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[[File:rrb_ninjas.png|link=The Powerpuff Girls (Animation)|right|Like shadows in the night... [[Highly -Visible Ninja|Or not]].]]
 
 
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For [[Comic Books]], the trope is [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that until about 25-30 years ago, the process used to print comics was only a four color process. The [[Animation Age Ghetto]] may also have some culpability here because bright colors attract the attention of children.
 
Ninjas whose costumes are black or other dark colors but can sneak around unseen in civilian clothing also fit this trope. Unlike the [[Highly -Visible Ninja]], they don't necessarily travel in packs of 20. They ''don't'' yell "kiai" or "Hyaaaqaaa", nor do they twirl their weapons and pose at great distances from the enemy unless they have a weapon or superpower that makes it [[Rule of Cool|worth it to do so]]. They don't tend to worry about the [[Conservation of Ninjitsu]], either; alone or in pairs, these ninjas are good enough to take out lesser ninja without wrinkling that costume.
 
Technically speaking, it is possible for someone not trained as a ninja to be so stealthy they're unnoticeable even in garish colors, but it is rarer.
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* People who can naturally turn invisible are actually opposite the point. [[Technicolor Ninjas]] can't turn invisible yet the people around them behave as if they are.
 
Contrast with [[Highly -Visible Ninja]].
 
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== [[Anime]] ==
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*** Nightcrawler, whose costume is largely red and white, turns invisible (except for his eyes) in shadow, and can Wall Crawl like Spider-Man. As long as he doesn't teleport and give himself away, he's super stealthy. (He does have a "secondary mutation" of camouflaging while wearing a suit of unstable molecules. But this is never mentioned.)
** [[Deadpool]] is a borderline [[Cloudcuckoolander]] example. If he's concentrating enough to stop the constant stream of crazed, manic, fourth-wall breaking babble, he can be quite stealthy.
*** Of course sometimes he is stealthy because of the constant stream of crazed, manic, and fourth-wall breaking behavior. The Skrulls were not looking for a [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|Super 'hero']] hidden [[Crazy Awesome|dressed as a baseball mascot]].
** Spider-Man comes close because of [[No Peripheral Vision]] and the fact that he's got [[Super Reflexes|faster reflexes]] than normal humans. Apparently no one in the [[Marvel Universe]] ever looks up.
** The ever present Hand clan (originally from ''[[Daredevil]]'', but now they're everywhere) wear bright red costumes. And let's not forget former Hand disciple Elektra's revealing leotard and loin-cloth... thing.
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