigEgo character to being the main villain of the film.
** Scar from ''WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994'' is an evil lion with reddish-orange fur and a black mane.
** ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'''s nemesis, Captain Hook, wears a red jacket with a red pirate hat and has black hair.
** Frollo from ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame|Disney}}'' wears a mostly black and purple suit, but with small red adornments.
** ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles1'' inverts the trope with the titular Parr family, who are given Super suits of red and black colors (along with a touch of gold). The villain Syndrome and some of his henchmen go for the black and white contrast (which in this case, despite what GoodColorsEvilColors generally tells, [[GrayscaleOfEvil does not represent neutrality]]). The final Omnidroid, on the other hand, plays the trope straight by having a bright red eye to match its black metal body.
** The [[MisterBig Duke of Weselton]] wears red and black colors in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'' and his EstablishingCharacterMoment is him muttering darkly about how he plans to exploit Arendelle. While he does play a minor antagonistic role, in that he orders his two henchmen to take out Elsa if presented the opportunity, he turns out to actually be more of a RedHerring for Hans.
** Te Kā in ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' is a large volcanic entity, and thus there's plenty of red and black in her body to go against her fiery eyes. However, her villainy is subverted. [[spoiler:She is actually Te Fiti, overcome with rage at having her Heart stolen from her. As soon as the Heart is returned, she reverts to being the gentle island entity she normally is -- and, notably, she turns green.]]
** Shere Khan from ''WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967'' is a justified example, since he is a tiger, he naturally has orange fur with black stripes.
** The Carnotaurus from ''{{WesternAnimation/Dinosaur}}'' is mostly dark red with black highlights.
** [[spoiler: Rourke's [[BodyHorror crystal from]]]] seen during the final battle near the end of ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', unlike the crystallized Kida, who is glowing light blue, is black with glowing red, lava-like veins. This was [[AllThereintheManual confirmed in the novelization,]] where when Milo slashes Rourke in the arm with a crystallized glass shard, the Heart of Atlantis, being sentient, recognized Rourke's evil and transformed him in this manner to cruelly torture him as punishment.
** [[MoreDespicableMinion Scroop]] from ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' is an evil, insectoid alien who is primarily colored red and black, and is by far the vilest character in the movie, making even [[BigBad John Silver]] look like a saint in comparison, especially considering the fact that Silver is [[HeelFaceTurn ultimately redeemed]] by the end of the movie once he finally realizes the errors of his ways, unlike Scroop.
* Creator/DreamWorksAnimation plays with this trope around a bit:
** The ''Franchise/{{Shrek}}'' franchise has a couple straight examples:
*** The normal outfit of Lord Farquaad, the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/Shrek1'', is mostly red and black with some gold.
*** The Wolf, one of the villains in the BigBadEnsemble from ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'', has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] and a {{black cloak}}, and while he's not the most evil character or largest threat in the film, he's definitely menacing and has a personal score to settle with Puss in Boots, [[spoiler:especially come the reveal that he's [[TheGrimReaper Death itself]]]].
** Scenes featuring Lord Shen in ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'' tend to feature a lot of red and black. It's also combined with WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver in that Shen himself has a white and red color scheme.
** Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon2''. Toothless is a pitch-black dragon with a red replacement tail fin, yet he's completely loyal to the friendly and amicable Hiccup, whose new outfit is also the same colors as his dragon companion.
** Red and black is the signature color scheme of the Rock Trolls in ''WesternAnimation/TrollsWorldTour'', although most of them don't dress with it (their leader Queen Barb is the only relevant example); instead, it's the coloration of their home and appliances. The trope is subverted by the end of the movie when they [[HeelFaceTurn redeem themselves]].
** Downplayed in ''WesternAnimation/TheBadGuys2022''. The characters' orientations are expressed in the colors of their clothes. Cooler colors like black and blue represent the heroes, while hotter colors like red and white identify the villains.
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Gandahar}}'', the genocidal Metal Men are jet black robots with red "eyes".
* ''WesternAnimation/TheLegoMovie'': Lord Business when he dons his villain outfit. Even his robot secret police enforce this trope.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'', the [[MechaMooks Pal MAX]] [[EliteMooks Prime]] robots are clad in black armor plating and have glowing red innards and [[GlowingEyesOfDoom a single glowing red eye]], and are by far and away the deadliest servants of [[AIIsACrapshoot PAL]].
* Ruber from ''WesternAnimation/QuestForCamelot'' is an EvilRedhead who wears a black cleavage and trousers with red armor, boots, belt, wrist cuffs, and shoulder pads. Much later on towards the end of the film when Ruber bonded Excalibur to himself, his mechanical right arm has ascending shades of black to red all over.
* In ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'', The Grand Duke of Owls wears a black and red cape.
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSwanPrincess'', the hag magically disguised as Princess Odette wears a black and red dress. This makes her [[ColorCodedCharacters easy for viewers to distinguish]] from the real Odette, who wears white and green.
* The whole army of the One-Eye from ''WesternAnimation/TheThiefAndTheCobbler'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdJbo-4rg1k uses these colors to overkill.]]
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[[folder:Films -- Live-Action]]
* Cropsy in ''Film/TheBurning'', due to the combination of his disfigured red skin, and black wardrobe.
* ''Film/TheDarkKnightRises'': During the stock exchange heist, Bane sports a red motorcycle helmet as part of his deliveryman disguise.
* Subverted in ''Film/DraculaUntold'': While he wears exclusively black and red as part of his costumes and earned a sinister reputation as "Lord Impaler", he shows shame for his previous actions and uses his powers to defend his family and his people.
* ''Film/FaceOff'': While Castor Troy mostly averts this, the scene just before the first action setpiece (the airport gun battle) sees his dark red suit and red dress shirt complemented by a billowing black BadassLongcoat.
* ''Franchise/{{Godzilla}}'':
** The [[Characters/MonsterVerseMUTO MUTOs]] from ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' are black with glowing red markings.
** The version of Godzilla himself in ''Film/ShinGodzilla'' is black and red glowing rashes all over his body.
* In some of the Hammer Dracula films Creator/ChristopherLee wears a black outfit with red piping on the cape.
* In ''Film/{{Heathers}}'', these are the school colors. This means the antagonistic cheerleaders wear red and black.
* The Thuggee cult in ''Film/IndianaJonesAndTheTempleOfDoom'' wear these colors to match their volcanic hideout.
* The 1973 ''Music/JesusChristSuperstar'' film has the high priests Caiaphas and Ananias who wear all-black. In the climax where Jesus is sentenced to death, they also wear red capes.
* ''Film/JohnWick'': Viggo's dark gray suits are usually accompanied with red dress shirts.
* The ''[[TerrorDactyl Pteranodons]]'' from ''Film/JurassicWorld'' have primarily red and black color schemes and are fairly aggressive predators. Some of them have different color schemes, however (some of them have blue where others have red).
* In ''Film/KickAss2'', the clothes of the [[NonPoweredCostumedHero superheroes]] are mixed, but almost all of the supervillains wear clothes that are red and black.
* In ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' the invading Kodan fleet all wore uniforms of red with black touches (Xur wore all black, but he was a traitor from Rylos working with the Kodan).
* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' has the entire country and society build around that trope. Mordor is a black land with red lava and the mountain of Mount Doom which has a red peak. This is completed by the main tower, Barad-Dur, which is all-black and on top, we have the red and flaming giant Eye of Sauron (unlike the book, the movie implies this is Sauron's actual current form).
* The Master's robes in ''Film/ManosTheHandsOfFate'' are black with a red hand motif.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'': HYDRA uniforms are black and their emblem is red. Applies even more to Red Skull, as the skin on his face mutated after taking Dr. Erskine's serum.
** ''Film/AvengersAgeOfUltron'': Wanda Maximoff is a dark-haired girl who wears black dresses paired with red jackets or shawls, her magic glows red, and she works for the bad guys [[spoiler:until she pulls a HeelFaceTurn.]]
** ''Film/SpiderManHomecomingTrilogy'': Played with. While firmly heroic, Peter's adoption of the red and black Upgraded Suit at the end of ''[[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome Far From Home]]'' coincides with him being [[FrameUp framed and]] [[TheUnmasking unmasked to the world]] for the murder of [[BigBad Mysterio]], which plunges him firmly into his comics self's [[HeroWithBadPublicity status quo]] and causes him no small amount of grief throughout ''[[Film/SpiderManNoWayHome No Way Home]]''.
** ''Film/DoctorStrangeInTheMultiverseOfMadness'' sees Wanda's return to villainy, this time as the famed and feared Scarlet Witch. Her magical attire is a witch robe of blacks and reds mixing and blending in with one another.
* In ''Franchise/TheMatrix'', the Machines and their pods emit red or sickly pink glows, and their physically metallic bodies (such as those of the sentinels) are very dark (though this could be due to the general [[AlwaysNight poor lighting]]). Taken to an extreme in the ''Anime/TheAnimatrix'' short "Matriculated", where machines emit a warm, peaceful green glow when they turn good and seem less dark.
* ''Film/RaOne'' is an invoked example, as the (video game escapee) villain Ra.One was deliberately designed to be as [[EvilIsCool cool]] and menacing as possible, with spiderweb-like black armor, black [[InTheHood cowl]], red HeartLight, and [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes.]]
* The uniforms, flags, and other props used in Creator/IanMcKellen's excellent 1995 film adaptation of ''Film/RichardIII'' are like this, due to the film's use of [[PuttingOnTheReich parallels to Nazi Germany]] in its 1930s-era SettingUpdate.
* ''Franchise/{{Saw}}'':
** When out in the testing field, Jigsaw usually wears a black cloak with a red interior drawn up.
** Amanda Young wears a red cloak alongside a pig mask with black hair when capturing victims. She also dresses in a more casual red and black outfit in ''Film/SawIII''.
** [[spoiler:Dr. Lawrence Gordon]] is briefly seen with a cloak similar to Jigsaw's in the flashback from ''Film/Saw3D'' that reveals his identity as the mysterious figure from the video tape in the opening scene of ''Film/SawII''.
** Billy the Puppet has this for a color scheme, with a little white thrown in as well.
* In ''Film/TheSchoolForGoodAndEvil2022'', the whole of the School of Evil adopts an all-black aesthetic, for [[DarkIsEvil obvious reasons]], but [[BigBad Rafal]] also uses red as a primary color, as fitting for a BloodMagic user.
* ''Film/SleepyHollow1999'': The Hessian Horseman's outfit is black with red and silver accents. Almost unnoticeable when he's dead and rotten all over. Action figures show it [[http://hollywood-collectibles.com/headless_horseman_gallery.html better]]
* In ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'', [[BigBad Dr. Robotnik]] wears a black suit and a black coat with red linings inside for most of the film. Near the climax, he switches to a red and black flight suit more in line with his traditional outfit.
* Most Sith Lords in ''Franchise/StarWars'' dress in black and wield a red lightsaber.
** In ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi'', The [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Emperor%27s_Royal_Guard Emperor's guards]] wear these colors.
** Emperor Palpatine himself wears black and sometimes red robes. Also, the decor of his office is almost all red.
** Darth Maul (pictured above), who made full-body, black Sith tattoos on red-skinned aliens popular. You'll find them on lots of Expanded Universe characters (plus the original Sith species, which has naturally red skin).
** ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' continues the trend with The First Order and their Nazi-inspired red-and-black aesthetic (their fleet is even commanded by a black-clad EvilRedhead).
* In Ottawa Ballet's ''The Tin Soldier'', the antagonist Goblin wears a red-and-black jester suit, and fights the Soldier for the affections of the Ballerina, who can't stand him. This is downplayed in the subsequent TV adaptation, ''Series/TheToyCastle'', where the Goblin wears the same outfit, but TookALevelOfKindness and is now a more lighthearted trickster than an upfront villain.
* ''Film/{{Tron}}'':
** In the original film, Sark and his underlings were given red TronLines to distinguish themselves from Kevin Flynn, Tron, and the more benign programs, who had blue TronLines. However, the color of their suits was grey as opposed to black.
** Come ''Film/TronLegacy'' and the villains are all colored black with bright orange TronLines (Except for CLU, who is yellow). When [[spoiler:Rinzler (actually Tron BrainwashedAndCrazy and ReforgedIntoAMinion) performs a HeelFaceTurn, his lines switch to the blue-white from before as he sinks into the data ocean.]]
** {{Downplayed}} in the franchise's ExpandedUniverse. Red and black are the color of the System Guard (essentially the military). They're often, but not always antagonistic, such as in ''VideoGame/TronTwoPointOh'' where they're attacking the PlayerCharacter because they mistakenly believe he's responsible for a viral attack. Once they realize he's on the same side, they call it off and work with him during the assault on Thorne's server. And in WesternAnimation/TronUprising, the System Guard is on Clu's side. However, they range from the outright amoral (Pavel) to the LawfulEvil type (Dyson, Tesler), to AntiVillain (Paige).
* Fred Fenster of ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'' is more of the AffablyEvil variety, but still counts: his main outfit is a black suit with a red and always unbuttoned dress shirt underneath.
* The Norsefire Party in the film version of ''Film/VForVendetta'' uses a black and red logo, specifically in order to imply similarity to the Nazi party.
* The basic color scheme of the neo-Nazis in Pink Floyd's ''Film/TheWall''? Black with red detail.
* ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''
** In ''Film/XMenTheLastStand'', the Juggernaut wears a maroon outfit with black highlights.
** ''Film/XMenFirstClass'': Azazel, a member of the Hellfire Club (which in the comic version goes for black and white costumes), wears black. His naturally red skin complements his suit. And at the end of the movie, Erik Lehnsherr has adopted a red vest and helmet with black pants and cape as his EvilCostumeSwitch to become Magneto.
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheBrothersLionheart'': EvilOverlord Tengil always wears black armor and a helmet with a crest of red feathers.
* In ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfFid'', the eponymous supervillain Doctor Fid describes his own powered armor as follows: The armor was form-fitted and so thoroughly non-reflective that I seemed a silhouette, a six-and-a-half-foot man-shaped hole in the world. There were stars visible inside that blackness, pinpricks of light and color; looking upon my was gazing into the clearest night sky, entire galaxies encompassed within my being. Only at the armor's seams were any hint of a three-dimensional figure offered: from there an angry red glow seeped, as though something infernal was trapped inside.
* The ''Custodes Fidei'' [[note]]"Guardians of the Faith"[[/note]] order in the ''Literature/{{Deryni}}'' works have black robes with red belts and trim. Officially, the red is supposed to suggest allegiance to and protection for the House of Haldane. Guarding the Faith from what? From Deryni and their sympathizers, of course.
** The order's name can also call to mind the famous Latin question, "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"[[note]]"Who watches the watchmen?"[[/note]] Since they are an aspect of the [[CorruptChurch corruption in the church]], this is justified.
* Count Literature/{{Dracula}} has black and red. He's the TropeCodifier for what the description talks about this trope and vampires in their capes.
* ''Literature/GoToSleepAJeffTheKillerRewrite'': Downplayed. For Halloween, Jeff's mother buys him a black hockey jersey with accents of red and white, and a Jason Voorhees mask at the center, with a Jason goalie mask to go with the costume. He wears the same clothes when he kills his family, but despite his SlasherSmile, he [[ReluctantPsycho doesn't appear too happy doing the deed]].
* PlayedWith in ''Literature/GrandmasterOfDemonicCultivationMoDaoZuShi''. Wei Wuxian's usual colors are red and black, and he has possibly the highest bodycount in the story and a pitch-black reputation to match (plus, there's the fact that he singlehandedly invented the entire practice of {{Necromancy}}). But as the story goes on, Wei Wuxian repeatedly shows himself to be a much better person than 90% of the cultivation world, who essentially pigeonholed him into being a villain because he wouldn't conform as they wished.
* ''Literature/TheGreatZooOfChina'': The most dangerous dragons are the red-bellied blacks, named after a venomous Australian snake.
* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'', the BigBad Lord Voldemort is described as having [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]], [[HellishPupils cat-like eyes]] and wearing [[BlackCloak black robes]].
* In ''Literature/HonorHarrington'', the [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny PRH]] StateSec uniforms have red coats and black pants.
** The inmates of one [=StateSec=] prison world refer to them as the Black Legs, partly from the uniforms and partly to have a word for the enemy that didn't include the Havenites who were their fellow prisoners.
* ''Literature/JourneyToChaos'': Governor Caffour makes his first appearance as a villain wearing a red and black suit. It blends well with his new necrocraft.
* Simultaneously used and subverted in the ''LeagueOfPrinces'' series. Ruffian dresses in red and black, because he knows that bounty hunters tend to get color-based nicknames, and he wants to be "Ruffian the Black" or "Ruffian the Red". But he's such a sad sack that he just gets called "Ruffian the Blue".
* In ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', Sauron's forces use black banners and an insignia marked with a red eye.
** Russian Tolkien fanfiction loves portraying [[RenegadeSplinterFaction Feanorians]] dressed in these colors.
* The seventh room in Creator/EdgarAllanPoe's "Literature/TheMasqueOfTheRedDeath" is black with red stained-glass windows.
* [[EvilSorcerer Pryrates]] in ''Literature/MemorySorrowAndThorn'' always wears bright red robes with black lining (red in particular is so strongly associated with him that he's often called "the Red [[SinisterMinister Priest]] or "the Red Wizard). He's also the most purely evil character in the series -- even the BigBad (a hate-filled undead OmnicidalManiac) is played with more sympathy than Pryrates[[note]]Said BigBad has a genuinely tragic backstory and Pryrates is to all appearances a ''bona fide'' sociopath, but ''still''[[/note]].
* In the ''Literature/ModestyBlaise'' novel ''I, Lucifer'', Lucifer dresses entirely in red and black as part of his DevilComplex.
* In the ''Literature/OldKingdom'' trilogy, the necromancer [[EvilSorcerer Hedge]], one of the chief villains of the second two books, usually wears a suit of black chainmail with red plates. [[spoiler:As he falls increasingly under the power of his master, Orannis the Destroyer, Hedge himself gradually transforms from a fairly normal-looking man to a creature of flame and shadow, thereby bringing the aesthetic into his own body as well]].
* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'':
** Played with by Targaryens, who, while as a whole not any more good or evil than any other house, have a tendency, when evil, to be REALLY evil, and often AxCrazy. When these folks (Maegor The Cruel, Aerys "The Mad King") wear their house colors, they play this trope straight (or possibly subvert it, because in-universe meaning of these colors is different -- depending on your point of view). Then again, decent members of the house often wear these colors too. Then there's the fact that the first king of this house could be alternatively seen as a YoungConqueror or as an EvilOverlord. Because you can't conquer the whole continent, especially with the aid of [[DragonRider giant fire-breathing monsters]], and be nice about it.
** House Blackfyre, on the other hand, played it straight. They are a Targaryen offshoot house that descended from Daemon Blackfyre[[note]]one of the illegitimate children of king Aegon IV[[/note]], and their colors are inverted Targaryen colors (a black three-headed dragon on red field). They have instigated five rebellions against the Iron Throne.
** Euron Greyjoy is among the worst of the worst, and he wears a red cloak and black armor in ''The Winds of Winter'' preview chapters, which is significant because the armor [[spoiler:is made of Valyrian steel.]]
** Drogon, the largest and wildest of Daenerys' three dragons, has black scales, red horns, spinal plates, and eyes, bleeds black blood, and breathes black fire tinged with red. He is said to be the second coming of Balerion, the dragon ridden by Aegon the Conqueror, who had the same traits.
* In ''[[Literature/TheArchonate The Spiral Labyrinth]]'', the magic system is color-coded; each wizard has a major and a minor color. The BigBad uses black and red.
* The Parshendi of ''Literature/TheStormlightArchive'' are [[RubberForeheadAliens human-looking beings]] with marbled red and black skin, who have been embroiled in a war of extinction against the Alethi after assassinating their king for no known reason. [[spoiler:They are also the setting's legendary [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Voidbringers]], who can channel the power of [[GodOfEvil Odium]]. Most of them aren't too pleased about this.]]
* [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Raksha]] in ''Literature/TalesOfKolmar'' are always red and black.
* In ''Literature/TheWheelOfTime'':
** [[NietzscheWannabe Moridin]], most powerful and evil of [[QuirkyMinibossSquad the Forsaken]], explicitly refers to black and red as his colors; he always wears them himself, forces his servants to do so, and they predominate the decorating of his fortress. [[TheResenter Mazrim Taim]], who is a rather sinister fellow despite nominally being on the sign of good, also likes the colors, hinting at a possible connection between them. [[spoiler:Eventually it is revealed that Taim is indeed TheMole and a Darkfriend]].
** This theme is also reflected in the Aes Sedai ajahs: the Black Ajah is the secret darkfriend fifth column within the Aes Sedai, with members in all of the seven official ajahs, whereas the Red Ajah, while a legitimate subdivsion within the Aes Sedai with their own official mandate to track down and "gentle" male channelers, tends to produce the largest number of [[WellIntentionedExtremist well-intentioned extremists]], bigots, and power-mad idealogues (which itself is a part of a recurring theme of the series that where members of different genders don't interact and lean on each other, stagnation and dysfunction soon follow -- do with that as you will). Virtually every outright antagonist character among the Aes Sedai is a member of one or both of these two groups.
* In the ''[[Literature/AWizardInRhyme Wizard in Rhyme]]'' books, the diabolical SorcerousOverlord of Ibile uses red and black for his colours, symbolizing [[CardCarryingVillain blood and grief]].
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* Black Beet/Shadowborg from ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' and the adaptation ''Series/{{Beetleborgs}}'' is red and black. They are evil clones of TheHero whose arrival makes life for the heroes difficult.
* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
** Villain turned AntiHero Spike often wears a black BadassLongcoat with a red shirt or scarf underneath. Angelus also uses these two colors. Drusilla is often a LadyInRed but produces this trope because of her black hair.
** A different take in "Tough Love". Glory does an ActionDressRip, tearing off her red dress to reveal a black nightie underneath.
* {{Invoked|Trope}} on ''Series/BurnNotice'' -- when trying to intimidate some [[TheCartel Cartel]] gangsters by playing an enigmatic LouisCypher figure who can apparently make [[StuffBlowingUp Stuff Blow Up]] with a snap of his fingers, Michael dresses in a [[BadassInANiceSuit black suit and shades with blood-red shirt, tie and pocket square]].
* Cole's demon form Belthazor in ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}''.
* ''Series/CowboyBebop2021'' has the Syndicate goons dressed in black suits with red highlights and ties for uniform.
* Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse:
** ''Series/Daredevil2015''.
*** Matt starts wearing these colors in Season 2; he starts off as a Man in Black, then adds red after taking on his 'Devil' appellation.
*** In season 2, the Hand's ninjas wear uniforms that are all black, while their masks have red inner lining.
*** In season 1, when Nobu is tricked by Fisk into fighting Matt, he wears robes with an inversion of the season 2 ninjas' color scheme (red robes with black inner liner), which might just be ceremonial or reserved for higher-ranking Hand members like him.
*** In season 3, Benjamin "Dex" Poindexter wears a copy of the red-and-black Daredevil armor and commits terrorist attacks for Fisk, first attacking the ''New York Bulletin'' to smear Matt's reputation and get rid of Jasper Evans, and later going after Karen at the Clinton Church to avenge the death of James Wesley.
** ''Series/IronFist2017'':
*** Despite at first seeming like a peaceful retreat for New York City kids with nowhere else to turn for help, the compound run by Colleen Wing's ''sensei'' Bakuto is actually just another faction of the Hand. A sharp-eyed viewer will have picked up the connection long before Danny realizes it by noticing that Bakuto and most of his students wear red t-shirts, black pants, and black leather jackets.
*** In Season 2, Davos sports dark black coats (owing to the cold weather) and after he steals the powers of the Iron Fist from Danny, his fists glow red (symbolic of his corrupted chi).
** ''Series/TheDefenders2017'': Elektra's comics-compliant costume is red, and accompanied with a long black coat.
* ''Series/DoctorWho'':
** [[Recap/DoctorWhoS13E3PyramidsOfMars Sutekh]] [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Destroyer]] has a red and black color scheme.
** TheMaster:
*** In [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV Movie]], the Master "drezzzes for the occasion" in a red, black, and gold cloak.
*** Although the Master usually favors all-black, the Gordon Tipple Master's nehru jacket came with red motifs. More recently, the Creator/JohnSimm Master was, in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E12TheSoundOfDrums "The Sound of Drums"]]/[[Recap/DoctorWhoS29E13LastOfTheTimeLords "Last of the Time Lords"]], given a black suit with a black overcoat with red lining, as a nod to the Third Doctor's subversion of this trope.
* The Filipino fantasy series '''Series/{{Encantadia}}''' has the villainous kingdom of Hathoria clad in black and red regalia and armor.
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'''s Peacekeepers used black and red in their uniforms and décor.
* ''Series/TheFlash2014'':
** The Reverse-Flash may wear a yellow suit, but his gloves and boots are black, his eyes glow red, and he produces red lightning when he runs.
** The Rival wears a black suit and he also leaves behind red lightning when he runs. He also has dark orange highlights on the said suit.
** Played with in the Season 3 finale. Savitar's dark suit of armor has been glowing blue for the entire season, [[spoiler:but it switches to red when Barry takes control of it. Barry beats down Savitar with the suit and is clearly tempted to kill him for all the trouble he put him through, but he relents and destroys the armor.]]
* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' gives this treatment to the cruel and opportunistic House Bolton, whose colors in the books are pink and red, and their banner a bright red flayed person on a pink field. In the show, the pink is exchanged for black. Y'know, in case people can't pick up the fact that the Boltons are bad from the flayed person.
** Even during the "Battle of the Bastards" this is reflected. All the Bolton soldiers wear a black leather armor with a red flayed man on their chests and black helmets with the same thing on it. Ramsay is dressed all-in-black while his second-in-command, Smalljon Umber, all-in-dark red.
** Viserys Targaryen is dressed all in black, with a red dragon in the center of his outfit. Admittedly, according to the books, that is how Targaryens often dressed.
** Averted with Drogon. He is a dragon with red and black scales but belongs to one of the protagonists. He is, however, the largest and most aggressive of the three.
*** But ultimately, played straight when Daenerys performs FaceHeelTurn and burns the whole city down on his back.
** Cersei Lannister, dons dark red and black dress in the final two episodes she appears in.
* ''Series/GoodOmens2019'': The red-haired demon Crowley first appears in his serpent form, which is a huge black snake with a red belly. We see in Episode 3 that his human form has been wearing black clothes for centuries, and in the present day, the red collar on his black blazer becomes a minor plot point [[spoiler:when Aziraphale turns it tartan]]. Crowley isn't nearly as evil as some of the other demons, but he is better-dressed.
* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'':
** In the second-half of [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CgHfYDQqyFg/ Lestat de Lioncourt's "Vampire Fangs" teaser,]] he's standing in the dark while his face is illuminated by red light, which is an early clue that he's the BigBad of Season 1.
** Both the TitleSequence and the EpisodeTitleCard are black and red to reflect that this series is about vampires, who are (mostly) malevolent, nocturnal creatures who murder humans to drink their blood.
** The Season 2 posters for [[https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/aV4osxbpHI7xbVIboE973U3AOXo.jpg Claudia]] (who is dancing in front of corpses) and [[https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/5KoaUTOvSyXy5S4JA9yI9fjQ2sH.jpg Armand & Louis]] (the bottom section of the artwork gives the impression of [[FangsAreEvil vampire fangs]]) adopt the red-and-black palette to highlight the characters' predatory natures -- Claudia presumably exsanguinated all the people sitting in the background, and Armand is "pursuing" Louis romantically (so this is the second time Louis is being "chased" by a love-struck vampire).
