Hero dangerous color is red
Red is the colour of danger, blood, death and traditional color of executioner clothes. That is why dressed in this color so-called «food for powder». It is the characters of the second plan, which die a violent death as soon as was introduced in the story.
Well, gentlemen, you`re all going to die...
The term went from «Star Trek», where the officers in red died as soon as they stepped on the surface of a new planet. Soon the trend became obvious for the viewer - if the probability of survival of the characters in the yellow jerseys is 100%, the probability to die for a character in a red jersey still equal 100%. In addition, red clothing is a great target.
But, by the way, the well written hero dressed in red, gets injured no less than the same «red shirts». They of course never die, but sometimes it seems that it would be better dead...
Where else can you find such relationship:
- South Park. The hero of the animated series Kenny wears a jacket in carrot color and dies a brutal death in every episode, where he took at least some part;
- Deadpool. This hero of Marvel comics wears a red suit, it is constantly shoot, maim and try to kill themselves in sophisticated ways;
- Hellboy. The situation is similar with Deadpool, but unlike the first — Hellboy red completely. In the eponymous novels by Guillermo del Toro, this demonic guy get hit a lot, none of the characters in the movie is not getting such many injuries.
In the first color films this approach, perhaps, dictated by considerations of censorship, because on wounded or slain hero, dressed in red, no longer need to paint blood stains.
There are exceptions to the rule, for example, in the TV series «Game of thrones» filmed for the fantasy series «a Song of Ice and fire» George R. R. Martin die all, and secondary and main characters. However, almost none of them wears a red and to calculate the potential victim is simply impossible.
If George R. R. Martin wrote the scenario for the TV series «Star Trek», the characters would look like in the image below:
