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* ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'': Raven does this when beaten in a game of chess. Her opponent, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cyborg]], had recently had an upgrade.

* In the [[WesternAnimation/{{Talkartoons}} Talkartoon]] short ''WesternAnimation/MinnieTheMoocher'', WesternAnimation/BettyBoop and Bimbo both get scared and have their monochromatic colors inverted.

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* ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Index and Aisa do this (plus [[ThunderShock Thunder Rage]]) when Komoe starts [[{{squee}} happily]] talking about how Touma was a naughty boy, and how "various things" happened. "[[UnwantedHarem Another one]]?" "That bastard."

* ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'': Shiro is prone to this from time to time, such as after being temporarily separated from Sora in Episode 2, and in Episode 11, when she realized the virtual-reality venue of her and Sora's game against Izuna looks too similar to modern-day Tokyo.

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Deku's body turns white and numb after receiving a [[GroinAttack punch to the scrotum]] by Kota.

* This happens to Taiga a few times in ''LightNovel/{{Toradora}}'', such as when she see her crush Kitamura naked. Also, all the boys in class 2C end up this way when the person who led their campaign to unite and outvote their competition on what to do for their school festival ruined the very same campaign by doing a lottery draw instead of majority vote.

%% Needs Context * Kurimu in ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'', lampshaded.

* ''Manga/HidamariSketch'', Sae (and Hiro) do this when Yuno and Miyako first mention that [[OneOfTheKids Yoshi]][[LovableSexManiac noya]] is their teacher.
** Yuno gets one when she gets the results of an English exam back.

* ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'': Poor Chiyo-Chan gets like this after one ride with Yukari, who DrivesLikeCrazy, and it basically shows that she's gone through a very traumatic experience. She goes white again the first time the "Yukari-mobile" gets mentioned after the aforementioned trip. Then, in the third year, Kaorin takes the ride and ends up similarly.

* ''LightNovel/KyouranKazokuNikki'': Teika does it out of shock/surprise.
* ''Manga/OuranHighschoolHostClub'': usually to Tamaki, but most of the characters have had one of these moments.
** One episode (the one with the "reverse harem" girl) had ''all of them'' do this after she calls them so.

* ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Hiyori whites out and slowly dissolves away after staying up all night to beat a deadline.
** And Anime Tencho turns Minoru white in a Lucky Channel segment. This is a pun, as a literal translation of "Shiraishi" is "Whitestone."

* Happens to Yuki and his sister and father in the ''Manga/{{Gravitation}}'' anime when Shuichi shows up in a hideous dress and makeup, pretending to be Yuki's fiancee.

** Earlier on in the series, Black*Star goes through this multiple times while trying to overcome a jar of water that sucks out your soul.
*** Also when he is the victim of a GroinAttack.

* It happens to Itsuki in ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' when the main character gets a higher test score than him.

* Kurimu in ''LightNovel/StudentCouncilsDiscretion'', lampshaded.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'': When Garp reveals the uh... family circumstances of the Monkey family, then remarks he probably said a bit too much, he asks everyone to ''please forget what he just said'', every marine there, the entire Straw Hat crew and everyone nearby simply freezes and goes white with shock.

* ''Weaponised'' by [[BigBad Wilfre]] in ''[[VideoGame/DrawnToLife Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter]]''. ItsALongStory.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball'', this happens to [[NewAgeRetroHippie Mr. Small]] whenever he hears Tina [[TheBully Rex's]] name. The color from his tye-dye shirt doesn't just disappear, it flows in liquid form in a puddle around his ankles, combining it with [[BringMyBrownPants another trope entirely.]]
** Darwin and Anais experience color failure [[DrivesLikeCrazy when being driven around by Richard]] in "The Bumpkin", with the color splattering on the walls of the car and them picking it back with their hands when getting out.

** Anyone who sees Toepick's face seem to do this.

* ''Manga/NoMatterHowILookAtItItsYouGuysFaultImNotPopular'' has Tomoko take this UpToEleven rather frequently by going beyond grayscale to completely transparent.

* This is generally the effect of the arsenal of the Blue Meanies in WesternAnimation/YellowSubmarine.

* ''Film/FiveHundredDaysOfSummer'' has an epic one. It also doubles as a HeroicBSOD.
* ''Bandit Queen'' has a scene which washes out to nearly all white during a scene with the Queen exacting some revenge on the Thakur.
* In ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar'', when [[spoiler: Thanos kills Vision a second time by ripping the Mind Stone out of his head, he loses his vibrancy.]]

* In the first episode of ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', the villain kills a maidservant by draining the life out of her, resulting in this.
* ''Series/FatherTed'': Bishop Len Brennan immediately after being kicked up the arse.
* In ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', the victims of the reaper have their eyes and skin turn gray as their life is drained in [[Recap/SupernaturalS01E12Faith "Faith"]].

** [[http://egscomics.com/comic/2017-10-25 Susan does this]] after finding out that Diane, who looks a lot like her, is a cheerleader given their contrasting personalities. Particularly since this was during their first meeting and neither was sure if [[spoiler:they were related by blood somehow. They are.]]

* The Boov from ''WesternAnimation/{{Home}}'' turn white when extremely shocked, as opposed to yellow for merely scared.

* In ''Manga/ShamanKing'' anime this sometimes happens, but it's played with. It happens when [[PungeonMaster Chocolove]] tells an IncrediblyLamePun, so it seems less like shock and more like disappointment.

* In the TV anime of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', this occurs to Daniel J. D'Arby during his FreakOut when Jotaro makes outrageous raises in their poker game. It's gradual: first, he loses all the color in his hair, then in the moments before he passes out, he loses the rest of his color.

* In ''Webcomic/{{Rain}}'', Rain's [[https://www.deviantart.com/jocelynsamara/art/RAIN-p-15-It-s-a-Small-World-191319625 reaction]] to Gavin asking her if she happened to be familiar with his childhood friend, [[OldFriendNewGender Ryan Flaherty]].

* Happens in ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' when you feed a Mii their most hated food, followed by them [[ImMelting melting into a puddle]].

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSmurfs'' episode "Smurfette's Dancing Shoes", Grouchy turns completely white when he falls victim to a harmless trap in Dreadful Hollow without realizing it.