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{{trope}}
A duo (often a romantic couple) whose contrasting hair colors signify their opposing world-views. Said hair colors are usually blond and black or dark brown, but it can just as well be red and black, or blond and [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue]]
* The fair-haired partner is the "good" one: younger, bright, hopeful, enthusiastic, naive, helpful, innocent, tends to follow the rules
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Ultimately, however, the [[Opposites Attract]].
This is particularly a staple in [[Yuri Genre|lesbian romance fiction]], where common pairings include a "good [[Hair of Gold|blonde]]" and a "bad [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo|brunette]]". A common inversion found in recent works features a slightly altered setup:
* The Blonde becomes an (implied) [[Phenotype Stereotype]], who, while still cheerful and clueless, gains traits like frankness, openness, inventiveness, and ignorance of proper etiquette
* The Brunette becomes an (implied) [[Proper Lady]], who, while still moody and cynical, becomes more reserved, well-mannered, and manipulative
Compare the [[Seme]] and [[Uke]] dynamics in [[Boys Love]] genre and the [[One Head Taller]] rule of thumb to recognize them. Also compare [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]. Contrast [[Betty and Veronica]], which is about ''romantic rivals'' with opposite personalities and physical traits, while this trope is specifically about duos/couples, not [[Triang Relations]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* As noted above, couples with contrasting hair colors are extremely popular in the [[Yuri Genre]]:
** ''[[Shiroi Heya no Futari]]'': Resine and Simone are the [[Trope Maker
** ''[[
** ''[[Kannazuki no Miko]]'': Himeko and Chikane are another archetypal example and can be considered modern [[Trope Codifier
** ''[[First Love Sisters]]'': Chika and Haruna
** ''[[
** ''[[Strawberry Panic
** ''[[Yami to Boushi
** ''[[Hayate
** ''[[Gokujou Drops]]'': Komari and Yuki
** ''[[Gunjo]]'': Nameless Blonde and Nameless Brunette protagonists
** [[Natsuneko]] does this in ''every single one'' of her mangas
** ''[[
** Pfil and Pamila from ''[[Bondage Fairies]]''.
* The title characters of ''[[
* Usagi and Mamoru from ''[[Sailor Moon]]'': she's the perky blonde and he's the aloof dark-haired guy.
* ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
* In ''[[Ouran High School Host Club]]'', Haruhi's a [[Deadpan Snarker]] [[Bifauxnen]] who's very down to earth, while Tamaki is [[Large Ham|melodramatic]], [[Keet|hyperactive]] and often comes up with [[Zany Scheme
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] Kotetsu and Barnaby from ''[[Tiger and Bunny]]'' completely invert the character dynamics associated with their hair colors (with the exception of age, as the former is about ten years older than the latter). Blond Barnaby is the [[Broken Bird|troubled]], [[Ineffectual Loner|socially isolated]] [[Ice King]], while brunet Kotetsu is the [[Wide
* Naruto and Sasuke in part 1 of ''[[Naruto]]'' play this trope relatively straight, especially at the beginning of their rivalry: light-haired Naruto is hyperactive and impulsive, while dark-haired Sasuke is cold and calculating.
* ''[[K-On!]]'': Mio (black) is graceful (most of the time) while Ritsu (light brown) is brash.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[The Time Of The Reaper]]'': Jessica and Mel are another lesbian couple example.
* Thais (bronze-skinned [[Brainy Brunette]] of Cretan origins) and Aegesichore (fair-skinned [[Power Blonde]] from Sparta) from ''[[
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* Blond Gabrielle and
* Brittney and
* Buffy (blond starting the 2nd season) and
** Also Buffy (still blond) and Faith (brunette), the evil Slayer.
* Cool, blonde, [[Defrosting Ice Queen]] Sarah and [[Adorkable]], [[Hollywood Nerd]] brown-haired Chuck from ''[[Chuck]]''.
* Brunette Apollo and
* [[Starsky and Hutch (TV series)|Brunette Starsky and
* Brunette Ponch and
* Brothers Rick (brunette) and AJ (blond) in [[Simon and Simon]].
* The BBC's ''[[Sherlock]]'': Dark haired Sherlock, blond John.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[Touhou]]'': Reimu (black) is more collected, while Marisa (blonde) is more... blast-happy.
* ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'': Fujin (female, silver-haired, cool) and Raijin (male, brown-haired, enthusiastic).
* ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'': Fang and
* ''[[
== [[Visual Novels]] ==
* ''[[Sono Hanabira
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[Penny and Aggie]]''.
* ''[[Grey Is
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* If the romantic leads are of different hair colors, [[Disney Animated Canon|Disney]] tends to go this way, towards the "blondes equals good" and "brunette equals not-so-good" variety.
** Esmeralda and Phoebus from ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]''.
** Also from Disney, [[Hercules (
** ''[[Tangled (
** ''[[Pocahontas]]'':
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[[Category:Duo Tropes]]
[[Category:Hair Tropes]]
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