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{{trope}}
[[File:SnowAndApple 1680.png|frame|link=Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)]]
{{quote|''"Lips red as the rose. Hair black as ebony. Skin white as snow."''
|'''The [[Magic Mirror]]''', ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]''}}
Dark hair and pale skin as an indication that a character is beautiful. In
Commonly a requirement for the [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] type and is also known as the Yamato Nadeshiko look. In fact, a
There is crossover between this look and [[Eerie Pale
Contrast [[Eerie Pale
And please, people, before adding to this list, consider whether or not the character was clearly meant to be attractive, explicitly stated to be attractive, and/or regarded as attractive by any other characters. Do not add them to this list just because [[Your Mileage May Vary|you find them to be attractive]]
{{noreallife|this is a trope about how characters are depicted in media.}}
{{examples}}
== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'': Kiri Komori and Itoshiki-sensei are both seen as this.
* ''[[Black Jack]]'': one episode featured a strong example of this—Souno, a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] young girl from an old and rather traditional Japanese family, who had been kept indoors all her life due to suffering form a debilitating disease that would cause her life to drastically shorten if she was exposed to sunlight (as well as killing her off before she turns 18 even if she avoids it). She's spent most of her life in a sealed room, practicing Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, under the watch of her very severe [[Overprotective Dad]]; thus, Souno is perfectly pale, with perfectly black hair, and a perfectly exquisite face...a beauty in a bottle. (Remember, the "Nadesico" part of [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] refers to a particular type of flower—probably a deliberate parallel in this case.) Fortunately, Doctor Blackjack is there to help—along with his [[Cheerful Child|lively assistant]], Pinoco, who strikes a really cute [[Intergenerational Friendship]] (sorta) with Souno and gives her the courage to get the treatment she needs.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]''
** Negi is awestruck when he accidentally spies on Setsuna in the bath, because of her incredibly pale skin and raven-black hair. Chamo even refers to her as a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] due to her looks! {{spoiler|She later turns out to be a [[Heroic Albino]]; her hair is dyed to fit in better.}}
** Konoka is also seen as this when she wears a kimono to school.
* ''[[
* ''[[
** Sasuke. And his mother Mikoto, who is basically a female version of him.
** Orochimaru is a rather striking subversion. [[Your Mileage May Vary|Some people would argue that point]].
** Sai, for some.
** Hinata as well.
* Fenrir, the Princess of Disaster, from the anime/manga ''[[
* Chane Laforet of ''[[Baccano
* In ''[[
* Saori from ''[[
* Mariko Shinobu and "Mona Lisa" Komabayashi (who's nicknamed "Mona Lisa" both for her stoic attitude ''and'' her [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] looks) from ''[[Oniisama
* Kaede Rukawa of ''[[
* Saya Kisaragi from ''[[
* Lust from ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
* Naru from ''[[Ghost Hunt]]'' is this, as frequently noted by Mai.
* Hana of ''[[Gate 7]]'' definitely is [http://www.mangareader.net/gate-7/9/3 this]. [http://www.mangareader.net/gate-7/9/11 Everybody in-universe agree with me.]
* In ''[[Kodomo
* Sebastian from ''[[Kuroshitsuji]]'' is a male example.
* Ruri "Kuroneko" Gokou from ''[[Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai!]]'', especially when she is in [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] garb.
== [[Comic Books]] ==
* Death and Desire from ''[[The Sandman]]'' qualify (two other members of the Endless have the right hair and skin for it, but Morpheus is extremely gaunt and [[Looks Like Cesare]] and Despair is a [[Gonk]]); Death was based on a myth (Kabbalistic, I think) in which the Angel of Death appears to the deceased as a woman so beautiful [[Even the Girls Want Her|their]] soul leaves their body in ecstasy, and, being [[Your Heart's Desire|the personification of desire]] and all, Desire is ([[Informed Attractiveness|supposed to be]]) the embodiment of perfect androgynous beauty.
* Domino and Sage from ''[[X-Men (Comic Book)|X-Men]]''.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way from ''[[My Immortal]]''.
{{quote|"Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way and I have long [[Department of Redundancy Department|ebony black]] hair (that's how I got my name) <nowiki>[</nowiki>[[Costume Porn|...]]] I have [[Department of Redundancy Department|pale white]] skin."}}
* Terra from ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5330983/1/Convergent_Paths Convergent Paths]'' is described as dark-haired, fair-skinned, and very beautiful.
