History Main / WhiteAndRedAndEerieAllOver

** The [[spoiler:Death Egg Robot]]'s final form is white with red claws and joints. It's very unnerving partially because it's a StarfishRobot with [[TentacledTerror robotic tentacles]], and also because [[spoiler:Eggman uses the mystical Phantom Ruby to its full extent while piloting the robot, creating an eerie, dark battlefield for the robot to stand out against.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda2'': The film's main villain, Lord Shen, is an albino peacock with red eyespots on his tail. He is almost always associated with red and fiery imagery, yet his white feathers and robe bring him into LightIsNotGood territory.

* ''Film/SonicTheHedgehog2020'': Dr. Robotnik's various drones and tech all share the same white paintjobs and ovoid shapes, with red GlowingMechanicalEyes and TronLines. Said drones are portrayed as ''much'' deadlier than the Badniks of the main franchise.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[LightIsNotGood Black ain't the only color that goes well with red.]]]]

The sight of a "pure" color such as white being tainted with bloody red may be a key component in the eerie horror behind [[OurVampiresAreDifferent pale vampires who don't bother to wipe their mouths]], [[WhiteShirtOfDeath white suits]] and [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress wedding dresses]] stained with blood, blood in the [[SnowMeansDeath white snow]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart sinister white-haired folks]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], the makeup of many a MonsterClown, the striped tent of a CircusOfFear, the sterile walls of a [[AbandonedHospital hospital]] or [[MadScientistLaboratory laboratory]] where the {{zombie|Apocalypse}}s or [[PlayingWithSyringes test subjects]] leave a path of mangled corpses in their wake, that [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking red spot on the sheet you just woke up on]], etc. If you're aware that white is associated with ''death'' in China and other Asian countries, in some cases this trope can be even ''more'' fitting.

** The [[spoiler:Death Egg Robot]]'s final form is white with red claws and joints. It's very unnerving partially because it has [[TentacledTerror robotic tentacles]], and also because [[spoiler:Eggman uses the mystical Phantom Ruby to its full extent while piloting the robot, creating an eerie, dark battlefield for the robot to stand out against.]]

** The Death Egg Robot's final form is white with red claws and joints. It's very unnerving partially because it has [[TentacledTerror robotic tentacles]], and also because [[spoiler:Eggman uses the mystical Phantom Ruby to its full extent while piloting the robot, creating an eerie, dark battlefield for the robot to stand out against.]]

* ''VideoGame/SonicForces'': The iconic [[MechaMooks Egg Pawns]] are redesigned to be much more menacing this time around, featuring simple white bodies with glowing red eyes or visors. While their previous incarnations were more akin to AdorableEvilMinions, here they are portrayed as unfeeling, militaristic automatons with no comedic traits whatsoever.

The sight of a "pure" color such as white being tainted with bloody red may be a key component in the eerie horror behind [[OurVampiresAreDifferent pale vampires who don't bother to wipe their mouths]], [[WhiteShirtOfDeath white suits]] and [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress wedding dresses]] stained with blood, blood in the [[SnowMeansDeath white snow]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart sinister white-haired folks]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], the makeup of many a MonsterClown, the striped tent of a CircusOfFear, the sterile walls of a [[AbandonedHospital hospital]] or [[MadScientistLaboratory laboratory]] where the {{zombie|Apocalypse}}s or [[PlayingWithSyringes test subjects]] leave a path of blood and gut in their wake, that [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking red spot on the sheet you just woke up on]], etc. If you're aware that white is associated with ''death'' in China and other Asian countries, in some cases this trope can be even ''more'' fitting.

In this case, the sight of a "pure" color such as white being tainted with bloody red may be a key component in the eerie horror behind [[OurVampiresAreDifferent pale vampires who don't bother to wipe their mouths]], [[WhiteShirtOfDeath white suits]] and [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress wedding dresses]] stained with blood, blood in the [[SnowMeansDeath white snow]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart sinister white-haired folks]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], the makeup of many a MonsterClown, the striped tent of a CircusOfFear, the sterile walls of a [[AbandonedHospital hospital]] or [[MadScientistLaboratory laboratory]] where the {{zombie|Apocalypse}}s or [[PlayingWithSyringes test subjects]] leave a path of blood and gut in their wake, that [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking red spot on the sheet you just woke up on]], etc. Like, c'mon, go look at the page image for MadArtist and tell us it isn't unsettling that some wacko thinks only blood on a white canvas would suffice for a masterpiece.

In this case, the sight of a "pure" color such as white being tainted with bloody red may be a key component in the eerie horror behind [[OurVampiresAreDifferent pale vampires who don't bother to wipe their mouths]], [[WhiteShirtOfDeath white suits]] and [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress wedding dresses]] stained with blood, blood in the [[SnowMeansDeath white snow]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart sinister white-haired folks]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], the makeup of many a MonsterClown, the striped tent of a CircusOfFear, the sterile walls of a [[AbandonedHospital hospital]] or [[MadScientistLaboratory laboratory]] where the {{zombie|Apocalypse}}s or [[PlayingWithSyringes test subjects]] broke out, that [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking red spot on the sheet you just woke up on]], etc. Like, c'mon, go look at the page image for MadArtist and tell us it isn't unsettling that some wacko thinks only blood on a white canvas would suffice for a masterpiece.

Compare RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver, for a common interpretation of another particular color combination.

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White is a sterile color generally agreed upon by many to be a "pure" one, and when introduced with a touch of vibrant red, it creates a very jarring contrast. While this combination of colors can be elegant, in the hands of certain works, a primarily white-and-red coloration can also seem uncomfortably ghastly at best, or at worst outright ''visceral'' -- white is the color of bone and bloodless skin, and red the color of blood and bared flesh. Put them together and you get a design that can be strongly reminiscent of a [[UncannyValley pale corpse bloodily cut open]]; an unholy matrimony between LightIsNotGood and RedIsViolent, likely along with EvilIsVisceral. White with red accents make up most examples of this trope, but in some cases the inverse can also count.

In this case, the sight of a "pure" color such as white being tainted with bloody red may be a key component in the eerie horror behind [[OurVampiresAreDifferent pale vampires who don't bother to wipe their mouths]], [[WhiteShirtOfDeath white suits]] and [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress wedding dresses]] stained with blood, blood in the [[SnowMeansDeath white snow]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart sinister white-haired folks]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], the makeup of many a MonsterClown, the striped tent of a CircusOfFear, that [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking red spot on the sheet you just woke up on]], etc. Like, c'mon, go look at the page image for MadArtist and tell us it isn't unsettling that some wacko thinks only blood on a white canvas would suffice for a masterpiece.

In this case, the sight of a "pure" color such as white being tainted with bloody red may be a key component in the eerie horror behind [[OurVampiresAreDifferent common depictions of vampires]], [[WhiteShirtOfDeath white suits]] and [[BloodSplatteredWeddingDress wedding dresses]] stained with blood, blood in the [[SnowMeansDeath white snow]], [[WhiteHairBlackHeart sinister white-haired folks]] with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], the makeup of many a MonsterClown, the striped tent of a CircusOfFear, that [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking red spot on the sheet you just woke up on]], etc. Like, c'mon, go look at the page image for MadArtist and tell us it isn't unsettling that some wacko thinks only blood on a white canvas would suffice for a masterpiece.

White is a sterile color generally agreed upon by many to be a "pure" one, and when introduced with a touch of vibrant red, it creates a very jarring contrast. While this combination of colors can be elegant, in the hands of certain works, a primarily white-and-red coloration can also seem oddly ghastly at best, or at worst outright ''visceral'' -- white is the color of bone and bloodless skin, and red the color of blood and bared flesh. Put them together and you get a design that can be strongly reminiscent of a [[UncannyValley pale corpse bloodily cut open]]; an unholy matrimony between LightIsNotGood and RedIsViolent, likely along with EvilIsVisceral. White with red accents make up most examples of this trope, but in some cases the inverse can also count.

White is a sterile color generally agreed upon by many to be a "pure" one, and when introduced with a touch of vibrant red, it creates a very jarring contrast. While this combination of colors can be elegant, in the hands of certain works, a primarily white-and-red coloration can also seem oddly ghastly at best, or outright ''visceral'' -- white is the color of bone and bloodless skin, and red the color of blood and bared flesh. Put them together and you get a design that can be strongly reminiscent of a [[UncannyValley pale corpse bloodily cut open]]; an unholy matrimony between LightIsNotGood and RedIsViolent, likely along with EvilIsVisceral. White with red accents make up most examples of this trope, but in some cases the inverse can also count.

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* ''Film/HellboundHellraiserII'': The returned Julia, flayed and crimson all over, dons a luxurious white suit that she then proceeds to bleed all over. The end result is a disturbing mix of hellishly visceral and angelically pristine.

** The battle of Crait. The Resistance's DarkestHour is only highlighted by the eerie desolate landscape, where their speeders [[AlienLandmass unearth the red dirt underneath the white salt]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'': The [[AnimalisticAbomination Grimm]] prowling the ruined world of Remnant come in many shapes and sizes, and have the same jet black bodies with white, skeletal features. One particular characteristic they generally share is their skull-like [[WhiteMaskOfDoom White Masks of Doom]], which possess red, tattoo-like markings.

White is a sterile color generally agreed upon by many to be a "pure" one, and when introduced with a touch of vibrant red, it creates a very jarring contrast. While this combination of colors can be elegant, in the hands of certain works, a primarily white-and-red coloration can also seem oddly ghastly at best, or outright ''visceral'' -- white is the color of bone and bloodless skin, and red the color of blood and bared flesh. Put them together and you get a design that can be strongly reminiscent of a [[UncannyValley bloody, opened or flayed corpse]]; an unholy matrimony between LightIsNotGood and RedIsViolent, likely along with EvilIsVisceral. White with red accents make up most examples of this trope, but in some cases the inverse can also count.

Compare LightIsNotGood, when the color white isn't always associated with good. Contrast LightIsGood, RedIsHeroic, and RedAndWhiteComedyPoster, the latter which is meant to be funny, not scary. Might turn up in MedicalHorror as well, and is one of the reasons why AlbinosAreFreaks.

Subtrope of ColorCodedForYourConvenience, GoodColorsEvilColors, CharacteristicClothingColors, and MeaningfulAppearance. See also RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver, for a common interpretation of another particular color combination.