* ''Franchise/KamenRider'' generally averts this trope as red and black Kamen Riders are usually TheHero who is usually a NiceGuy, but is also occasionally shows up as a color for villains, usually {{Big Bad}}s. Below are examples playing this trope straight:
** The Kamen Rider Dark Kiva suit from ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' is a black and red version of {{The Hero}}'s SuperMode. This suit is generally used by [[BigBad King]] of the [[EliteFour Checkmate Four]].
** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'': The Terror Dopant's body is mostly black, but he also has on what appear to be red ''trousers''.
** ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'': The primary colors of Sagittarius Nova, the OneWingedAngel form of the BigBad are red and black.
** Both Demushu and [[spoiler:Lord Baron]] from ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' sport this color scheme. The first is a BloodKnight, while the latter is the OneWingedAngel form of [[spoiler:Kaito]] who JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope.
** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'': Downplayed with [[EvilKnockoff Gold Drive]], whose primary color is, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin gold]]. But apart from that, his faceplate is all-black and his eyes are [[RedEyesTakeWarning blood red]]. Fittingly, he's also the most despicable villain in the show.
** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'': [[KnightTemplar Adel]]'s Perfect Gammaizer form is primarily black with red highlights.
** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'': The primary colors of the BigBad's [[OneWingedAngel ultimate form]] are maroon red and black, with bits of [[GreenAndMean turquoise]] thrown in for good measure.
** ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'': [[EvilOverlord Ohma Zi-O]]'s Rider form is [[DarkIsEvil black]] with a bright red visor, along with [[BlingOfWar gold]] highlights all throughout to emphasize his king theme.
* ''Series/KnightRider'': Inverted with the benevolent [[SentientVehicle KITT]] being a black Trans Am with a red scanner light and a red voice modulator display. Played straight by pure happenstance with [[PsychoPrototype KARR]]’s first appearance in Season 1, as the production simply used one of the other KITT cars to portray him -- although a yellow voice modulator display was used for the character. (In KARR’s next appearance, he did have a yellow scanner light to match his voice modulator.) Coincidentally played straight again in the episode “Killer KITT”; wherein KITT is stolen and reprogrammed for nefarious purposes.
* ''Series/TheMusketeers'': Cardinal Richelieu exclusively wears either entirely black robes or (for more formal occasions) bright red ones.
* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' averts this with several of its red rangers. If they do not wear [[WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver red and white]], they generally wear red and black, but are usually TheHero of the team. Sometimes, TheHero wears red and white but co-exists with a SixthRanger who wears red and black. However, several villains do play this trope straight:
** ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'': [[BigBad Divatox]] wears a red and black corset/dress , a red cape and black gloves and boots. Her would-be "husband" from TheMovie, Maligore, a [[MagmaMan lava monster]] with black rocky skin, red VolcanicVeins and [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]].
** 'Series/PowerRangersInSpace'': [[GreaterScopeVillain Dark Specter]], who [[PropRecycling looks exactly like Maligore]] naturally has the same aesthetic. Psycho Red of the PsychoRangers has black armor and a red helmet.
** ''Series/PowerRangersWildForce'': Two examples. The first is Venjix, the leader of the [[Series/PowerRangersZeo Machine Empire]] remnants in the MilestoneCelebration episode "Forever Red". He is a black and red armored robot, [[PropRecycling that looks exactly like the aforementioned Black Beet or Shadowborg]]. There is also the Red Ranger's counterpart among the [[PsychoRangers Shadow Rangers]] who wears a black ninja bodysuit with red accents on his black helmet.
** ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder'': All of the main villains have this aesthetic. Mesogog wears black leather and has red bony protrusions on his face which look like eyebrows. The evil {{Cyborg}} Zeltrax later gets a OneWingedAngel form which adds red SpikesOfVillainy and accents to his black armor. Elsa also wears black leather and has a sword with a red handle and a red sheath. The White Ranger starts out as evil and has a mostly white outfit but with black stripes and a red visor. He later pulls a HeelFaceTurn but his [[EvilKnockoff clone]] also fits as he has the same outfit. There was also a MonsterOfTheWeek called the Ruby Dragon who had a red and black design.
** ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'': In his final form, Venjix the BigBad of the season, takes the appearance of a large robot in black and gold plating and glowing red eyes. One of his generals, Kilobyte, is a black and red robot with red eyes as well.
** ''Series/PowerRangersCosmicFury'': While blue is naturally the main color of the [[TheDragon Evil Blue Ranger]], his costume also includes a lot of black and has red accents with the jagged lightning bolt running down his chest and [[RedEyesTakeWarning diamond-shaped eyes]] on his [[ShouldersOfDoom dinosaur head shoulder pads]].
* ''Franchise/StarTrek''
** [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Terran_Empire_4683.png This]] [[TheEmpire Terran Empire]] logo (the EvilCounterpart of the Federation in the MirrorUniverse).
** Black and red are dominant colors of Klingon culture. They use it in buildings, flags, decorations, weapons, ships... basically everywhere. Even their interior lighting usually has a red tinge.
** Oddly inverted by the design of the ''Enterprise'''s bridge in ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', which uses red and black prominently. There may have been practical reasons for this: since ''Star Trek'' was originally broadcast when TV was transitioning to color, the set design would need to look visually interesting in color while also providing contrast for viewers who still had black and white TV sets.
** ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'': In the pilot episode "Encounter At Farpoint" and the series finale "All Good Things...", [[https://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x01/farpoint_hd_239.jpg the post-atomic horror court as created by Q includes a red-and-black flag with an eagle on it]], and [[https://tng.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x01/farpoint_hd_300.jpg Q wears a matching outfit]] as [[HangingJudge the judge]].
* ''Series/StrangerThings'': The Mind Flayer is often shown with its black form backlit with an ominous red light.
* ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'': In "Hammer of the Gods", the goddess Kali wears a red dress and a black skirt. And underneath, a black bra and panties. ''[[HotGod Rrrraw!]]''
* Both the Locos (Season 1) and the Technos (Season 4) in ''Series/TheTribe'' wear red and black.
* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'': Like ''Power Rangers'' mentioned above, several red rangers wear red and black, but are usually TheHero or SixthRanger. Villains who do use this aesthetic are:
** The emblem of Machine Empire Black Magma in ''Series/TaiyouSentaiSunVulcan'' is a blood red symbol over a black background. Their {{mooks}} wear all-black bodysuits with red symbols emblazoned over their head and chests, and their leader is clad in all-black and has [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]].
** Abarekiller from ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' combines this trope with WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver, being a black and white striped ranger with a creepy red visor. He stays evil for the majority of the series. [[BigBad Dezumozorlya]] from manifests itself as a red and black version of the Armor of Darkness, which is the greatest fear of [[TheMentor Asuka]] and his wife Mahoro.
** ''Series/EngineSentaiGoonger'' has Cleaning Minister Kireizky, who is a black and red robot that destroyed many of the [[AnotherDimension alternate worlds]] mentioned in the series. While the other villains are slightly comical, he is anything but. The BigBad of the show, Crime Minister Yogoshimacritein is black and gold with red glowing eyes and is probably the most sadistic character of the show, taking great glee in causing the heroes to suffer while using his henchmen als living shields.
** Eras from ''Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger'' is the final villain from the show, looking like a red and black demonic being with a white skull as her face. [[spoiler: Contrary to most depictions of this trope, Eras isn't irredeemably evil, but a goddes who is a WellIntentionedExtremist. She created the Ryusoul Tribe, to which the Rangers belong, to uphold the piece on prehistoric earth, buy who gradually gave in to their desire to conquer the planet. To remedy her mistake, she created the Druidon, who were meant to wipe out the Ryusoul Tribe.]]
* ''Franchise/UltraSeries''
** Most Ultramen are red and silver, but Ultraman Belial, one of the major {{Big Bad}}s of the franchise and archenemy of Franchise/UltramanZero, had the silver parts of his body turn black as a result of merging with the HumanoidAbomination Reiblood.
** Series/UltramanGeed is a subversion. His default form is a nasty-looking combination of red, black, and silver due to being Belial's son and directly channelling a share of Belial's power; and the people are suspicious of him due to the resemblance. But Geed ultimately proves himself as genuinely heroic despite his heritage and appearance.
** Before Belial, there was Dark Zagi, the BigBad of ''Series/UltramanNexus'', complete with [[RedEyesTakeWarning soulless red eyes]].
* In ''Series/{{V 1983}}'', red and black are the signature colors of the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName fascistic]] [[LizardFolk reptilian]] Visitors, with almost all their uniforms and even their flag featuring some combination of the two.
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* Slovenian art-rockers Laibach [[PuttingOnTheReich love their red and black]].
* Inverted with Music/SteamPoweredGiraffe. While their clothing is a red-on-black scheme, they are not evil robots.
* The Toy Soldier (Music/DoctorSteel's fan club) color scheme, until around 2011, was black with red (and yellow) accents. Somewhat [[JustifiedTrope justified]], as they are a deliberate parody of evil organizations. (Since the Doctor's retirement, use of red has been diminished.)