* The young assassin Elandria from the ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' fanfic ''[[Secret War (fanfic)|Secret War]]'' is described as this, even while she's amped up on combat drugs.
* Before [[J. K. Rowling]] revealed his actual gender and ethnicity in ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (novel)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'', the default fanfic version of Blaise Zabini was a Sicilian-looking girl with, yes, raven hair and ivory skin. This now-forgotten and obsolete [[Fanon]] Blaise is probably best exemplified by her appearance in ''[http://draco664.fanficauthors.net/Apprentice_Potter/index/ Apprentice Potter]'' and its sequels by "Draco664".
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* Amélie ([[Audrey Tautou]]) from ''[[Amelie]]''.
* ''[[Casino Royale (
* ''[[Girl
* Quorra (Olivia Wilde) from ''[[Tron
* Several ladies from the
* The titular character of ''[[La Reine Margot (
* The heroine of ''[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
** The same goes for ''[[Snow White and
== [[Literature]] ==
* ''[[Fool]]'': in this [[Perspective Flip]] retelling of ''[[King Lear]]'', Pocket describes Lear's daughter Regan:
{{quote|''... there she stood, raven-haired and violet-eyed, snowy fair and finely fit, as if carved by the gods from a solid block of desire.''}}
* The ''[[Gemma Doyle]]'' Trilogy's Pippa is renowned for her beauty and fits this trope to a T.
* [[
* ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms (
* The titular characters of [[Edgar Allan Poe]]'s ''Berenice'' and ''Ligeia''.
* ''[[
* Eve Orcaczy from the rather obscure short story ''Each Man Kills''. She's also an [[Eerie Pale
* Scarlett O'Hara, the heroine of ''[[Gone
* Alice Cullen from ''[[Twilight (
* Melisande Shahrizai from ''[[
* Many tragic heroines in 18th century Gothic Horror novels are described this way.
* Yennefer from ''[[The Witcher]]'' books. She is pale with raven black hair and wears only black and white. Like all sorceresses, she is incredibly beautiful.
* Irene/Attolia from ''[[The
* Inverted in ''[[Fairest]]'' with Ava, described to have black hair and pale skin, but is ugly.
* Several of Robert E. Howard's ''[[Conan the Barbarian]]'' stories use this trope. Many of the women that Conan becomes involved with are described as having dark hair and pale skin, some of the more notable ones being the pirate queen Belit and the slave girl Zenobia.
* In ''[[
** Septa Lemore is considered "handsome" by Tyrion Lannister.
** Both Lyanna Stark and Ashara Dayne were apparently dark-haired beauties in their day.
* In ''[[
* Both Coira and Arpazia in the ''[[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
* Sabriel and Lirael from the ''[[Old Kingdom]]'' trilogy.
* [[Big Bad|Tom Riddle (AKA Lord Voldemort)]] from ''[[Harry Potter (
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Blair Waldorf from ''[[Gossip Girl]]''.
* Marian from ''[[Robin Hood (TV series)|Robin Hood]]''.
* Morgana from ''[[Merlin (TV series)|Merlin]]''.
* Gwen Cooper from ''[[
* Jane Margolis from ''[[Breaking Bad]]''.
* Lila from ''[[Dexter]]'' and Stacie from ''[[Hustle]]'', both plated by Jaime Murray.
* Bay from ''[[Switched At Birth]]''.
* Lady Mary Crawley and Lady Sybil Crawley from ''[[Downton Abbey]]''. They get inherited it from their mother, Cora.
* Abby from ''[[
* Jenna Hamilton on ''[[Awkward (TV series)|Awkward]]''
* Lana Lang in ''[[Smallville]]'' has dark hair, possibly of French decent, and in her senior year was voted "Most likely to be a cover girl".
* Fiona Coyne and her blonde brother Declan are rich. With her dark brown curls she is referred to as a princess and one of the hottest girls at [[Degrassi]] school.
* ''[[Firefly (TV series)|Firefly]]''{{'}}s Inara Serra is a
* Chloe in ''[[
== [[Music]] ==
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6hiKSJvHl4 This example] has black hair, pale skin, blue eyes, and is likening a boy to a constipated monkey through song.
