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In our last look at hair color and character personality archetypes, we look at brown. Brown is pretty much the color of normal. Brown haired characters tend to be stable, consistent, and predictable. They tend to be the most likeable of the archetypes.

Brown haired characters are fine with just being themselves and accept their place in life.  They are as earthy as their follicles. However, browns can mix traits of other archetypes. They run from honey-brown (which mixes brown with traits from yellow) to ruddy brown (which mixes brown with traits from redheads). As browns darken, they start to pick up traits from the black archetype.

Fuu from Samurai Champloo is an example of a brown. Fuu is likeable and consistent. She is always after food and landing into trouble.  Compared to her companions Jin and Mugen, she is stable and generally fine with herself. Although, in the series she does ...

Black embraces all colors. Characters with this hair color can feature the characteristics of any of the other types (except, perhaps, white). Black has several characteristics of its own. Black hair is associated with power and accomplishment. Often, black haired characters will have latent powers or hidden natures.  Men wear blacks suits to work and weddings to denote their power or accomplishments.

Black has some sexual connotations. As a color it feels mysterious and dangerous, which can be exciting and seductive.

Black hair is also very common hair color in both anime and reality. It is probably the most flexible of all colors since there are few hard characteristics that define it. Audiences have few expectations when it comes to this hair color archetype. Black hair sometimes has natural blue highlights. Because of this, many anime characters use dark blue colors instead of pure black.

Kagome Higurashi from Inuyasha is a classic example. ...

Pink is the most complex hair color. Pink comes in 2 main shades: light and mauve.  Pink is actually related to purple, blue and also draws shades of red and white.

Light Pink

Pink is about promise. These characters are lively and have the potential for greatness. Pink is often a color for cute and young characters. They have a full life ahead of them.

Light pink can have some elements of red and white characters, but it also has some of blue’s dignity and knowledge. They inherit the innocence and purity of Whites.

A good example of Light Pink is Euphemia li Britannia from Code Geass.

Euphie is a kindhearted pacifist who is full of life. As the Third Princess of the Holy Britannian Empire, she has more access to greatness and leaving a lasting impact than most people. In the series, she wants people to live with dignity and confidence. Her main goal ...