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[[File:blonde-brunette-redhead_witches-of-eastwick3_5262.jpg|link=The Witches of Eastwick|rightframe|Characters played by Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfieffer, and Cher no less!]]
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[[File:blonde-brunette-redhead_witches-of-eastwick3_5262.jpg|link=The Witches of Eastwick|right|Characters played by Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfieffer, and Cher no less!]]
 
 
{{quote|''"You get used to it. I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, redhead..."''|'''Cypher''', ''[[The Matrix (Film)|The Matrix]]''}}
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The hair equivalent to vanilla, chocolate and strawberry. The trope is strictly for visual appeal; [[How Not to Write A Novel|they are not personality types]].
 
Sometimes, they're heroes. Sometimes, they're friends. Sometimes, they're [[Betty and Veronica|contenders]], [[Third Option Love Interest|vying]] for the same love interest. Whatever the details, they're proof that Central Casting [[Rule of Three|does the math]]: three women, three major hair colors. [[Gotta Catch EmThem All|Collect the full set]]. This trope was inspired -- or at least made famous -- by [[The Andrews Sisters]], a [[Girl Group]] from the 1940s who were famous for entertaining American troops during [[World War Two]].
 
Strictly speaking, these women need not have the exact Clairol hues of blonde, brown/black and red, particularly when [[Hair Color Dissonance|stepping away from]] [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|the natural spectrum]]. The blonde will have the lightest hair, the brunette the darkest and the redhead will have a distinct moderate shade -- all for instant sight recognition.
 
Sometimes, a [[Token Minority]] may either replace the Caucasian brunette or stand beside her. The latter case can match the [[Four -Girl Ensemble]]: [[Sassy Black Woman|the Black Girl]], the Blonde ([[Hair of Gold|sweet]] or [[Dumb Blonde|dumb]]), the [[Brainy Brunette|Brunette]] and [[Heroes Want Redheads|the Redhead]]. Compare with the common individual component types: [[Dumb Blonde]], [[Brainy Brunette]], [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]] and the [[Fiery Redhead]]. Contrast [[Plenty of Blondes]].
 
See also [[Chromatic Arrangement]], [[Power Trio]], [[The Three Faces of Eve]], [[The Hecate Sisters]] and [[Beauty Brains and Brawn]].
 
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