<p>According to the book 『アニメーションの基礎知識大百科』(<em>Encyclopedia of animation basics</em>) by Kamimura Sachiko, the Japanese term for this is 「色トレス」（<em>iro toresu</em>, meaning "colored trace", see p.99）. In some cases of <em>iro toresu</em> the borderline (trace) is given the same hue as the area it surrounds, making the borderline essentially invisible, and this is referred to as 「T.P同色」（T = trace, P = paint, and 同色 means "same color", see p.84）. The examples you gave fall under the opposite term 「T.P別色」, meaning that the trace and the paint have different colors.</p>

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<p>In <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/19815/No_Game_No_Life" rel="noreferrer">No Game No life</a>, the borders of the characters and man objects are red lines.  In <a href="https://myanimelist.net/anime/31404/Netoge_no_Yome_wa_Onnanoko_ja_Nai_to_Omotta" rel="noreferrer">Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta</a>, the borders of the characters and objects in the game world are blue.  Almost all other anime have black lines around the characters and objects.</p>

<p>What is this phenomenon called?</p>

<h2>No Game No Life:</h2>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/HAHiZ.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/HAHiZ.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<h2>Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta</h2>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/MWztI.jpg" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/MWztI.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

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2018-03-03T17:16:39.960Z
I'm guessing that it's just a stylistic choice and there's no specific name for it, but I'd be interested to know if there's actually an answer to this.
kuwaly
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2018-03-03T19:57:59.470Z
I was hoping for it being a named stylistic choice so I could look for more of it.  I think it's kind of cool.
YetAnotherRandomUser
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2018-03-04T07:04:44.043Z
I remember for Nagi no Asukara (A Lull in the Sea), they decided to have the sea kids/people drawn with blue outlines due to... being sea people. I believe I read it out of the art book included with the premium Blu-ray box (I'll have to double-check), but the art book just said "drawn with a blue outline" or something to that effect, although obviously that's how it was translated into English. I would be interested if there was a particular name for this, but a big part of me thinks there isn't.
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What is it called when anime is drawn with nonblack borders?
# What is it called when anime is drawn with nonblack borders?
Posted by: username_0 on 2018-03-03
In [No Game No life](https://myanimelist.net/anime/19815/No_Game_No_Life), the borders of the characters and man objects are red lines. In [Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta](https://myanimelist.net/anime/31404/Netoge_no_Yome_wa_Onnanoko_ja_Nai_to_Omotta), the borders of the characters and objects in the game world are blue. Almost all other anime have black lines around the characters and objects.

What is this phenomenon called?

## No Game No Life:

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/HAHiZ.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/HAHiZ.jpg)

## Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/MWztI.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/MWztI.jpg)
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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I'm guessing that it's just a stylistic choice and there's no specific name for it, but I'd be interested to know if there's actually an answer to this.  
> **username_0**: I was hoping for it being a named stylistic choice so I could look for more of it.  I think it's kind of cool.  
> **username_2**: I remember for Nagi no Asukara (A Lull in the Sea), they decided to have the sea kids/people drawn with blue outlines due to... being sea people. I believe I read it out of the art book included with the premium Blu-ray box (I'll have to double-check), but the art book just said "drawn with a blue outline" or something to that effect, although obviously that's how it was translated into English. I would be interested if there was a particular name for this, but a big part of me thinks there isn't.  
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### Answer by username_3 on 2018-04-05. Score: 2
According to the book 『アニメーションの基礎知識大百科』(*Encyclopedia of animation basics*) by Kamimura Sachiko, the Japanese term for this is 「色トレス」（*iro toresu*, meaning "colored trace", see p.99）. In some cases of *iro toresu* the borderline (trace) is given the same hue as the area it surrounds, making the borderline essentially invisible, and this is referred to as 「T.P同色」（T = trace, P = paint, and 同色 means "same color", see p.84）. The examples you gave fall under the opposite term 「T.P別色」, meaning that the trace and the paint have different colors.
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