If you’ve been paying attention you may recall that some of the best movie characters and most memorable of all time had green hair! Green hair is great for movie characters whether they are a hero or a villain simply because it’s a neutral color (where as black can be seen as evil and white as good) and because it really stands out and is eye catching. One of the most popular movies of all time, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory had showed the infamous Oompa Loompa’s sporting green hair styles! The Oompa Loompa’s were thought of as neither good or evil (but probably good since they make candy!) workers who helped Willy Wonka create candy in his factory. This was one of the first examples of characters in a movie having green hair, but what other people have had green hair in movies?
One of the most famous villains of all time in comic books and movies alike had green hair. His name is none other than “The Joker” in the Batman series of movies. Although The Joker is an evil character in the movie, he is dressed up like a joker on the back of traditional playing cards who typically had green hair. Jokers, or “Jesters” as they were known in mid evil times were known to bring laughter and happiness to people, so in one way we can see the green hair being used as a symbol of good, but since The Joker isn’t, it can also be seen as evil. Once again we see the neutrality of the color green in hair.
Another Villain who had green hair in a very popular movie “X-Men” was Toad. He had a long tounge he could use for wreaking havoc to anyone he chose to, and similar to a frog his hair was colored green. Typically frogs are not seen as evil creatures but in the movie, Toad was definitely evil so we see again here an example of the neutrality of green hair color.
green hair color is used sparingly in movies as it typically can only be used in ones which are fantasy or fiction, but one thing’s for sure- if a movie character wears green hair you’re bound to remember them!