Why is Scar's mane black but yet Simba's and Mufasa's is red>

Because Ahaidi, Scar's father, also had a black mane. Scar inherited it. Mufasa has a red mane because he probably inherited it from his grandfather, Mohatu. Also, Disney thought giving Scar a black mane made him look more evil than a lighter one, although this is understandable, Disney made a mistake there, as in a lion pride, a dark mane is healthier than a paler one. Therefor Scar would have been king, but who cares XD

to make scar seem like more of an evil character to make it obvious to a young audience

Because Scar's and Mufasa's father,Ahadi,had a black mane but a golden fur,and Scar's and Mufasa's mother,Uru,had a dark fur,just like Scars.She had ,,Outlanders nose"too.That's what makes Scar's colors to be like that:Ahadi's black mane and Uru's dark,outlanderish appearance and colors.

When they were first writing the movie, Scar was never going to related to Mufasa. He was going to be a rouge lion. They changed this, obviously, but kept the drawings. So instead they said that Mufasa's and Scar's father had black mane (in the story books). Genetically then it would be possible to have one son with black mane and the other with red.

Because Mufasa's and Scars father, Ahadi, had a dark mane...

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Yeah I too think it was firstly because Scar had to look obviously evil but in practical explanation I always took it obvious as well that his and Mufasa's father or someone else in the blood line had a dark mane too.

Mane color is just like eye colour or any other looks feature that is inherited generation to generation, more or less randomly.

I read somewhere that Scar was originally not going to be related to Mufasa, but they got the idea of them being brothers a while into preproduction, to make the storyline more intense. Unfortunately, I can't remember where I heard that from, so I can't confirm if it's from a reliable source. But if it is, that might be why they look so different; their character designs may have been finalized before it was decided that they'd be brothers.

Like I said, I don't know if this information is true, but if it is then that's my theory for now.

Of course, a biological reason could simply be because of how their parents looked, for all we know. Maybe Mufasa mostly took after one parent while Scar mostly took after the other. For example, their dad may have had a brown/red mane and their mother might have been an orange lioness whose father had a black mane. That'd be biologically possible.

Also, is it ever mentioned that they both had the same parents? I don't recall. Maybe they were only half brothers, for all we know.

Scar's Black Mane represents the darkness in Scar's soul whereas the color Red represents the goodness or light that Mufasa and Simba have shown.

I think its to make him,you know,more Evil.

beacause due to science and nature the elder lions are supposed to have the black mane and the youngest red,brown,or orange,but due to the cartoon they wanted to make scar(taka)look more evil!so they agreed to make his mane dark and another meaning the name taka means dirt so they made him dark!
and here is a couple of vidieos for scars story and the meaning!

Because Scar is jealous and Simba is not jealus and his fathet is not jealous

I'm assuming because the film makers wanted Scar to look evil so they figured a black mane is the best choice.

Because Taka/Scar has Ahadi's mane and Mufasa has Uru's Redish mane

I can tell you why.

A darker mane would obviously point out to a young audience that Scar is the main villian. It was created alongside his Scar to make him look more evil and scary . it's has another purpose as well. To represent the darkness in Scar's soul. Kovu's mane doesn't count because Kovu has brown mane. Not black. Also the reason why Scar's mane is black and Mufasa's is red is because originally Scar wasn't going to be related to Mufasa. Yet during pre production the filmmakers
decided that it would make a better storyline if Scar was related to Mufasa. Also fun fact: Disney's lion king series are based on Shakespearean plays. Lion king/Hamlet and Lion king 2 simba's pride/ Romeo and Juliet.

lion king Six new adventures is fan fiction series created by Alex Simmons. Who is an outsider of Disney. Alex claimed that the books took place between the events of the lion king and the lion king 2 simba's pride. Yet the Lion guard renders Kion the second child of Simba and Nala. Kiara is also confirmed to be fluffy and the firstborn of Simba and Nala. Rendering this statement untrue. Kiara and Kion are Disney made. Kopa, Ahadi, Uru and others are not. Making them unofficial. Also Uru doesn't have a mane. She's a lioness. You may be referring to tail tip or fur tone. Scar and Mufasa have no official parents until further notice.

Scar's mane is black because he is more powerful and because when he kills Mufasa he becomes king.In real life its said that the darker a lion's mane is,the more power he has.It is not true that Scar's mane color makes him an evil lion.People are just misunderstanding him to be evil because he has a black mane.

Maybe in the earlier generation one of them was dark brown so that is probably how Scar got that color.

I never saw the whole thing but wasn't one of the cubs in the second LK movie his coloring, or had some kind of relation to him??
Though you don't usually see a lion with a black mane, they do vary in shades between prides. This happens a lot in the REAL animal kingdom, usually a trait passed down through the males, same way some Siberian Tigers turn out white while others in the same litter come out orange.

Because Simba and Mufasa are good and Scar is evil

Because he's the villian and has to be more "dark" you know xD
But in fact, in real life, the more dark the mane of the male lion is, the more strong it is xD

In real life some male lions are born with black
manes

maybe because scars an outlander well born to be one and simba and mufasa r prideland lions

Frankly, I think it's just to make him look scarier. I mean really, this IS disney. It's not going to be totally logical.

Mufasa and Scar's whose real name was actually Taka both were sons of Ahadi and Uru. Ahadi was a large lion with more of the colorings as Mufasa. The lioness Uru however was more colored like Scar. So that is why they look so different but are still brothers.

Uru,Scar and mufasa's mothers fur was dark like scar.And Ahadi,mufasa and scar's fathers fur was yellow-ish and his mane was black
But it was also to give scar an evil look

Because Scar's the bad guy.

