#000000 or #FFFFFF? Or even #777777?

[rubah]

So um. Watched Advent Children today, and apparently some people think that Rude is not black.

(apparently they had the same opinion in reverse!)

So uh. This really was a shock to me, because well, I mean he looks black, I think the goatee, lots of black men shave their heads bald, (less than white men of the same age, I'd assume),and black people cosplay him, and well, what is there to say he isn't?

He's not as dark skinned as Barrett? Black isn't an absolute term! There are many variations of color, as I am sure that some on this forum can testify.

But I'm just a little poor little backwater white girl, so what do I know?

Anyways, we compromised that he could be mulatto, so accordingly I have included that option in the poll.

[Laddy]

I have always seen him to be black.

[Ryushikaze]

He's hispanic.

[hanawa]

Its not really a big deal. Whatever colour he is i can still jam my gaming hardware & get on with the game till the end.
Anyway i'd say black. I couldnt find the right word to appropiately describe him.

[Lachrymosa]

Y'know, I never actually thought about it before. But I'm going to say he looks more mulatto to me, although he could also be a light-skinned black man.

[d£v!l'$ ph0£n!x]

somewhere in between, i think "olive" is the best word

[cloud21zidane16]

i always saw him as in between white and halfcaste because his not really dark at all.

[daggertrepe]

I thought he was just some tan dude.

[CimminyCricket]

How is he not black? His voice, his obvious skin hew and I think someone in FF7 made a reference to him being black, although I haven't played the game in so long, I'm not sure at all.

[Tallulah]

Why does skin colour matter? Rude is Rude.

Honestly, I never even thought about it... :rolleyes2

[Mirage]

He's brown. A white guy would need a lot of tanning to keep a colour like that.

[TheSpoonyBard]

Rude doesn't shave his head; he's naturally bald. And Nomura considers Rude to be South American.[/ultimania omega]

[Mirage]

Where can I find south America in FF7? :(

[CimminyCricket]

Right next to the place you need to go to resurrect Aerith.

[Sword]

He looks Latin to me. I always though of him as just a tanned white guy.