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* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': While the Grand Inquisitor's outfit mostly invokes [[DarkIsEvil dark motif]], his face is deathly pale with red markings below his eyes and on his forehead.

* ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels'': While the Grand Inquisitor's outfit mostly invokes DarkIsEvil, his face is deathly pale with red markings below his eyes and on his forehead.

* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry4'': Sanctus is the BigBad of the game and wears a white [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alb alb]] and red [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stole_(vestment) stole]]. He at first appears to be a kind and wise religious leader but is ultimately revealed to have designs of attaining the power of Sparda for himself. When he becomes Sanctus Diabolica, he gains [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing red eyes]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Hal Stewart, also known as Titan, is a normal human who was given powers by the alien Megamind to be a superhero who would fight him, but Hal instead goes through a BigBadSlippage and becomes TheSociopath who uses his superpowers for evil. He wears a white superhero suit with a red and orange flame pattern and a red cape, which pairs up with his natural [[FieryRedhead red hair]]. This is in contrast to the film's other two main supers: Megamind, a supervillain who [[HeelFaceTurn turns good]], who wears black and has blue skin, and Metro Man, [[TheCape the typical idealistic superhero]] [[spoiler:who gets bored of helping people and becomes a slob]], who wears mostly white and silver. Hal's white and red contrast was intended in-universe to look heroic, but out-of-universe, it shows his fiery, destructive personality.

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. In addition, white is associated with ''death'' in China and other Asian countries, so a StringyHairedGhostGirl clad in blood-soaked robes can add to their inherent scariness.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Hal Stewart, also known as Titan, is a normal human who was given powers by the alien Megamind to be a superhero who would fight him, but Hal instead goes through a BigBadSlippage and becomes TheSociopath who uses his superpowers for evil. He wears a white superhero outfit with red and orange flames and a red cape. He also has [[FieryRedhead red hair]]. This is in contrast to the film's other two main supers: Megamind, a supervillain who [[HeelFaceTurn turns good]], who wears black and has blue skin, and Metro Man, [[TheCape the typical idealistic superhero]] [[spoiler:who gets bored of helping people and becomes a slob]], who wears mostly white and silver. Hal's white and red contrast was intended in-universe to look heroic, but out-of-universe, it shows his fiery, destructive personality.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Hal Stewart, also known as Titan, was given powers by Megamind to be a superhero who would fight him, but Hal instead goes through a BigBadSlippage and becomes TheSociopath who uses his superpowers for evil. He wears a white superhero outfit with red and orange flames and a red cape. He also has [[FieryRedhead red hair]]. This is in contrast to the film's other two supers: Megamind, a supervillain who [[HeelFaceTurn turns good]], who wears black and has blue skin, and Metro Man, [[TheCape the typical idealistic superhero]] [[spoiler:who gets bored of helping people and becomes a slob]], who wears mostly white. Hal's white and red contrast was intended in-universe to look heroic, but out-of-universe, it shows his fiery, destructive personality.

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

* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'': Elesh Norn is the leader of a theocratic faction whose goal is to bring about the [[AssimilationPlot union of flesh and machinery]] all across the universe. Her design reflects said goal quite well; a body and face cased in ivory-colored porcelain skin, contrasted by a few exposed areas of [[BodyHorror bare muscle tissue]].

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Hal Stewart, also known as Titan, was given powers by Megamind to be a superhero who would fight him, but Hal goes through BigBadSlippage and becomes TheSociopath who uses his superpowers for evil. He wears a white superhero outfit with red and orange flames and a red cape. He also has [[FieryRedhead red hair]]. This is in contrast to the film's other two supers: Megamind, a supervillain who [[HeelFaceTurn turns good]], who wears black and has blue skin, and Metro Man, [[TheCape the typical idealistic superhero]] [[spoiler:who gets bored of helping people and becomes a slob]], who wears mostly white. Hal's white and red contrast was intended in-universe to look heroic, but out-of-universe, it shows his fiery, destructive personality.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}}'': Titan was created by Megamind to be a superhero, but goes through BigBadSlippage and becomes TheSociopath who uses his superpowers for evil. He wears a white superhero outfit with red and orange flames and a red cape. He also has [[FieryRedhead red hair]]. This is in contrast to the film's other two supers: Megamind, a supervillain who [[HeelFaceTurn turns good]], who wears black and has blue skin, and Metro Man, [[TheCape the typical idealistic superhero]] [[spoiler:who gets bored of helping people and becomes a slob]], who wears mostly white. Titan's white and red contrast was intended in-universe to look heroic, but out-of-universe, it shows his fiery, destructive personality.