So that he looks more evil
the other villian lions also were darker colored

Because Disney is rascist

to make scar more menacing.

because scar is evil and so they made it black and Simba and Mufasa's r red because they r good
or scar is older and Mufasa is younger

to make scar more evil and because black is a evil colour and evan though mufasa and scar are brothers it shows who has good intenshions and who dose not also scar take the mane colour off his dad and mufasa well its like you can have 2 brown hair people that have a blond kid so i think mufasa was just born like it

Idk

Scar wouldn't look much like a vilin without a black main

I think when Disney made the characters for the "Lion King" I guess they also planned out their personalities and so they gave Scar a black mane because in the Lion King movies he has a dark soul. Mufasa was a very kind and respectful lion and so his red like mane means he is a all of those great features.

because scar was born to be bad so he has black mane,his and mufasa's gandfather mohati had black mane and scar inherited it from his grandfather

Well, I think that Scar has a black mane, so that it would make sense in the later movies because Nuka also has a black mane. This feature shows that they are related.

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I'm guessin because they r tryin to show that he is evil

Yeah, Scar and Mufasa's father had a black mane and a golden body and their mother, Uru had a red tail tip and dark fur. So Scar has his father's mane and mother's pelt. Mufasa has father's pelt and mothers hair color. But, I guess being the darker colored brother made Scar look more evil too.

Scar's color seems to make him look evil. Scar's colors were a black mane, a brownish, reddish and orangish fur plus green eyes. But then, Kovu had his colors as a dark brown mane, and a brown fur and green eyes. Then Scar's outland nose. But even though they are different, they still look the same. I guess, to show that Scar is on the bad side.

Scars mane is black because of Ahadi, his father, had a black mane and Uru was a brown lioness so that concluded why he is a brown lion with a black mane

his mother Uru had a black tail so if she was a male she would have a black mane and his father Ahadi had a red black mane but the same fur as Simba

Scar as a black mane because his dad Ahadi had a black mane and looked a lot like scare did and Mufasa some how developed a orange mane so it is a genetic thing really.

Mufasa and scars father, Ahadi, had a long, black mane. Mufasa and scars mother uru, was like scars coulor but had more of the facial features as mufasa. Ahadi had the same facial features as scar. Why mufasa and scars noses and manes are different, was most likely because the two cubs had more genes in them from one of their parents.

His Father Ahadi has a black mane that's why scar have too.Mufasa and Scar's grandfather has red

because scars mother was outlander or his father was and the one who was the outlander had black hair, and mufasa's mother and father were both pridelander? and simba has red hair because his mixture with his father and mother sarabi and mufasa

the answer is the father i suppose in the lion king six new adventures book as fare as scar being a different color that comes from his mother

Because Ahadi, Scar's father had black hair. Because Uru, his mother had brown fur, it can be inferred that if Uru was male, she'd have a red mane. I even made a punnett square for this.

All lion cubs get their looks from their parents. Mufasa and Scar's parents were Ahadi and Uru. Scar got his colour from Uru, and black men from Ahadi. Mufasa got his colour from Ahadi, and to make him good looking, his creators made his mane red, or, Uru's mane(if she was a male) must be red, and Simba got his red manes from Mufasa.

Mohatu had a red mane so mufasa gets it and passed it down to his son and scars mane is black because of ahadi.

The darker the mane is on the lion
The stronger the lion is. So when a lion
gets strong it grows black hair/fur to show
other lions "Don't mess with me or you'll
get hurt"

Disney is meant for a minor audience, so to make it obvious to them, Scar has a dark mane to verify he is evil.But, Mufasa has a lighter mane verifying he's a protagonist, while it is genetically unlikely for the recessive gene to take place instead of the dominant gene. Mufasa and Scar's parents had dark manes, leaving a mysterious recessive gene to take over. But it wouldn't matter anyway, because Disney, along with Nickelodean and Cartoon Network, aren't usually quite accurate.

I really want to that Scar resembles an Asiatic lion because his mane is darker, smaller, and what l've researched his pride is slightly smaller. Also though he is usually on his own and his pride is mostly female. So it seems that Scar is an Asiatic lion, but it makes sense that Disney wanted him to seem more evil like.

I'am seeing a lot about the mane color instead of his back-story, it's back-story people!
(Black=good|Red=chaos)

It makes him look more evil. Is what I always thought

You guys are going way to into this lol it's just a kids movie they didnt care much about being accurate on real life lions . I'm pretty sure they just wanted scar to look the "evil" part and dark color seems more evil. Geez people .

because, the darker the mane of a lion, the more trauma the lion has experienced. the lionesses prefer darker maned males because they have survived through that trauma, therefor being stronger. scar has that scar over his eye, so his mane grew darker. he may have excperianced more, non visible trauma along the way.

maybe uru's mom or dad's hair was red

I think its because scar has his fathers mane but Mufasa have his fathers skin color and mufasas red mane is from his grandfather or maybe if uru was a male she would have red mane and scar have urus skincolor kind of.

Because Scar was originally going to be unrelated to Mufasa and he was going to be a rouge lion, but they changed Scar from him being a rouge to him being Mufasa's brother.

My theory of why Scar has a black mane is because his mother had a black tail.

Because scar and mufasa's father has a black mane

Because Mufasa and Scar's Dad, Ahadi Had Gold Fur and a Red Mane and Mufasa and Scar's Mom, Uru Had Orange Fur and a Black Tail.

black lions in real life are a symbol of strength, but not all lions have them.