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| - This hair color is the next shade after brunette. It is beautiful, lustrous, and indicative of a great deal of care. Can be straight, wavy, or curly, short or long. Usually, someone with Shiny Midnight Black hair is the 'cool type', associated with night, shadows, and the ephemeral. They may or may not be evil. They may or may not be intelligent, though it's more likely that they are. They may or not have a strong will, though they are usually The Quiet One even if they do have a quick temper. They are inevitably attractive. Examples of Shiny Midnight Black include:
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| - This hair color is the next shade after brunette. It is beautiful, lustrous, and indicative of a great deal of care. Can be straight, wavy, or curly, short or long. Usually, someone with Shiny Midnight Black hair is the 'cool type', associated with night, shadows, and the ephemeral. They may or may not be evil. They may or may not be intelligent, though it's more likely that they are. They may or not have a strong will, though they are usually The Quiet One even if they do have a quick temper. They are inevitably attractive. Note that hair can be "black" and "shiny" without being Shiny Midnight Black. For characters to have Shiny Midnight Black hair, they must have blue highlights in it--'midnight' as a color is actually a shade of black so dark it appears blue when light hits it at a certain angle. Rock Lee from Naruto, for example, has shiny black hair, but it has a normal white highlight and is not considered especially attractive (his hair specifically, not the character. For that, Your Mileage May Vary). Purple undertones are another example of the trope, for example, manga Rei/Sailor Mars and Hotaru/Sailor Saturn from Sailor Moon. Vampires are often described as having hair as black as a moonless night, especially if they're the seductive kind. In Real Life, it acts as a superlative trope to the brunette hair color. This is because, in most Western nations, dark hair is more commonly associated with brunettes. This is where the word in fact comes from--"brun" means "brown". Very few people in Western Europe had actual black hair as opposed to a very dark brown. On the rare occasion that this did occur, the person would be described as having jet-black, raven, or simply dark hair. However, this has changed in recent times and the description 'dark-haired' or 'brunette' has come to encompass hair on both ends of the darker spectrum. This hair color is now sometimes called blue-black. Now add this to the traditional Blonde, Brunette, Redhead ensemble and you have yourself a Four-Temperament Ensemble cast or a People of Hair Color trope, with the SMB character often being the Lancer. It is a far more popular (and noticeable) trope in Eastern cultures where long, shiny dark hair has long been seen as indicative of wealth and class. In Anime, expect The Ojou to fall under this bracket, particularly in older shows. Is also a favourite for the Stringy Haired Ghost Girl in horror films. Compare and contrast with the Shy Blue-Haired Girl and Brainy Brunette tropes. Often a defining attribute of Tall, Dark and Bishoujo. Pair it with very pale skin and an air of creepiness, and you've got the Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette. Pair it with very pale skin and exceptional good looks, and you've got Raven Hair, Ivory Skin. Is naturally the opposite of White-Haired Pretty Boy / White-Haired Pretty Girl. Examples of Shiny Midnight Black include:
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