Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-25396609-20170201003940/@comment-30530552-20170424023148

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: Colors are associated with different things. Sometimes, characters have a name, and/or design, that follows or evokes said color. This allows one to either play color tropes straight, or perform interesting subversions of expectations.

For example, a hero, a red knight with red hair and everything and a name that evokes it, and his companion, a blue knight with blue hair and everything and a name that evokes it.

Normally, the red knight would be expected to be hot blooded, emotional, passionate, while the blue knight would be expected to be colder, more calm, more mature. The "Red Oni and Blue Oni", in TvTropes speak.

But, you could make the red knight the "Blue Oni", and vice versa with the blue knight. You subvert expectations by making Red the calm and relaxed one, and making Blue the hot-blooded one. I did this exact concept before with 2 of my characters, with the eye color being the subversion.

The blue-eyed one is nervous and impatient, getting angry easily, whereas the red-eyed one has lots of patience and is typically pretty calm. Funny how the two are twins (obviously non-identical) and they turned out so differently. Though...maybe the trope of hot-blood wasn't completely subverted, since the brother is a wolf Faunus and the sister is human, as one of their parents was human and the other a wolf Faunus. Wolf getting angry easily? Common. Does he have a bloodlust Semblance? No.

Speaking of which, I've been trying to figure out how to design identical twins so that they look different and can be told apart. I'm considering dying one's hair blonde and the other blue, which would reflect their color and personalities, given that the blonde one is outgoing and social, whereas her sister sorta lives in her shadow and has a hard time with everything.

Their clothing would be similar, since the team they're on has a dance theme, so they both wear dresses, one of them has it as their weapon.

Point being, subvert or submit...both can work if written properly, as SYUTK mentioned.