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See also LightIsNotGood and RedIsViolent. 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 behind the assumption that AlbinosAreFreaks.

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, such as a StringyHairedGhostGirl covered in the blood of her victims.

* ''WesternAnimation/AnimalCrackers2017'': Played with. Horatio P. Huntington, the BigBad, wears a white-and-red, Music/ElvisPresley-inspired outfit throughout the movie. He starts out as simply an egotistical prima donna, but slowly gets more evil and unsettling as the movie goes on. After his official FaceHeelTurn, he starts out trying to steal the magical animal crackers to take over the circus. He later tries to manipulate his nephew, Owen, into [[DealWithTheDevil making a deal with him]] that will give Horatio the animal crackers and control of the circus. Eventually, in the climax, [[spoiler:he goes OneWingedAngel, becoming a white and gray chimera with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], announcing that he intends to TakeOverTheWorld, and then tries to outright ''kill'' his own family and the circus performers.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/AnimalCrackers2017'': Played with. Horatio P. Huntington, the BigBad, wears a white-and-red, Music/ElvisPresley-inspired outfit throughout the movie. He starts out as simply an egotistical prima donna, but slowly gets more evil and unsettling as the movie goes on. After his official FaceHeelTurn, he starts out trying to steal the magical animal crackers to take over the circus. He later tries to manipulate his nephew, Owen, into [[DealWithTheDevil making a deal with him]] that will give Horatio the animal crackers and control of the circus. Eventually, in the climax, [[spoiler:he goes OneWingedAngel, becoming a white and gray chimera with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]], announcing that he intends to TakeOverTheWorld, and then trying to outright ''kill'' his own family and the circus performers.]]

See also LightIsNotGood and RedIsViolent. 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.

* ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02'': The final BigBad of the series is [[spoiler:MaloMyotismon]], a Digimon with white armor, a red mask and red claws.

** A character strongly associated with weirwoods is Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers, a sorcerous [[EvilAlbino Morally Ambiguous Albino]] with [[EyeScream one]] red eye and a red [[CreepyCrows raven]] birthmark on his face. He was eerie enough [[spoiler:during his natural lifespan, but by the time Bran meets him he's a skeletal figure merged with the roots of a weirwood]].

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': ** The weirwoods are strange trees considered sacred by followers of the old gods, whose coloration is compared to that of blood and bone: white bark, red leaves, and sap that greatly resembles blood. Several characters find them unsettling or frightening to look at for this reason, especially when it comes to weirwoods with faces carved onto them, the latter which often appear to [[TearsOfBlood weep blood]] due to sap leaking from their grooves.
** A character strongly associated with weirwoods is Brynden "Bloodraven" Rivers, a sorcerous [[EvilAlbino Morally Ambiguous Albino]] with one red eye and a red [[CreepyCrows raven]] birthmark on his face. He was eerie enough [[spoiler:during his natural lifespan, but by the time Bran meets him he's a skeletal figure merged with the roots of a weirwood]].

* ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire'': The weirwoods are strange trees considered sacred by followers of the old gods, whose coloration is compared to that of blood and bone: white bark, red leaves, and sap that greatly resembles blood. Several characters find them unsettling or frightening to look at for this reason, especially when it comes to weirwoods with faces carved onto them, the latter which often appear to [[TearsOfBlood weep blood]] due to sap leaking from their grooves.

* ''VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses'': While dressed in black and red robes, the [[BigBad Flame Emperor's]] mask is white with splashes of red that almost look like bloodstains. [[spoiler:And this motif carries over into her real identity as Edelgard, who upon ascending the Adrestian throne wears a snazzy crimson ensemble with hints of white that compliment her head of similarly white hair.]]

* ''Series/PowerRangersDinoThunder''/''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'': The White Dino Thunder Ranger and his Sentai counterpart Abare Killer have a unique blood-red visor, both are not to be trifled with and give off an air of mystery. Trent more so due to his CreepyMonotone and having a Jekyll & Hyde mentality.