* The PV for the Music/{{Vocaloid}} song ''Red Shoe Parade'' is animated in a shadow-puppet style, with the parade's red shoes showing clearly.
* Music/BlueOysterCult's album ''Tyranny and Mutation'' had its album sides titled "the Red" and "the Black", and the band was known to play with dark themes (and did quite a bit on that particular album as well).
** Also (and on the above album), the song "the Red and the Black":
--->Canadian Mounted baby, police force that works/ red and black, it's their color scheme/ get their man in the end/ ...you kill you maim, you kill you maim
* Pagan/Viking Metal Bands Varg and Turisas use black and red "warpaint" instead of BlackMetal's black and white CorpsePaint.
* Music/PoetsOfTheFall:
** [[TragicMistake Hamartia]], the jester mascot of ''Twilight Theater's'' [[http://poetsofthefall.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/PotF_-_Twilight_Theater-550x550.jpg album art]], wears a typical Harlequin red and black diamond motley, but the flap of his HappyHarlequinHat terminates in a [[SnakesAreSinister snake head]] instead of bells, and he has a nasty SlasherSmile, both of which mark him as a MonsterClown.
** {{Downplayed}} with Hamartia's reappearance as a jealous, vengeful OrcusOnHisThrone figure in the video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=di7NMssrqsE Daze]]," as the motley is replaced by a subtler color scheme in his royal costume, with black hair trimmed with [[FeatherMotif black feathers]], black pants, an elaborate red leather jacket, and deep maroon lipstick and face paint, all of which fit with the decadent MasqueradeBall over which he presides.
* In Music/ASoundOfThunder's song "The Queen of Hell", the titular VillainProtagonist sings "Red and black our banners wave/ As we march across the land."
* Blurryface, the character from Music/TwentyOnePilots lore who represents the "dark side" of Tyler Joseph (namely, his insecurities, self-doubt, and struggles with mental illness) dresses in red and black, and his presence is indicated by black paint on Tyler's hands and neck and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]]. This is also reflected in the color scheme for the ''Blurryface'' album (in which the character features prominently).
** Another of Blurry's incarnations, the Bishop "Nico" (an elderly man who appears in the videos for "Jumpsuit" and "Nico and the Niners") also sports the color scheme, in the form of a [[BadassCape flowing red cloak]] and black paint on his hands and lower face.
* British folk punk group Music/TheMenTheyCouldntHang invoke this in "The Ghosts of Cable Street", a song about a riot that broke out in 1936 between the British Union of Fascists and the heroic antifascist demonstrators.
-->This is the British Union with its flag of black and red\\
A flag that casts a shadow in [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany Berlin]] and in [[UsefulNotes/TheFrancoRegime Madrid]]
* [[{{Industrial}} Industrial Bass]] artist Moris Blak invokes this by having much of his album artwork and on-stage costume (including an UncannyValley inducing [[MalevolentMaskedMen full-face mask]]) in blacks and reds. Unsurprising, given that Industrial music revels in evil, oppressive or just plain unsettling imagery.
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[[folder:Mythology & Religion]]
* {{Satan}}, [[BigRedDevil in most of his modern depictions]], is usually colored this way. The closest thing to this description in Literature/TheBible is a red dragon, which is described as "orange."
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[[folder:Professional Wrestling]]
* All of Wrestling/{{Kane}}'s outfits throughout his Wrestling/{{WWE}} tenure prominently feature this color combination.
* The [[Wrestling/NewWorldOrder NWO Wolfpack]], which was the only difference between them and NWO [[Wrestling/HulkHogan Hollywood]], who still wore the original black and white.
* Wrestling/{{Boogeyman}}, [[{{Face}} although the fans never booed him]], [[DracoInLeatherPants despite the promoter's best efforts]].
* Ojo Diabolico Jr. usually wore black with splashes of red around his gear. His XMW TagTeam partner Ludark Shaitan was {{Pink|MeansFeminine}} black and evil all over.
* [[Wrestling/TakuyaSugi AHII]] looked the part in Wrestling/AllJapanProWrestling, he looks even bonier and spiky than Darth Maul but turned out to be not so bad when he came to the rescue of the local baby faces.
* Completely averted by Wrestling/SamiZayn who is the ultimate NiceGuy babyface with these colors. And even as a heel, he wears military green.
* Wrestling/FinnBalor is basically this trope except for the evil part. His bodypaint entrance in ''Wrestling/{{WWENXT}}'' includes mostly black and red coloration, and maybe the evil thing applies because he's supposed to be channeling a demon.
* [[Wrestling/RubyRiott Heidi Lovelace]] often wore {{Purple|IsPowerful}} in the independents. She switched to this when WWE turned her into Ruby Riott, leader of Wrestling/TheRiottSquad.
* Wrestling/{{CHIKARA}} 2016: Wrestling/TheBatiri, two [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demons]] (Obariyon and Kodama) and a [[OurGoblinsAreDifferent goblin]] (Kobald), replaced their usual green-and-black facepaint and gear with this after Wrestling/{{UltraMantis Black}} hexed them while [[DemonicPossession possessed by Nazmaldun]].
* Wrestling/BrockLesnar always wears black gear with crimson accents in his second WWE run.
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[[folder:Sports]]
* Canadian figure skater Roman Sadovsky wore a blood-red-and-black costume for [[https://streamable.com/atsnf his short program]] during the 2017-2018 competitive season (which is set to Peter Gundry's "The Vampire Masquerade") in order to convey to the audience that he was portraying a vampire who attempts to seduce his intended victim with an [[VampireDance elegant waltz]].
* AC Milan football team's colours are red and black. The founder Herbert Kilpin said in 1899: "We will be a team of devils. Our colours will be red like fire and black like the fear we will invoke in our opponents".
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[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
* In the early ''Tabletopgame/BattleTech'' sourcebooks and [[Franchise/BattleTechExpandedUniverse the early novels]], the Draconis Combine was depicted as a brutal and repressive dictatorship, which was solidified by a black-and-red dragon national symbol and parade colors. Toned down in later works, which reworked the Combine from Imperial Japan in space to [[FeudalFuture Feudal Japan In Space]] with an emphasis on honor. Otherwise averted and zigzagged; heroic PrivateMilitaryContractors like the Kell Hounds used neon red and pitch black battlemech paint.
* In ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' 5th Edition, Zariel the FallenAngel is the new Archdevil who rules Avernus, the first layer of the Nine Hells of Baator. She wears black armor and has burning [[GoodWingsEvilWings red wings]] and [[RedEyesTakeWarning eyes]].
* The Scorpion Clan of ''TabletopGame/LegendOfTheFiveRings'' have [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villainy]] as their [[PlanetOfHats hat]], so naturally they wear red and black clothing and always [[MalevolentMaskedMen wear masks]]. Being ObviouslyEvil is their [[PunchClockVillain job]], and as samurai, they take their duties very seriously.
* In the Ravnica setting of ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'', the Cult of Rakdos relies on red and black mana, and has a CircusOfFear theme throughout.
** Interestingly they have none of the grand schemes that the other guilds do. The problem is that their parties turn everyone involved into a CombatSadomasochist. Survivors are implied to have themselves lobotomized in order to forget what they've done.
** The combination of black and red mana in general tends to be dangerous to be around -- with black the color of selfishness and red the color of emotion, you tend to get very poor self-control and a remarkable appetite for cruelty. It's not ''universal'' -- you can sometimes get a black-red character who uses their Red devotion to their loved ones to offset the selfishness of Black -- but the major black-red groups in Magic's history have included the bloodthirsty vampires of Innistrad, the Cult of Rakdos, the barbaric minotaurs of Theros, the Mongol-esque Mardu Horde (who offset it with a dash of community-focused white mana, giving them at least in-group compassion), and a fair chunk of two Shards of Alara -- the barbaric Jund and the deathly Grixis. Black-red planeswalkers include Sarkhan Vol at his [[SanitySlippage lowest point]] [[HeelFaceTurn (he gets better)]], [[DiabolicalMastermind Nicol Bolas]], and -- in his duel deck -- the theoretically mono-red Tibalt splashes black to represent his fairly overt sadistic tendencies. However, it is inverted in Lorwyn boggarts and Tetsuo Umezawa, two fine examples of DarkIsNotEvil.
* Both played straight and subverted for two different factions in ''TabletopGame/MutantChronicles'':
** Subverted: Red and black are worn by high-ranking Brotherhood Inquisitors. While the Inquisition has done a lot of very shady things, they are ultimately a force for good.
** Played straight: the sigil of the Dark Apostle of War, Algeroth (used in promotional materials to symbolize the Dark Legion as a whole), is a red dagger-like cross on a black field, and Algeroth's army leaders, Nepharites, are depicted as hulking red-skinned giants in spiked black armor.
* Black and red are the official colors of Cheliax in the ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' campaign setting. The nation's current power is based largely on their alliances with hell itself.
* ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'', {{grimdark}} universe that it is, absolutely loves this color scheme, and you can expect to find some variation of it in every Codex [[EvilVersusEvil regardless of the faction's supposed 'goodness'.]]
