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* '''White and Grey vs. Black:''' The core good guys don't do bad things, but there's other groups in the world who hate the villains just as much and are willing to do nasty things to them that the heroes don't have to.
* '''White/Grey and Black vs. Black:''' Basically, where the heroes are forced to team up with bad and not-so-good people to take down other bad people.
* '''White and Grey and Black vs. White and Grey and Black''': The situation is complicated. Some [[The Good,
* '''White and Grey vs. Grey and Black:''' When you want one side to be good guys yet still have moral ambiguity in both parts of the conflict. Naturally has a [[Morality Kitchen Sink]].
* '''White vs. Grey (and sometimes White) and Black:''' The villains are mixed in with people who aren't puppy-killing evil. Often leads to the dilemma that one must hurt the non-villains. Other [[The Good,
* '''[[Grey and Gray Morality|Grey vs. Grey]]:''' More [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism|cynical]] works tend to fall here. Revenge stories, such as [[Cycle of Revenge]] and [[Feuding Families]] often present such a conflict. Don't have to go Grey to get a well-developed character or anything, but it does make it easier. See also [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]] for a frequently grey conflict that doesn't have to be realistic. (Handled poorly, risks becoming [[A Lighter Shade of Gray]].)
** '''[[A Lighter Shade of Grey]]''' happens when both sides are still morally ambiguous/neutral overall, but one is more good than the other.
** '''Grey vs. Grey and Black''': A subgroup of [[Grey and Gray Morality]]. Basically, both sides are handled with great moral ambiguity, but the enemy side is made clear by there being also some Black (eg: [[Complete Monster]]) individuals in place along with the [[Anti-Villain]], [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]], [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]], [[Knight Templar]], etc. Only recently put up and worth serious contemplation, especially in regards to the [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]].
* '''[[Black and Gray Morality|Grey vs. Black:]]''' The protagonists aren't the nicest guys in the world, and may even be out and out assholes, but we root for them because the people they fight are [[Complete Monster|even worse]]. Often present in [[Darker and Edgier]] works.
* '''[[Evil Versus Evil|Black vs. Black]]:''' [[Enemy Civil War]], [[Warhammer 40000]]. If handled poorly, tends to lead to [[Darkness
** '''[[A Lighter Shade of Black]]''' is an attempt to avert this by making one villain the clearly more sympathetic one.
* '''[[Blue and Orange Morality|Blue vs. Orange]]:''' A story where one of the sides is not so much good/evil/neutral as ''alien'' or just bizarre. May use [[Otherness Tropes]].
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