Post by seymour747millplane on Jan 24, 2018 9:20:35 GMT
Taken from TVTropes.org:
“Animal Coloration Profiling is the use of an animal's coloration to indicate a character's personality, socio-economic status, gender, or moral alignment. Sometimes, an animal of a given coloration can indicate the animal's race, ethnicity, or nationality.
A white animal is normally good. If an animal is needed to be marked as special or valuable, white is the most common color used to indicate this. White animals tend to be heroic, often in a majestic or magical way. They tend to be either very powerful, high-class and wealthy, weak and innocent, or a laboratory animal, depending on species. White can indicate a classy or sexy female animal. If the male animal in a duo is orange, brown, tan, or grey, the female one is white. White can also be used to indicate an animal that stands out from the brown, tan, beige, and grey majority is some way or another. In works that use an animal's color to represent race and ethnicity, the literal color white represents a racially white animal.
Black is often used to indicate that the animal is evil or mean. It may indicate that the animal is simply fierce in a Good Is Not Nice or Dark Is Not Evil way because the color black looks fierce. Often the antagonist to a white protagonist animal. In works that use an animal's color to represent race and ethnicity, the literal color black represents a racially black animal.
Dark brown and dark grey often indicates a mean, bad, antagonistic, or even evil animal. Often the antagonist to a medium grey, medium brown, tan, light brown, beige, red, or orange protagonist animal. Dark brown animals can sometimes be portrayed as ordinary.
Brown, tan, and grey are often used to indicate an ordinary animal or one of a humble background. Browns, tans, and greys on mammal characters, are used to portray the banded hair agouti colorations present as a wild-type coloration on many different species of mammal. Animals of these colors can also be wiseacre tricksters. A more vibrant shade of brown, tan, or grey on one animal can indicate one that stands out from the other similar-colored animals while keeping the same basic color as the others. A lighter shade or brown, tan, or grey can indicate the female animals among the brown, tan, and grey animals. Medium brown, tan, and medium grey animals are often protagonists pitted against dark brown and dark grey antagonists. Light brown or tan colors, with or without black or dark brown hair on the head, can sometimes indicate a Hispanic or Latino animal, invoking Latino Is Brown.
Cool and blue grey as well as grey blue colorations often indicate an unlucky, sad, or Butt-Monkey animal.
Brown, warm brown, and light brown colorations often indicate an animal with a warm and/or motherly personality.
Grey, light grey, and silver animals are often wise mentors or sages. Grey, light grey, and silver can also indicate age in an animal. Like white, light grey and silver can indicate a female animal, often a classy or sexy one. When paired with a black or dark grey antagonist, villain, or villain associate animal, the light grey or silver animal is a hero or hero associate animal.
Orange and red animals are often heroic, but usually in a humble, down-to-earth way, invoking the Red Is Heroic. Red and orange can also suggest fierceness in an animal, invoking Fiery Redhead. Orange and red may simply indicate that the animal is humble or has a humble background. Red and orange can also indicate an animal that stands out from the brown, tan, beige, and grey animals in some way or another. If the red or orange animal has green eyes, he or she is often a Significant Green-Eyed Redhead in animal form.
Yellow is often used to indicate an innocent, youthful, or baby bird, based on the fact that chicken chicks and ducklings have yellow feathers. Yellow and light yellow also indicate a joyful, friendly, optimistic, childlike, upbeat character. Usually a good, protagonistic, or heroic animal. This color can invoke Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold, especially if the animal has blue eyes.
Beige, cream, and light yellow can indicate a female animal and often indicates the pale female in Pale Females, Dark Males. If the male animal is orange, the female animal is cream if she is not white. The female animal is often beige if the male animal is brown or tan. Beige can also indicate an ordinary animal or one of a humble background. note Beiges, like browns, tans, and greys, often indicate the agouti colorations so common on real world mammals. Beige animals can be protagonists pitted against dark brown and/or dark grey antagonists.
Auburn and reddish brown animals can play brown/tan/grey, brown/light brown, and/or red/orange stereotypes. Yellow orange and orange yellow animals can play either red/orange or yellow animal stereotypes or both. Blue-grey and grey-blue animals can play brown/tan/grey stereotypes, light blue grey and light grey-blue animals can play light grey/silver stereotypes, and dark blue-grey and dark grey-blue animals can play dark brown/dark grey stereotypes.
Animals of a given species with the normal, wild-type coloration, plumage, or pelage are used to indicate an ordinary animal, one of a humble background, or the general populace. Brown, tan, and grey are used this way for animals that are normally those colors. A more vibrant shade of the wild-type normal coloration on one animal can indicate one that stands out from the other similar-colored animals while keeping the same basic color as the others. A lighter shade of the wild-type coloration can indicate the female animals among the normal coloration animals.
In some works, the ordinary or good animals have the normal coloration of their species to represent their normalcy or their good or neutral moral alignment, whereas the evil animals of the same species have a coloration that is darker than normal to highlight their evil moral alignment.
Sometimes, there may be a pink or purple animal and a blue animal pairing, even with a species that that isn't naturally pink, purple, or blue. If there is a pink or purple animal and a blue animal, the blue one is usually male and the pink or purple one is usually female.”
