- Most people associate colours with their own personal preferences, experiences, upbringing, cultural and contexts - In Disney, the colours affect the audiences' perception of character and personality - The image below shows a random pick of 22 Disney heroes and 22 Disney villains and their most dominant colour - In my own practice, I would like to associate different colours to my friends - Each characters were ranked on a scale of good (+10) to evil (-10), with morally ambiguous characters ranging around the middle point (0) -> the characters were ranked based on their "heroic" qualities, such as: kindness, courageousness, and empathy; and their "villainous" qualities, such as: cruelty, greed and vengefulness -> some heroes and heroines in the Disney movie were seen to possess some villainous qualities like greed or vengefulness, therefore were ranked lower than characters with more heroic qualities Same number of Heroes and Villains possess white as their dominant colour- Although the Infographic above does not include all of the Disney characters, and didn't show the minority of Disney villains with lighter shades of colour, the number of heroes and villains who possess white as their dominant colour is the same - The villains who possess white as their dominant colour -> Bellwether, Zootopia - White -> Charles Muntz, Up - White -> AUTO, Wall-E - White -> Oogie Boogie, The Nightmare Before Christmas - White -> Some of these characters did not seem to be 'villainous' at the start --> Bellwether was seen as helpful and cheery to the Heroine, Judy Hopps at the beginning, however after Judy discovered her evil plan, her mask as an innocent character has fall apart --> When Charles Muntz first appeared on screen, he was seen to be friendly and invited Russell and Carl into his aircraft, but soon after he learnt about his guests who have befriended the tropical bird, he thought that they were going to steal it and thus, revealed his true nature, and ready to kill them to retrieve it - Similar to the 2 characters above Lots'-O-Huggin' Bear, Toys Story 3, who is seen as a large, pink strawberry-scented teddy bear was first introduced to be friendly and showed Woody and the new toys around Sunnyside. However runs the daycare centre like a prison. - Unlike the 3 characters above, Oogie Boogie is covered from head to toe in a grayish burlap sack, instead of being pure white in colour and is seen as a villain from the beginning to the end. At the beginning of his appearance, he ordered to kidnap Santa Claus, wanting to make him into his meal. While he takes the jolly ruler's place in delivering gifts to the children of the world for the night. When Sally attempts to rescue Santa, making their escape out, the both of them were caught and ready to be sentenced to painful deaths - Compared to the Disney Heroes, who were also white, they were portrayed as innocent and pure, unlike the villains -> Baymax from Big Hero 6 is a robot like AUTO from Wall-E --> Unlike AUTO who is cold and ruthless, forcing human crew to comply against their will; Baymax is selfless and extremely devoted to his patients, as his primary goal was to provide healthcare to his patients - Although both Heroes and Villains may possess white as their dominant colour, some of the characters are actually a villain behind their 'innocent, kind, caring' mask -> suggests that you can't judge a person's character based on their appearance Black- While both Heroes and Villains possess white as their dominant colour, none of the Heroes possess black as their dominant colour
- Some of the villains who have black as their dominant colour were scored the most evil -> Scar, The Lion King -> Ursula, The Little Mermaid -> Mor'du, Brave - These three characters have possess a lot of power, however they are seen as outcasts, who are driven away from the wholesome society, because of their greed, ambition or vanity -> Scar is the younger brother of Mufasa and second-born prince of the Pride Lands, and assumed to be next in line to be king. However with his nephew, Simba being born, his chances were lost. With the jealousy and sense of entitlement, prompting him to develop a regicidal plot to take over the kingdom, with the aid of his hyena henchmen -> Ursula is an outsider who was banished from Atlantica by King Triton, who then "helps" unfortunate merfolk to achieve her own goals. Like Scar, she wants to possess more power for selfish reasons. Ursula sought vengeance by usurping Triton's throne and seizing control of the ocean, as queen. -> Mor'du is a legendary monster who is an over 13 foot tall black bear with huge claws, a misaligned jaw, and long, sharp teeth. He was originally a human prince who wanted to rule the kingdom he shared with his three brothers alone, and went to a witch to gain "the strength of ten men" in order to take over the land, paying with the ring of his house, bearing the crest of his family, two crossed axes. The spell he received eventually transformed him into a bear, and he murdered his family, causing the fall of the kingdom. He then lived on for centuries and the bear side of him overtook his humanity, making him a monstrous beast
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