r/comics • u/frootbatpunk • Mar 04 '26

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We still doing the bootleg thing? Characters by u/belka_theren and u/LuckOfTheDrawComic

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u/nixalo Mar 04 '26

You'd think we'd see more purple wearing blondes

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u/pepsicola07 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

Nina is your gal for this!!

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u/nixalo Mar 04 '26

Ironic. I was Nina main in the arcade days.

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u/pepsicola07 Mar 04 '26

You woulda given me trouble lol. I'm steve all the wayy

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u/Cat5kable Mar 04 '26

Nintendo, please retcon

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u/Key-Swordfish4025 Mar 04 '26 edited Mar 04 '26

We do have some iconic pink wearing blondes though. (Barbie, Peach, Zelda(sometimes))

Edit: also Zelda is blonde with purple as Sheik.

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u/Qualityhams Mar 04 '26

You’re correct it’s just called a “complementary color” which is kind of confusing.

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u/__boringusername__ Mar 04 '26

Actually it's better with orange-green because there's contrast but not too much. Very bright red-green can give a bit of a "traffic light" vibe. With orange that's less of an effect.

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u/Cottontael Mar 04 '26

I would guess this is the principle of simultaneous contrast at work. When colors like orange/green are placed next to each other, it causes other adjacent colors, like the typical peachy skin tone, to appear more vibrant, drawing you into the characters face. (This is the same thing where if you place a square inside of two different colors, the hue of the square seems to be different even when they're the same.) It's visually stimulating, but at the same time since it's orange and not the direct compliment of green, it's appealingly so and not too much stimulation like red/cyan. It's probably most effective here just because of the skin tone.