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what color hair is rare in anime?


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LxTrix



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:53 am Reply with quote
thinking about it, they just about use any color, not so much grey though
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Keonyn
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 1:08 am Reply with quote
Orange and red isn't all that common and green doesn't see a whole lot of use, but really there isn't any one color that seems unused. Pretty much any color I can think of I can think of at least a few instances I've seen it used. White's and grays see a good deal of use on older characters and villains, but not too often on main characters and good guys unless they're the old advisor character type of good guy.
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shirokiryuu



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:00 am Reply with quote
Keonyn wrote:
Orange and red isn't all that common and green doesn't see a whole lot of use, but really there isn't any one color that seems unused. Pretty much any color I can think of I can think of at least a few instances I've seen it used. White's and grays see a good deal of use on older characters and villains, but not too often on main characters and good guys unless they're the old advisor character type of good guy.


really? i see white hair a lot on the young bishounen-y type guys... or maybe it's hard to tell on black and white manga =_= (i did not know Kanmuri from yakitate!! japan had.. bubble pink hair until the colored pages...i just imagined him blonde)

I don't see alot of really bright and vibrant colors.. i see mostly earty or pastel colors.. but it mostly depends on the mood of the series..(and it's color pallate)

like i would doubt seeing a bright lime green hairdo on a show like paranoia agent
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GloriousPikachu



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:02 am Reply with quote
i have only seen a few instances of a main character having dark armyish green colored hair.
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Coffeeman



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:35 pm Reply with quote
You mean, like Olive Green?

That's pretty rare.

I'd have to make a sweeping statement and say that any color prefixed by "natural" seems out of place in anime.
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Dranxis



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 12:59 pm Reply with quote
Two-tone colors and highlights seem to be underused.
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IchigoK90



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:34 pm Reply with quote
Oh yeah well a colour that is rare for anime hear is the colour...........peach. You know its true, you can't deny it.

"Believe it!"

- IchigoK90
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Haru to Ashura



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:17 pm Reply with quote
I've seen my share of peach-colored, but it is rare.

Ugly colors are rare colors. Like Snot green, mustardy greenish yellow....ewwww.

And White hair that's actually entirely, 100% Cruella de Vil-like white, and not some shade of dumb, overdone silvery-blueish white (*cough* Every other Inu-yasha character *cough*) is uncommon.
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BoygetsfireD



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:33 pm Reply with quote
I wonder if they've ever used a colour outside of the visible spectrum...
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Haru to Ashura



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PostPosted: Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:16 pm Reply with quote
BoygetsfireD wrote:
I wonder if they've ever used a colour outside of the visible spectrum...


...

Um, that's not even possible. Silly.
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shirokiryuu



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:32 am Reply with quote
IchigoK90 wrote:
Oh yeah well a colour that is rare for anime hear is the colour...........peach. You know its true, you can't deny it.

"Believe it!"

- IchigoK90


that's because it clashes..
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shirokiryuu



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:36 am Reply with quote
Haru to Ashura wrote:
I've seen my share of peach-colored, but it is rare.

Ugly colors are rare colors. Like Snot green, mustardy greenish yellow....ewwww.

And White hair that's actually entirely, 100% Cruella de Vil-like white, and not some shade of dumb, overdone silvery-blueish white (*cough* Every other Inu-yasha character *cough*) is uncommon.


ohh i see..

hmm that reminds me of allen walker from d.gray-man's hair color.. minus the fact it's only a manga, not an anime
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kainzero



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:46 am Reply with quote
BoygetsfireD wrote:
I wonder if they've ever used a colour outside of the visible spectrum...


hahaha

"hey, what color is your hair?"
"IT'S X-RAY"
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Coffeeman



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 12:59 pm Reply with quote
kainzero wrote:
BoygetsfireD wrote:
I wonder if they've ever used a colour outside of the visible spectrum...


hahaha

"hey, what color is your hair?"
"IT'S X-RAY"


Or more accurately

"Wow, you're bald!"
"No, my hair is INFRA-RED!"
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inuyasha1357



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:04 pm Reply with quote
PINK- The only two i know of that have pink hair are Sakura from Naruto and Beauty from Bo-BoBo
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