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Dark Green: Has been used by genin of Kusagakure in the anime: Kazami, Muyami and Burami. Brown: Seen briefly in the ninth OVA, worn by a Kumokagure genin. Inoichi Yamanaka and the Gold and Silver Brothers also use purple. Purple: Has been used by those loyal to Otogakure and Hoshigakure. White: Though rarely seen, several Kumogakure ninja use it, as do the Four Celestial Symbols Men. Also used by Rock Lee and Might Guy and, after the timeskip, Sakura Haruno and Chōji Akimichi. Crimson: Common among ninja of Iwagakure. Some, such as Naruto Uzumaki, even switch from blue to black after the timeskip. Black: The second most common colour of forehead protectors. Many ninja keep this colour for the entirety of their ninja career. Navy Blue: The most common colour of forehead protectors. Konan's is not ordinarily visible she wears it underneath her cloak on her right hip. Yagura uses a undershirt in which the protector is in the middle. Chōjūrō uses it like a badge on his chest. Shikamaru Nara wears his on his upper left arm. Kakashi Hatake wears his as a makeshift eye-patch. Genma Shiranui wears his like a bandanna with the village symbol facing backwards. Despite being called a "forehead protector", it is not necessary for a ninja to wear it on their forehead or even on their head at all. The members of the Alliance wear this in place of their original forehead protector. Engraved with the kanji for shinobi, it symbolises that, whereas once each ninja fought for their villages separately, they now stand united under one banner for the same cause. Joint shinobi forehead protectors In preparation for the Fourth Shinobi World War, Mifune designs a new forehead protector to be worn by members of the Allied Shinobi Forces. Villagers of Amegakure aligned with Pain bear the same scratches across their forehead protectors, but remain loyal to the village it symbolises their victory during the civil war against Hanzō. Akatsuki members who retain their forehead protectors carve a long, horizontal scratch across the symbol, to show they have rescinded their allegiances and rejected their villages. Some missing-nin, such as Zabuza Momochi, do not stop wearing their forehead protector while others gives them up.