It's about a costume/color change being spontaneous.
It is NOT about characters getting a new black (or even darker) outfit. Important Note: Please read the trope description before adding any new example. It is also unrelated to the other thing named after the same song, which involves more than a costume change. This trope is named for The Rolling Stones song "Paint It, Black", although they are completely unrelated. In visual media, it naturally helps the viewer telling apart the good guy and the bad guy.Ī Sub-Trope of Convenient Color Change and Evil Makeover. The transformation usually, if not always, happens right before your eyes and those of your astonished friends, just for dramatic flair.Ī possible variant is when a character happens to be split between good or evil or gain an Enemy Without (sometimes just for a Mirror Match) the Evil Twin (or both) might immediately get Color Coded for Your Convenience in the process. Being inanimate objects, though, the only way they can express their disapproval is to turn black and evil-looking - goodbye Frills of Justice, hello Spikes of Villainy. See, your Transformation Trinket, your Empathic Weapon, and your costume aren't too happy with your Face Heel Turn. PAGES WILL BE DELETED OTHERWISE IF THEY ARE MISSING BASIC MARKUP.Ī specific form of Evil Costume Switch, one that requires no effort whatsoever on the part of the newly evil party. DON'T MAKE PAGES MANUALLY UNLESS A TEMPLATE IS BROKEN, AND REPORT IT THAT IS THE CASE. THIS SHOULD BE WORKING NOW, REPORT ANY ISSUES TO Janna2000, SelfCloak or RRabbit42. The Trope workshop specific templates can then be removed and it will be regarded as a regular trope page after being moved to the Main namespace.
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