Which animal color stereotypes do the Disney comics use?
“Animal Coloration Profiling is the use of an animal's coloration to indicate a character's personality, socio-economic status, gender, or moral alignment. Sometimes, an animal of a given coloration can indicate the animal's race, ethnicity, or nationality.
A white animal is normally good. If an animal is needed to be marked as special or valuable, white is the most common color used to indicate this. White animals tend to be heroic, often in a majestic or magical way. They tend to be either very powerful, high-class and wealthy, weak and innocent, or a laboratory animal, depending on species. White can indicate a classy or sexy female animal. If the male animal in a duo is orange, brown, tan, or grey, the female one is white. White can also be used to indicate an animal that stands out from the brown, tan, beige, and grey majority is some way or another. In works that use an animal's color to represent race and ethnicity, the literal color white represents a racially white animal.
Black is often used to indicate that the animal is evil or mean. It may indicate that the animal is simply fierce in a Good Is Not Nice or Dark Is Not Evil way because the color black looks fierce. Often the antagonist to a white protagonist animal. In works that use an animal's color to represent race and ethnicity, the literal color black represents a racially black animal.
Dark brown and dark grey often indicates a mean, bad, antagonistic, or even evil animal. Often the antagonist to a medium grey, medium brown, tan, light brown, beige, red, or orange protagonist animal. Dark brown animals can sometimes be portrayed as ordinary.
Brown, tan, and grey are often used to indicate an ordinary animal or one of a humble background. Browns, tans, and greys on mammal characters, are used to portray the banded hair agouti colorations present as a wild-type coloration on many different species of mammal. Animals of these colors can also be wiseacre tricksters. A more vibrant shade of brown, tan, or grey on one animal can indicate one that stands out from the other similar-colored animals while keeping the same basic color as the others. A lighter shade or brown, tan, or grey can indicate the female animals among the brown, tan, and grey animals. Medium brown, tan, and medium grey animals are often protagonists pitted against dark brown and dark grey antagonists. Light brown or tan colors, with or without black or dark brown hair on the head, can sometimes indicate a Hispanic or Latino animal, invoking Latino Is Brown.
Cool and blue grey as well as grey blue colorations often indicate an unlucky, sad, or Butt-Monkey animal.
Brown, warm brown, and light brown colorations often indicate an animal with a warm and/or motherly personality.
Grey, light grey, and silver animals are often wise mentors or sages. Grey, light grey, and silver can also indicate age in an animal. Like white, light grey and silver can indicate a female animal, often a classy or sexy one. When paired with a black or dark grey antagonist, villain, or villain associate animal, the light grey or silver animal is a hero or hero associate animal.
Orange and red animals are often heroic, but usually in a humble, down-to-earth way, invoking the Red Is Heroic. Red and orange can also suggest fierceness in an animal, invoking Fiery Redhead. Orange and red may simply indicate that the animal is humble or has a humble background. Red and orange can also indicate an animal that stands out from the brown, tan, beige, and grey animals in some way or another. If the red or orange animal has green eyes, he or she is often a Significant Green-Eyed Redhead in animal form.
Yellow is often used to indicate an innocent, youthful, or baby bird, based on the fact that chicken chicks and ducklings have yellow feathers. Yellow and light yellow also indicate a joyful, friendly, optimistic, childlike, upbeat character. Usually a good, protagonistic, or heroic animal. This color can invoke Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold, especially if the animal has blue eyes.
Beige, cream, and light yellow can indicate a female animal and often indicates the pale female in Pale Females, Dark Males. If the male animal is orange, the female animal is cream if she is not white. The female animal is often beige if the male animal is brown or tan. Beige can also indicate an ordinary animal or one of a humble background. note Beiges, like browns, tans, and greys, often indicate the agouti colorations so common on real world mammals. Beige animals can be protagonists pitted against dark brown and/or dark grey antagonists.
Auburn and reddish brown animals can play brown/tan/grey, brown/light brown, and/or red/orange stereotypes. Yellow orange and orange yellow animals can play either red/orange or yellow animal stereotypes or both. Blue-grey and grey-blue animals can play brown/tan/grey stereotypes, light blue grey and light grey-blue animals can play light grey/silver stereotypes, and dark blue-grey and dark grey-blue animals can play dark brown/dark grey stereotypes.
Animals of a given species with the normal, wild-type coloration, plumage, or pelage are used to indicate an ordinary animal, one of a humble background, or the general populace. Brown, tan, and grey are used this way for animals that are normally those colors. A more vibrant shade of the wild-type normal coloration on one animal can indicate one that stands out from the other similar-colored animals while keeping the same basic color as the others. A lighter shade of the wild-type coloration can indicate the female animals among the normal coloration animals.
In some works, the ordinary or good animals have the normal coloration of their species to represent their normalcy or their good or neutral moral alignment, whereas the evil animals of the same species have a coloration that is darker than normal to highlight their evil moral alignment.
Sometimes, there may be a pink or purple animal and a blue animal pairing, even with a species that that isn't naturally pink, purple, or blue. If there is a pink or purple animal and a blue animal, the blue one is usually male and the pink or purple one is usually female.”
Which animal color stereotypes do the Disney comics use?
For example, Barks used black ducks as the natives in 