** Amongst the {{Space Marine}}s, this is most common amongst the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Black Templars and Blood Angels]] Chapters, usually reserved for their most [[RankScalesWithAsskicking elite soldiers.]] The Blood Angels are an odd zigzag of this trope. Regular Blood Angels are a subversion -- despite their name and color scheme (red with black accents), and [[OurVampiresAreDifferent having a lot of vampiric traits within their culture]], they are optimistic and [[BruiserWithASoftCenter care for the Imperial citizens they fight for]]. However, a flaw in their geneseed, unfortunately, make them ''all'' at risk to [[TheBerserker succumb to the]] [[UnstoppableRage Black Rage]]. Black Raging Angels are a DoubleSubversion and wear the reverse of normal Blood Angels colors (black with red accents).
** The [[HordeOfAlienLocusts Tyranids]] used this color scheme for the entirety of Hive Fleet Behemoth, the first of their [[ZergRush many, many such fleets]] to invade the Milky Way Galaxy.
** Similarly, this scheme is a popular one for most [[ChurchMilitant Orders Militant]] of the [[AmazonBrigade Sisters of Battle.]]
** Averted by the [[DefectorFromDecadence Farsight Enclaves]], which use a burgundy/red-and-black color scheme, as opposed to the beige/orange or similarly [[LawfulNeutral neutral]] coloration of the main T'au army. Despite the coloration, they're certainly no eviler than their kin and are somewhat more egalitarian. In fact, recent lore has painted them as the most outright heroic faction of the T'au, whose mainline philosophy is becoming increasingly [[Literature/NineteenEightyFour Orwellian]].
** Surprisingly uncommon among the AxCrazy and ObviouslyEvil Chaos Space Marines, as it took until 5th Edition and its emphasis on the newly created Red Corsairs warband for this scheme to show up in canon.
* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', there's an entire series of monsters called "Dark ----", consisting of {{Evil Counterpart}}s of existing monsters, and as part of this gimmick they've each undergone an EvilCostumeSwitch. Guess the [[http://images.wikia.com/yugioh/images/d/db/Dark_Counterparts_Allure.jpg predominant colors]] on them now.
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[[folder:Theatre]]
* In ''Theatre/CrossRoad'', the devil Amduscias wears black, with red in the lining of his cape. Played with, as it's unclear how evil he really is.
* Some productions of ''Theatre/{{Hamlet}}'' have the title character dressed in red and black. However, despite being a morally ambiguous character, Hamlet ([[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation probably]]) isn't evil.
* The Tabloid Junkies in ''Theatre/MichaelJacksonONE'' dress in black and/or red.
* Subverted in ''{{Theater/Twisted}}'', where Ja'far uses the same colors as {{WesternAnimation/Aladdin}}'s Jafar [[spoiler:including when he becomes a genie]], but is only ''thought'' to be evil by the ignorant populace, he's actually the OnlySaneMan trying to run the kingdom properly.
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[[folder:Theme Parks]]
* The nebula ghost in ''[[Ride/SpaceMountain Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy]]'' at the Ride/DisneyThemeParks is red/orange mixed with the blackness of space.
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[[folder:Toys]]
* This is the main color scheme of several bad guy ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' sets: Makuta [[BigBad Teridax]], Icarax, and Antroz, Kalmah, warrior and elite class Skrall, Sidorak, Vultraz, and Radiak. Subverted with the benevolent Turaga Dume -- his set represents the evil Teridax masquerading as him, but the real Dume has these colors too. Interestingly, the Maxilos robot that Teridax's spirit possessed for a while also had these colors...
* Franchise/{{LEGO}}'s other themes were also aware of this trope: The Spyrius faction from ''Toys/LEGOSpace'', Ogel's evil organization from ''Toys/LEGOAlphaTeam'', Vladek and co. from ''Toys/KnightsKingdom2'' and various other villainous groups from ''Toys/LEGOCastle'', including witches, a dragon, and the Bat Lord, all had red and black as part of their uniform color schemes. One exception is M-Tron, which flew black-and-red spaceships against black-and-white craft flown by the evil Blacktron II. Both sides used greenish-yellow windshields in the 1991 Lego catalog, so this "glass" did not ensure M-Tron's goodness.
* The Stone Army in ''WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}}'''s 2013 line follow this trope, in contrast to the Skeleton Army and Nindroids being [[PurpleIsTheNewBlack black and purple]].
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[[folder:Visual Novels]]
* These are the theme colors of ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'''s BigBad MascotVillain Monokuma, whose body is half-white, half-black with a single red eye. There’s also [[spoiler:(by extension) Junko Enoshima, with her strawberry-blonde hair being the only exception, and some white thrown in to better represent [[TheManBehindTheMan her control over Monokuma]]]].
* [[spoiler:[[SuperpoweredEvilSide Dark]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Sakura]]]] from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' wears a black dress with red lines all over [[spoiler:due to TheCorruption]].
** Gilgamesh has some red and black on his street clothes (and [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]]), his armor is gold with some black parts and his cloth parts are red; even his sword has black and red.
** [[spoiler:[[BrainwashedAndCrazy Saber Alter]]]] wears black armor with faint red eyes and a visor with more visible red eyes, [[spoiler:again symbolizing TheCorruption]].
** Archer A.K.A [[spoiler:Heroic Spirit EMIYA]] falls into the anti-hero version with his black bodysuit and red semi-coat. [[spoiler:At least until ''Unlimited Blade Works'' where he betrays the party and tries to kill [[TheHero Shirou]].]]
** For its [[Literature/FateZero prequel]], we have Berserker, who is a BlackKnight with [[RedEyesTakeWarning a red visor]], and any weapon he touches becomes just as black and red as he is. [[spoiler:Subverted, as Berserker's true identity is Lancelot, who really just wanted to atone for his sins and figured the best way to do it was to have his king kill him]].
** [[spoiler:[[GreaterScopeVillain Angra Mainyu, aka Avenger]]]], specifically in ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'' whenever [[spoiler:he’s [[DemonicPossession in control of Shirou]]; his skin grows dark, he gains black tattoos all over, and [[WalkingShirtlessScene his only clothes]] are red]].
* Madame Scorpion from ''VisualNovel/HenchmanStory'' is a ruthless supervillain who wears a black SpyCatsuit with red trimming, and wields a red LaserBlade.
* In ''VisualNovel/SlowDamage'', [[spoiler:Towa's mother, Maya,]] is a PosthumousCharacter and one of the main factors behind Towa's severe mental and physical trauma. They mostly appear in his nightmares, with the narration focusing on their dark hair and their bright, red lips being the only facial feature that stands out. Further nightmares also make it clear that they usually wore a red-and-black kimono.
* In ''VisualNovel/{{Sunrider}}'', [[PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny PACT]]’s ships and mecha are painted red with black trimming, their officers and leaders wear red-and-black uniforms with gold detailing, and even their [[http://sunrider.gamepedia.com/File:Pact_logo.png emblem]] is red and black, likely to symbolize their [[DirtyCommunists communist leanings]]. Unsurprisingly, they’re [[TheEmpire the primary antagonists]] of the series.
* The nue in ''[[VisualNovel/ShallWeDateWizardessHeart Wizardess Heart]]'' have huge black kimonos and black fur around their heads, as well as big red jewels on their necklaces. They also appear as black shadows.
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[[folder:Web Animation]]
* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': The Darkness counterparts are all black, except for their [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes.]]
* In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjGpzhcnA64 hypothetical opening sequence]] for the concept series ''Fuwa Fuwa Foof'', this is invoked in the middle part detailing [[CuteIsEvil Foof's criminal past]], with black and red being used in the coloration of the backgrounds while most other details are solely colored white (with the ones that aren't being red or black too).
* The Auditor, the BigBad of ''WebAnimation/MadnessCombat'', is a pitch-black LivingShadow with {{glowing|EyesOfDoom}} {{red eyes|TakeWarning}}. When he claims [[spoiler:Jesus' HolyHalo]] to wear, it turns dark red as well.
* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'':
** The Insurrectionists are a team of black-and-red clad soldiers who oppose Project Freelancer. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted,]] as they're just protecting UNSC property from the Freelancers, who are [[ObliviouslyEvil Obliviously Evil]].
** Played straight with Sharkface, a former Insurrectionist who returns in Season 13, who has no problem with assisting in the genocide of an entire planet in order to avenge his fallen comrades.
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': While the main protagonist Ruby is a fun inversion with her borderline-goth outfits contrasting with her kind, idealistic personality, the show’s rouges gallery provides a few straight examples.
** The Grimm, one of the first antagonists introduced and a central point of the show’s premise, are a race of shadow monsters with pitch black skin/fur and glowing red eyes and insides. They also sport boney “masks” with luminous red markings forming a unique pattern for each type of Grimm. This extends to the Grimm’s mistress, Salem, who has BlackEyesOfCrazy with red pupils and wears black dresses accented by dark red lines.
** [[Characters/RWBYAdamTaurus Adam Taurus]] is a violent and genocidal leader of the [[WesternTerrorists White Fang]], who hates all of humanity for oppressing the [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]] and so wants to kill them all. He dresses entirely in red and black, and his hair is vivid red, except for two tufts that appear to be black horns. His sword has a long, red blade and when he uses his power, the entire world around him seems to turn to black silhouettes against a blood-red sky. He invented the [[WhiteMaskOfDoom white masks]] the White Fang wear to hide their identities, using the Grimm as inspiration so as to strike fear into the hearts of humans. The leaders of the White Fang, of which he is one, have red designs patterning the masks to make them stand out from the crowd.
