Role added by benanderson on October 23, 2023
Black is perhaps the most typical color for evil, or at least the antagonists, to wear. Thus in many stories, the villains will wear largely black clothing most of the time, in contrast to the colors worn by neutral and good characters (which will be at least moderately lighter.) This is because, in many cultures, black is the color of darkness, decay, and death. Thus even though wearing black doesn't make someone evil, being evil makes it more than likely one is going to wear black.
Fan Casting
Evil Wears Black
Child Catcher (Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
Barnaby (Babes in Toyland)
Emperor Palpatine
Venom (Eddie Brock)
The Evil Queen
Darth Vader
Black Doom
Maleficent
Claude Frollo
Yokai
Judge Doom
Wicked Witch of the West
Ronan the Accuser (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Ratigan
Red Skull
Red Skull (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Blackbeard
Megamind
Catwoman
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