Land Without Color

The Land Without Color is a location featured on ABC's Once Upon a Time. It first appears in the fifth episode of the second season.

History
Asked by Rumplestiltskin, the Mad Hatter travels to this world to bring back Dr. Victor Frankenstein. However, Rumplestiltskin let the Evil Queen think it was her idea to bring him to the Enchanted Forest, in order to bring her lost true love Daniel back from the dead.

Actually, the doctor only goes to the Enchanted Forest to push the Evil Queen further towards darkness by pretending to fail to bring Daniel back. His agenda in that world is to obtain a heart that had been enhanced by being removed from a chest by magic.

Back in this world, the doctor is greeted by his assistant. With the final piece to his puzzle, Dr. Frankenstein is now able to revive his brother. He proclaims that this is not an act of magic, but an act of science.

Trivia

 * Everything originating in this world appears to be filtered in black-and-white, referencing the original Frankenstein movies. Objects and people from other worlds retain their original colors when brought into this world.
 * Victor Frankenstein is seen wearing green clothing and pink sunglasses when he enters the Enchanted Forest. This implies that objects from the Land Without Color have their own natural coloring that becomes apparent when they enter a different world.
 * Show writers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz stated in an interview that while writing the script they referred to Frankenstein’s world as “a land without color”.
 * Since we see the Frankenstein estate celebrating Christmas and Victor told Gerhardt "(his) cross to bear" when describing his military-metal, it can be assumed that Christianity or something extremely similar is present in this world.
 * Consistent with Christianity's apparent presence, Dr. Frankenstein's commission letter refers to Austria, more specifically Carinthia and its capital Klagenfurt. These facts imply that this world is a variation of the Land Without Magic, albeit somewhat earlier in the timeline.
 * Victor does not ask Rumpelstiltskin about his colorful appearance nor do he and Igor show any concern over spending gold-colored coins in a colorless world. This might mean that color is not completely unheard of in this world. It might also mean that inhabitants of this world cannot see color at all.
 * Rumplestiltskin states that there is magic in the land without color, in the form of witchcraft, but it is not as strong as the magic in the Enchanted Forest.
 * It can be assumed that there's a door in the Mad Hatter's hat.