Anime Hair Color

TheKorovaMilkbar · Post by **TheKorovaMilkbar** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:50 pm

Anime Hair Color.

Is it significant? When did wierd hair colors start? How did it come about?

Just questions that went through my mind when looking at the nuku nuku thread.

Thoughts? Answers? Anyone?

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 8:58 pm

I've read about this before. With the crazy colours, there is a bit of symbolism involved. Let's see if I remember... there's obviously exceptions to this, but a lot of times you have:
Characters with red hair have short temper; characters with white hair are generally very calm; Characters with black hair are somewhere in between.
I also detect a pattern with blue-haired characters generally being shy, blonde characters being um... blonde (

), pink-haired characters being all cute and childish...

There's probably several examples I could get for each, and think of more patterns if I had time, but um... I'm sort of lazy

These are not accidental though, generally speaking. Definitely an integral part of hair design that goes along with personalities.

samuraiskillz007 · Post by **samuraiskillz007** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:01 pm

i would guess the hair color thing is to show who is who. like no 2 characters have the same hair color, but if they do there is something that sets them aside from others (glasses, piercings, etc...)

TheKorovaMilkbar · Post by **TheKorovaMilkbar** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:14 pm

Ahhh, so there is symbolism involved.

I was wondering about that. Thanks for your thoughts. 8)

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:28 pm

Well, it's not original thoughts, really. I've read about that somewhere during my 'Anime Education Days' back a few years back, just trying to remember more of the detail.

Character design is no small thing (I enjoy doing it myself, actually). There's all sorts of stuff and references that go into it, but, personally - I always thought hair was the most important part of the visual design.

TheKorovaMilkbar · Post by **TheKorovaMilkbar** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:30 pm

Nonetheless, thanx.

(LOL, good avatar choice, Kasuga

)

Kajino Rei · Post by **Kajino Rei** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:38 pm

The hair and hair color are both symbolic sometimes especially in those manga/anime with multiple characters (main characters to be exact).
In others there's maybe some symbolism but it takes a backseat to just making characters different than the other.

Coffee 54 · Post by **Coffee 54** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:47 pm

All I know is the colorful hairstyles never seem to look as good on real people, as they do on anime characters.

Kajino Rei · Post by **Kajino Rei** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:53 pm

I would suppose Coffee 54. The horror!
No really imagine it...
sadly I don't have to; with all the hair chameleons at the Uni.

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 9:58 pm

But if I were an anime character, I'd probably want to have blue hair.

Luckily, I'm not though