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12 most colourful characters in literature

TNN | Last updated on - Mar 29, 2021, 15:03 IST
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Scarlett O'Hara (Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell)

With her green eyes, rosy cheeks and bright dresses, Scarlett gives a vibrant impression even before you realise all she has inside. All the difficult times she goes through bring out her true colours and the hues of her personality are varied and vibrant.

(Photo: Selznick International Pictures)

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Louisa Clark (Me Before You by Jojo Moyes)

Our favourite character has a rainbow in her personality and wardrobe. With her colourful clothes and her bright personality, she helped bring the wheelchair-ridden and depressed Will out of his shell and out into the world again.
Photo: Warner Bros. Pictures
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Jo March (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)

Out of the four March sisters, Jo blatantly shunned gender roles by rejecting feminine ways and fashion. She was highly unlikely to succumb to the pressures imposed on her sex in that era. A determined young girl, Jo loved people and was adored by everyone around her.
(Image credit: Google)
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Ignatius J. Reilly (A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kenndey Toole)

One of the funniest characters of modern literature, Ignatius abhors modern civilization and pop-culture. With a disregard to everything and everyone around him, he is extremely cool, providing the perfect colour and essence anywhere around his setting.
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Rebecca Bloomwood (Shopaholic series by Sophie Kinsella)

Becky is like a prism, every situation she gets herself into seems to bring out new colours. From a shopaholic journalist, to a broke financial advisor, to a personal shopper for others, her canvas keeps changing, yet her personality keeps it bright and cheerful.
Photo: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures


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Mad Hatter (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll)

As the name implies, this erratic character is insane yet makes perfect sense in the modern civilization. With her love for tea parties, unorthodox mannerisms and being weirdly self-destructive, Mad Hatter has been a crazy favourite among generations who add a great deal of colour to Alice's adventures as well as our hearts.
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Falstaff (Henry V by William Shakespeare)

Sir John Falstaff is the archetypal rogue, who can eat, drink and make merry at one go. He gets Prince Hal, the future Henry v, into all sorts of colourful scrapes and makes way to the readers' hearts forever.
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Holly Golightly (Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote)

An American icon today, Holli Golightly has an air of chic elegance. A troubled self, Holly appears to people as a high-spirited young lady full of colour. She indeed makes life around her colourful with her vibrant demeanour.
(Image credit: Pixabay)
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Midori Kobayashi (Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami)

Fun, outgoing, smart, and sexy, Midori is the jolliest character in Murakami's beautiful novel. She is the embodiment of Sixties idealism, and embraces the changing times, while also seeking to retain the colours of traditional values.
(Image credit: Penguin Random House)
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Luna Lovegood (Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling)

An open-minded soul with a dreamy disposition, Luna is a delight. With her distinct taste for fashion and queer conversation skills, Luna appears the most colourful female character in the Harry Potter world.
(Image credit: Facebook/Evanna Lynch)
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Becky Sharp (Vanity Fair by WIlliam Mackpiece Thackarey)

Becky Sharp is a lacerating dagger at the heart of the English establishment. The anti-hero might not hold all the essential requirements of womanhood, but she her true-to-life representation makes her one of the most colourful presence in literature. Beautiful, clever, and sometimes deceitful, Becky Sharp highlights the human condition in all its gloom and glory.
(Image credit: Google)
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Little Prince (The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery)

An astronaut-cum-gardener-cum-prophet, the Little Prince is perhaps also the wisest character in literature. He is adored by book lovers everywhere, and adds perfect colour to our existence through his cute-yet-wise observations.
(Image credit: Google)

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