User blog comment:The Bespectacled Guy/General RWBY Stuff 1/@comment-7497475-20130827005814/@comment-23784953-20130827010113

I think a different shading of NPC should apply depending on the circumstances, like say, during daytime, they're gray-ish or anything that blends them yet makes them slightly stand out in the background. But at nighttime, where stuff is dimly lit, they can stay black.