* In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1BLVEbqLCY "Goth Girl"] by Anthony and Those Other Guys, the main character has a crush on a black-haired and pale-skinned beauty.
* [[
* [[The Eagles]]' song "Witchy Woman": ''Raven hair/ruby lips, sparks fly from her fingertips...''
* The models seen in those Robert Palmer videos like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE "Addicted To Love".]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XST5L2lO2hQ "Your Lips Are Red"] by [[St. Vincent]] explicitly follows this this trope, with unsettling deconstructions.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20110905004434/http://nogoodforme.filmstills.org/stvincent.jpg Annie Clark] herself fits the trope, which is remarked upon by [http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2012/04/live_review_4_24_12_tune-yards_st_vincent_oakland_fox_theater.php?page=2 every] [http://www.spin.com/articles/style-issue-st-vincent single] [http://www.vanityfair.com/online/daily/2009/05/just-the-gist-st-vincents-annie-clark journalist].
== [[Newspaper Comics]] ==
* Dethany Dendrobia from ''[[On the Fastrack]]''.
* ''[[Nemi]]''.
== [[Oral Tradition]], [[Folklore]], Myths
* A male example is Naoise, lover of Deirdre in the Ulster Cycle of [[Celtic Mythology]].
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* The eponymous [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (novel)|Snow White]], the "fairest of them all" princess, making this trope [[Older Than Radio]].
== [[Video Games]] ==
* In ''[[Persona 4]]'', Yukiko Amagi is seen as this and gathers quite a fan club because her looks.
* If someone in ''[[Fire Emblem Elibe|Fire Emblem 7]]'' is about to describe a Morph, there's likely three features to be mentioned: "1. Pale skin, 2. Hair like ebony,<ref>but it really looks purple</ref> and 3. [[Eyes of Gold]]". Sonia was actually made to be beautiful and to seduce Brendan Reed.
* In ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'', we have Oichi (who was a certified [[Real Life]] example) and her sister-in-law, Nouhime.
* Setsuka in ''[[Soul Series|Soul Calibur 3]]''. She's actually a natural blonde, however; she dyes her hair to fit in, in Japanese society.
* Miranda Lawson in ''[[
* Slightly odd example in ''[[Dragon Age 2]]'': in the game, Cassandra Pentegast is slightly darker-skinned than is typical, but in Dawn of the Seeker she's got almost white skin and jet-black hair.
* ''[[Final Fantasy]]'':
** ''[[
** Ditto [[Final Fantasy VII
** ''[[
* Zhen Ji from ''[[Dynasty Warriors]]''.
* Two of the five princesses depicted in the second ''[[Dark Parables]]'' game have this; of course, one of them ''is'' [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
* Ashei, the lady knight in ''[[The Legend of Zelda
== [[Web Original]] ==
* Amusingly averted by Weiss Schnee of ''[[RWBY]]'', who despite being based on Snow White is a platinum blonde. Her teammate Blake Belladonna, however, fits the trope to a T. (Ruby Rose would, too, except for the reddish highlights in her hair.) Among the adults in the cast, siblings Qrow and Raven Branwen, although Qrow displays some premature grey.
* The title character of the [[Reincarnation Fantasy|Isekai]] web novel ''[[Tori Transmigrated]]'' by "Aila Aurie". Unlike a lot of examples of this trope her hair isn't straight, but a rather intense mass of curls.
== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Fred's Head]]'': Anette.
* [[Betty Boop]] was designed around this trope.
* Kylie Griffin from ''[[Extreme Ghostbusters]]''.
* Yumi Ishiyama of ''[[Code Lyoko]]''. Further reinforced by her [[Digital Avatar|Lyoko avatar]], which gives her white facepaint, Japanese-style.
* Several female characters in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', but most notably Mai, Toph, and Princess Azula.
* Asami from ''[[The Legend of Korra]]''.
* [[Perky Goth|Gwen]] and [[Lovable Alpha Bitch|Heather]] from ''[[Total Drama Island]]''.
* Dr. Girlfriend from ''[[The Venture Brothers]]''.
== [[Other Media]] ==
* This trope is quite popular in 1950s pin-ups, and modern women like Rita Von Squeeze have helped bring the art style back to life.
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