** Yang’s deadbeat mother Raven Branwen is the leader of a bandit tribe and has black hair, red eyes, and loosely samurai-like outfit that uses red and black colors. That said, she's ultimately more of a WildCard desperately attempting to stay out of the conflict than actually evil. She used to be on the side of the good guys until [[spoiler:she learned that BigBad Salem has CompleteImmortality and is ''literally'' impossible to kill]]. Convinced that Salem could not be beaten and due to Ozpin's habit of lying to people about the conflict, she abandoned the struggle between the sides and returned to the bandit tribe she was part of before attending Beacon Academy for the [[HunterOfMonsters Hunstman training]].
* WebAnimation/WolfSongTheMovie
** The Death Alpha, the main antagonist of this film is a hellhound with these fur colours almost perfectly bilaterally split down the middle
** his nephew Zar, who looks similar and starts off as an antagonist also counts, until his own HeelFaceTurn. He contrasts his uncle in the fact that he uses a lighter shade of red
** {{inverted}} for the most part with Arrow, who, while having black fur and red markings, he is still on the heroes side, despite being a tempered recluse to start off with, but he does have a heart of gold
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* In contrast to [[BigGood Dragonfly's]] green, the magic of Great Raven in ''Webcomic/{{Archipelago}}'' is either simply red, or black with red swirly patterns. This includes magical weapons, magical wings the Raven's servants have, and their trademark [[RedRightHand red-on-black left eye]].
* Played with in ''Webcomic/{{Bandette}}'', which is about a ClassyCatBurglar. Bandette's costume is mostly red and black because she's a criminal, but it's lightened with the primrose-yellow lining of her cape, which shows that she isn't actually evil.
* Hilariously subverted in ''Webcomic/DarthsAndDroids'', which has the very ObviouslyEvil [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Darth Maul]] turn out to be a private detective working for Palpatine (who is in the side of good here), and he was only fighting the Jedi in self-defense because they thought he was a bounty hunter.
* The demons from ''Webcomic/{{Deities}}'' have this color scheme, as well as the setting of Hell.
* In ''Webcomic/{{Drowtales}}'', the resident LivingDollCollector, [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?id=627 Kharla]], seems to like the Red/Black combo.
** These are also the colors most often worn by Syphile, Ariel's [[AbusiveParents abusive caretaker]].
** And [[http://www.drowtales.com/mainarchive.php?sid=8410 Luliane]] switches to this outfit after the timeskip, [[spoiler:because she's been possessed by Khaless, also qualifying this for EvilCostumeSwitch]].
** In the last two cases, a more innocuous reason for the colors is because they are the Sarghress clan colors, along with this trope.
* ''Webcomic/{{EVIL|2016}}'' is a webcomic about villains, and aside from white, ONLY uses the colors red and black.
* In ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'', Evil Cheerleadra's costume is a red and black PaletteSwap of regular Cheerleadra's blue and white outfit.
* Jagganoth, the seventh [[GodEmperor Demiurge]] from ''Webcomic/KillSixBillionDemons'' has [[HadesShaded deeply ashen skin that looks almost black]] and red eyes. His Key is also red and he commonly wears red and gold, including a signature red helmet. He is also set up as the BigBad of the series, featuring most prominently in the final book ''Breaker of Infinities''.
* Mr. Bones, the villain of ''Webcomic/{{Kukuburi}}'' gleefully adopts this color scheme, contrasting with the BigGood's predominantly [[BlueIsHeroic blue]] color scheme.
* This makes up [[spoiler:[[GodOfEvil Dark Star]]]]'s entire color scheme in ''Webcomic/LsEmpire'', including their [[RainbowSpeak text boxes]].
* ''Webcomic/LegendOfTheBlueDiamond'' has the character [[spoiler: The Serpent, who is red and black and has no qualms about killing and manipulation.]]
* The black spirits from ''Webcomic/OffWhite'' have red eyes and TronLines. The evil part [[DarkIsNotEvil is frequently averted]], however.
* ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' uses red/black word balloons for several demonic characters, and Redcloak's most distinguishing features are his, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well]], red cloak and black armor.
* Played straight and lampshaded in-universe by Umbria/Zaedalkaah from Book 1 of ''Webcomic/OurLittleAdventure''. When she joined the [[EvilEmpire Souballo Empire]] later she eventually started wearing their colors, though.
* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned:'' Pretty much ''any'' demon with a red and black color pattern (mostly [[PlayingWithFire fire demons]]) qualifies. [[AxeCrazy Azurai]] and [[EvilOldFolks Dakos]], however, take the whole cake and ''eat it'', too.
* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': The EncyclopediaExposita version of the map of the Known World has full-on Silent World areas, which have fallen to the PlagueZombie monsters, colored in black. The cleansed areas, which were technically reclaimed by some of the few human survivors but are actually closer to buffer zones between the Silent World and settlements, are colored in red.
* Inverted with ''Webcomic/StarImpact'''s [[TheLancer Phoebe]]. Her boxing getup is predominantly black and red, but she's one of the protagonists.
* Many of ''Webcomic/{{Zoophobia}}'''s residents of Hell have this color scheme, and also commonly have it as their speech bubble color.
** Red and black is technically the theme of Hell (with some exceptions).
** Usually [[BadPowersGoodPeople subverted]] in the "evil" aspect of this trope.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* The uniforms of Music/DoctorSteel's [[Website/ToySoldiersUnite Army of Toy Soldiers]] are black with red (and some yellow) accents. (Although since Dr. Steel's retirement, red is still an official color but liberal use of it is discouraged, possibly to avoid their being [[PuttingOnTheReich confused with Nazis]].)
* In ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', the players of the Coalition, the enemy faction to the protagonists, are very prone to wearing red and black according to the webseries and comic. They also happen to be the faction that got saddled with the red cursor while the two other ones got yellow and green.
** The novels and ''Literature/{{Neogicia}}'' reveal that these are the official Coalition colors. In addition, the brother and NecessarilyEvil PsychoSidekick of the Empire's leader wears clothes with this combination.
* ''ARG/TheNoedolekcinArchives'': Kirk takes on a red version of the Nickelodeon Haypile logo, has one black eye, and is a soul-stealing entity responsible for the broadcast hijackings.
* ''Website/TVTropes'': [[evil:The "Evil" color font deliberately looks like this.]]
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[[folder:Western Animation]]
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'': The Core initial form is a pitch-black machine with over thirteen orange eyes, and when they become Darcy, they put her in an all-black outfit with a matching helmet. This becomes more played straight for the final battle, as the Core's orange eyes turn red in sheer rage at their foiled invasion, and there's their planetoid form being almost entirely red.
* The main colors of the generally antagonistic Fire Nation in ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' are red and black.
** This color scheme continues to apply to all Fire Nation people, [[DarkIsNotEvil regardless of alignment]], in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra'', but is picked up by the [[MugglePower Equalists]] (who ditch the Fire Nation's gold highlights for touches of industrial gray and stark white). It's subverted when it's used to make [[SheepInSheepsClothing Asami]] [[RedHerringMole Sato]] seem more insidious than she actually is.
** Vaatu, the Dark Spirit, who is the BigBad of Book 2 and the GreaterScopeVillain of the franchise as a whole, has a variation on this, having a bright orange eye amidst a sea of various shades of dark reds. [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/2c4b9fb48f8330dc72beef51ddbb3a10/tumblr_mv16heceDw1r5xsc5o1_1280.png It's, in fact, a neat inversion]] of the [[HeavenlyBlue color scheme]] of Raava, the Light Spirit. Much like the Tso Lan example above, Vaatu also mixes this with PurpleIsTheNewBlack when he attacks and gets released from his prison.
** The only major antagonist to dress like this in Book 3 is P'Li, the Red Lotus's [[ColorCodedElements firebending]] [[HavingABlast human cannon]]. However, in the finale, the Red Lotus {{mooks}} wear black and red clothes, which come in two forms: an externally black cloak with red inside (worn by [[spoiler:the metalbender that poisoned Korra with mercury]]), and an Arabic-looking black tunic with a red turban (worn by the guards [[spoiler:keeping an eye on the captive airbenders]]).
* ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'' has Iron Skull, Red Skull in a black Iron Man armour with red detailing lines, as well as his eponymous red head.
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'', where the Batsuit envelops the wearer ''entirely'' and is solid black except for the glider wing lining and the Bat-symbol on the chest, both red. [[spoiler:Stolen from an old man in a cave, instead.]] Since Batman is all about the [[TerrorHero power of fear]], adopting more threatening colors for a {{Crapsack|World}}ier Gotham just makes sense. Again, similarly to ''Cybersix'', contrasting this is Batman's ArchEnemy the [[SicklyGreenGlow sickly green Blight]].
* ''Franchise/Ben10'':
** Ben and the Galvans' preferred colors are black, white, and green, so a lot of villains are colored black and red to oppose this as red is the inverse of green on the color wheel. Vilgax and Hex are prime examples. Other antagonists such as Charmcaster, Zs'Skayr, and Eon instead opt for {{purple|IsPowerful}} due to it being another secondary color.
** [[APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil Albedo]]'s Galvan form has {{red eyes|TakeWarning}} and black and red clothing. In his first appearance, Ben damages his imitation Omnitrix, causing Albedo's Ben transformation to take on his true form's colors and develop {{white hair|BlackHeart}}, while all of his other transformations have red eyes. His Ultimatrix is similarly red when he's using it, compared to green when Ben's using it.
