Noir Explained

Noir (or noire) is the French word for black. It may also refer to:

Places

• Noire River (Ottawa River tributary), in the Outaouais region of Quebec
• Noire River, a tributary of the Yamaska River in Eastern Townships area, Quebec

People

• Noir (surname)

Arts, entertainment, and media

Genres

• Film noir, a film genre
• Folk noir, a music genre
• Noir fiction, a literary genre closely related to hardboiled genre
• Nordic noir, noir fiction, TV series, and films set in the Nordic countries
• Rural noir (fiction), also known as outback noir in Australia, novels with crimes set in rural locations
• Rural noir (film), also known as outback noir in Australia, films and TV series with crimes set in rural locations

Games

• Discworld Noir, a 1999 video game by GT Interactive
• , a 1996 video game by Cyberdreams

Music

Groups and labels

• Noir (band), a South Korean boy band which debuted in 2018
• Noir, a poetic/techno music duo comprising Georg Kajanus and Tim Dry

Albums

• Noir (Callisto album), 2006
• Noir (William Control album), 2010
• Noir (BSBD album), 2011
• Noir (B.A.P album), 2016
• Noir (Smino album), 2018

Songs

• "Noir" (song), released by Sunmi in 2019

Fictional characters

• Noir, alias of Ray Balzac Courland in Gorgeous Carat manga
• Noir, a character in the video game (2002)
• Noire, a character in the video game Fire Emblem: Awakening (2012)
• Noire, a character in the video game Hyperdimension Neptunia
• Cat Noir, the superhero identity of Adrien Agreste in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir
• Guy Noir, a fictional private detective in A Prairie Home Companion radio show
• Jack Noir, a character in the webcomic Homestuck
• Madame Noir, a character in the Ressha Sentai ToQger
• Spider-Man Noir, a Marvel comic book character
• Vince Noir, a fictional character in the BBC television comedy The Mighty Boosh
• Noir (ノワール), the main antagonist in the anime series Kirakira PreCure a la Mode
• Noir Stardia, the main protagonist in the anime series The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter
• Noir, codename of Haru Okumura in the role-playing game Persona 5
• Black Noir, a character in the comic and TV series The Boys

Films, television, and literature

• Noir (film), a 2015 Canadian film
• Noir (novel), a 1998 novel by K. W. Jeter
• Noir (TV series), a 2001 Japanese anime television series about a pair of female assassins
• , a 2009 black-and-white crime comics anthology
• Spider-Noir, an upcoming TV series based on the Marvel character

Other uses

• Noir (fashion), a Danish luxury fashion brand
• Notice of Intent to Revoke (NOIR), a notice by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
• Bugatti La Voiture Noire: Bugatti Chiron mid-engine two-seater sports car