Dahlia
Dahlia noun - Any of several plants of or developed from the species Dahlia pinnata having tuberous roots and showy rayed variously colored flower heads; native to the mountains of Mexico and Central America and Colombia.
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While not an unusual feature, Dahlia Hawthorne's red hair is the only difference between her and her good-natured twin sister Iris.
Source: Red Right Hand - James Ellroy seems to love this trope; the two detectives at the center of his The Black Dahlia are even referred to explicitly as Mr Fire (red) and Mr Ice (Blue).
Source: Red Oni Blue Oni / Film -
Inverted in Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney where it's the brunette twin Iris who's the benevolent one and the red-haired Dahlia who's a total Bitch in Sheep's Clothing.
Source: Evil Brunette Twin
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Red and Dahlia. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dahlia/red
Dahlia & Red. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dahlia/red>.
Red or Dahlia. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dahlia/red.
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