** Ship, a Galvan Mechamorph, is ordinarily black and green but turns red when he's controlled by the Forever Knights in the ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce Alien Force]]'' episode "[[Recap/Ben10AlienForceS2E06PetProject Pet Project]]".
** Very common in ''[[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Omniverse]]'': Malware, another Mechamorph, starts off half-finished and colored black and yellow, then when he gets upgraded, he turns black and red. Dr. Psychobos' Nemetrix, created to counter each of Ben's aliens, is also black and red. Proctor Servantis combines a black outfit with light red skin, red eyes, and a dark red cranial shell as a result of him being a [[HalfHumanHybrid human-Cerebrocrustacean hybrid]]. And Maltruant, the show's ultimate villain, is gunmetal gray and red.
** In [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 the reboot]], Kevin, being a CompositeCharacter of his original self and Albedo, possesses another counterpart to the Omnitrix known as the Antitrix, which is black and red-orange with similar red-eyed transformations.
* Doc Terror, the BigBad of ''WesternAnimation/{{Centurions}}'', is a MadScientist whose {{cyborg}} half is entirely red, while his human half wears a red outfit with black highlights.
* [[BigBad XANA's]] primary colors in ''WesternAnimation/CodeLyoko'' are red and black, and is the main villain of the series that Jeremié and his company must kill.
* Inverted with ''WesternAnimation/{{Cybersix}}'', who dresses very prominently in black with a partly red cape, but is the heroine. In the comics the series sprung from, this is explained by her stealing these clothes from a ''prostitute''. When it comes to marking who is evil, this series revels [[SicklyGreenGlow in a different trope]].
* Although he only appears in one episode, Negaduck from ''WesternAnimation/Ducktales2017'' falls into this category. As in tradition with the character, he has his yellow, red, and black costume. However, Negaduck only exists after [[spoiler:Jim Starling, Darkwing Duck’s original actor, has gone on a rampage upon learning a Darkwing Duck movie is being made without him as the lead, which almost results in him killing everyone on the set. The color scheme is a result of his costume bleeding out the purple dye, which is probably symbolic of how Starling has lost everything that made him Darkwing Duck. Not that he seems too broken up over it as he happily takes on the role as the grim and gritty villain.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/TheFlightOfDragons'', Bryagh (who is TheDragon as well as a literal dragon) is mostly black and red with grey streaks and is extremely bloodthirsty and sadistic. His boss, [[BigBad Ommadon]] the [[EvilSorcerer Red Wizard]] dresses mostly in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin various shades of red]] with no black, but his OneWingedAngel form is a hydra-like beast which shares Bryagh's coloration.
* The Duke from ''WesternAnimation/{{Gawayn}}'' wears an exclusively red and black outfit.
* ''WesternAnimation/HarleyQuinn2019'': [[Characters/HarleyQuinn2019TheCharacter Harley Quinn]] wears a black and red costume, (both her original costume and the New 52 costume) and is the VillainProtagonist.
* While there are several demonic members of the ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' villain gallery, two of them, Moon Demon Tso Lan (who is part of the second season's BigBadDuumvirate) and Oni King Tarakudo (who is the BigBad of the fourth season), play this trope straight with their color schemes when they appear in full form (Tso Lan also mixes this with PurpleIsTheNewBlack).
* Zelda's evil doppelganger in ''WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989'' looked identical to her, save for her top being black with a red vest instead of {{purple| is powerful}} with a white vest.
* Evil Coop from ''WesternAnimation/MegasXLR'' pilots a black and red mech. Evil Kiva was an EvilRedhead dressed in black.
* Averted with the [[Characters/MiraculousLadybugMarinetteDupainCheng heroine]] of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug'', whose outfit is red with black spots because she's modeled after the ladybug, bringer of good luck. Played straight with her EvilKnockoff Antibug, though, with an inverted color scheme.
* The mysterious figure seeking "revenge" on Mike Chilton in ''{{WesternAnimation/Motorcity}}''. He's given the nickname "Red."
* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'':
** [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicKingSombra King Sombra]] has this for his color scheme in corporeal form.
** And Trixie in "Magic Duel" before TheReveal.
** And, of course, [[Characters/FriendshipIsMagicLordTirek Lord Tirek]], in "Twilight's Kingdom" has this as his ''natural'' coloration. They [[ObviouslyEvil weren't going for subtle here]].
* ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls'':
** HIM wears a red lady's jacket and skirt, has red skin and lobster-like claws, wears a black belt and thigh-high boots, has a black beard and hair, and has black lipstick on his lips.
** Brick of the Rowdyruff Boys wears a red shirt, red cap and black pants and shoes.
** Sedusa has black hair with red-maroon highlights. Her outfit consists of dark red long gloves-mittens and thigh-high boots, leotard, red fishnet stockings, and black pantyhose which she wears under the fishnets.
* ''WesternAnimation/Primal2019'': The horned tyrannosaurs that devour Spear and Fang's respective families in the first episode are bloodred with prominent black stripes. They're also quite sadistic, especially the big one.
* Inverted in ''WesternAnimation/RandyCunninghamNinthGradeNinja''. The titular hero's ninja outfit is completely black with dark red streaks (complete with red scarf), yet he's firmly on the side of good.
* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'': ChaoticEvil villain Hexadecimal wears red and black.
* The ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'''s EvilCounterpart, Darkmeat, is a red rooster with dark grey metal augmentations.
* [[Characters/SamuraiJackAku Aku]] from ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'' is mostly colored like this, with a touch of dragonscale green for his mouth, and is quite literally [[MadeOfEvil evil all over]]. In fact, the more of this colorization a character shares [[GoodColorsEvilColors the more evil they will be]], and having all of these colors likely means they're the big guy himself in disguise.
* ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'': This appears to be the high-ranking Horde uniform, in contrast to the red and white worn by cadets (and which Adora keeps after she defects) or the plain reddish-purple of officers like Scorpia. Hordak wears a black tabard/dress thing with the red Horde bat-wing symbol, offset with a giant reddish-purple cape, plus has red eyes and fangs. Shadow Weaver dresses entirely in reddish-purple, wreathed in shadow and with long black hair. Catra, in late Season 3, goes for her usual reddish outfit but with a black leather jacket [[spoiler:or black void corruption]], and shifts in Season 4 to combine reddish-purple with a small black jacket with one long sleeve. [[spoiler:Averted with Horde Prime, though, who combines a stark white AsceticAesthetic with [[GreenAndMean green accents]], including his own eyes and fangs.]]
* ''WesternAnimation/StarTrekLowerDecks'': AGIMUS is an evil, megalomaniacal computer with a dark gray casing and blood-red lights.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'': The Son is the embodiment of the Dark Side of the Force, and has grey skin, with red paintings on his face, black sclera with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red pupils]], and his armor is predominantly red and black.
* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': The Inquisitor is Darth Vader's enforcer in charge of hunting down Jedi fugitives, and is an {{Expy}}[=/=]SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute of the Son, with grey skin, red FacialMarkings, black armor and a [[DoubleWeapon double-bladed]] red lightsaber.
%%* ''WesternAnimation/StormHawks'': The Cyclonian empire is associated with these colours.
* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'': [[GodOfEvil Trigon the Terrible]] is the evilest villain on the show and is a gigantic red demon with black stripes on his arms, legs, and torso. Season 3's BigBad, [[PsychicPowers Brother Blood]], normally [[LightIsNotGood wears white and gold robes]], but the fighting outfit he wears underneath is red and black (with some silver) as is his whole body after he's [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul upgraded himself with cybernetics]]. And Slade, the BigBad of the series as a whole, has an iconic red and black mask, as well as an army of black robotic footsoldiers with a red mark at the center of their faces. Red X also has a red and black costume, [[spoiler:but is Robin going undercover in his first appearance, and someone who stole the suit and identity in subsequent appearances.]]
* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': While the franchise usually signifies evil with purple while going with RedIsHeroic, there are a few black-and-red villains here and there.
** ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'':
*** The humanoid black-and-red Decepticon Mini-Cassette. Quite who he is varies from each continuity and fan you ask (in the toyline, ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMarvel'', miscellaneous books etc. he is named Rumble, while in the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers animated series]] he's Frenzy; refer [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/FIRRIB here]] for more info).
*** The condor Decepticon Mini-Cassette, Laserbeak, is consistently black and red.
*** Conehead seeker Thrust is usually red and black, though the cartoon downplays this by changing the black to a dark grey.
** [[DeadlyDoctor Knock Out]] from ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'' is mostly red, with some black highlights. He's also vain and sadistic. [[BerserkButton Don't mess with his paint job.]]
* Cad Lackey of ''WesternAnimation/{{Underdog}}'' sports a red shirt, plus black pants and shoes.
* Lord Hater and his mooks from ''WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder'' are adorned in these colors as well as a bit of yellow.
** Lord Dominator and her MechaMooks also use this palette, due to being [[MagmaMan made out of lava]].
* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown'':
** [[RobotMaster Jack Spicer]] dresses all in black, with [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow red eyes and hair]] and red accessories. Of course, [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain there are some doubts]] about how evil he really is.
** Omi briefly becoming evil led to an EvilCostumeSwitch that turned his robes black with red trim.
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