History Main / AdaptationDyeJob

* ''Fanfic/HowFriendshipAccidentallySavedMagicalBritain'': Because he rebuilds himself with bits of the Weasley twins' souls, the body that Tom Riddle winds up with upon exiting the Diary Horcrux has reddish copper-colored hair instead of his canonical dark hair, and skin that freckles easily, making him look very much like a Prewett, Molly Weasley's family. Even his features are slightly altered, such that he legitimately passes for a relative of Molly's, which has the secondary effect of keeping anyone who knew him back in the 1940s, Dumbledore included, from ever figuring out who he actually is. Tom is aghast that he is not only ginger now, but has ''freckles''.

* ''Fanfic/MyHeroPlaythrough'': Harley Quinn's hair is naturally red on the right half and blue on the left half. She used to dye it blonde, before she became a Villain.

* ''Fanfic/SodorsLegendOfTheLostTreasureBadEnding'': [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Henry the Green Engine]] has been repainted blue in honour of the now-deceased Thomas and Gordon. It's the second time he's been blue, as the period in the early part of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB1TheThreeRailwayEngines in]] [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB2ThomasTheTankEngine which]] [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB3JamesTheRedEngine he]] [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB4TankEngineThomasAgain was blue]] remains canon here.

* In the VideoGame/{{Undertale}}[=/=]VideoGame/CrashBandicoot {{Crossover}} WebVideo/{{Banditale}}:

* In ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' canon, Penny's hair was orange. In ''Fanfic/BlazBlueAlternativeRemnant'', thanks to her being [[spoiler:a Murakumo unit]], her hair is actually blonde, though she dyes it orange as part of her disguise.

* In ''Fanfic/JonathanJoestarTheFirstJoJo'', Jonathan is described as having purple hair, much like his [[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle All Star Battle]] appearance rather than the [[VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureEyesOfHeaven game]]/[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood 2012 anime's]] blue.
* DependingOnTheArtist this occurs in ''WebComic/SonicTheComicOnline'', the fan-continuation of ''ComicBook/SonicTheComic''. Artists switch between the [=SegaSonic=] eye colors and the Fleetway colors. For example, whether Amy has green eyes or brown eyes depends on which they prefer. Sometimes they change colors within the same issue.
* This is rather unclear in the case of Soichiro in ''Webcomic/KillLaKillAU'', as, canon-wise he was usually seen in flashback, which are shown in a kind of [[MonochromePast sepia]], or in silhouette (as is the case of a childhood photo of Satsuki) so we normally haven't a clue what color his hair was, leading for it be guessed on. Here its shown as being kind of brownish. Likewise, this is somewhat the case with Rei, whose hair in canon is something of a lilac, not lavender, however, some of the comics vary as to what shade her hair color is.
* In ''Fanfic/CellarSecrets'', this is averted in the case of Shiro, Ryuuko, and Satsuki's hair colors, as they are as they are in canon, however, Nui's hair either a tawny-ish or something of a very light brown, instead of blonde as in canon, along with it being shorter. Likewise, Uzu's hair is ''dyed'' green but his natural hair color is a dark brown, Nonon's hair is a darkened auburn, instead of pink, Houka's hair is onyx, and Rei's hair was dark gray (almost black).
* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'':
** It is extremely common in fanart to give Sora a very deep tan (freckles optional) versus his usual peachy tone; it's usually handwaved by him living in a tropical island. It also creates an interesting gradient between his other two friends (Kairi's medium tone and Riku's pale tone) and possibly makes it a bit easier for amateur artists to distinguish him more easily from the various other Sora-a-likes.
** Likewise, giving Terra brown eyes as opposed to his canon blue. Many fics with Terra also depict him with white streaks in his hair and/or amber eyes as a remnant of being possessed by Xehanort (in canon, his hair and eyes turn white and amber respectively while possessed, but go back to their natural colors after he is freed).
* In Fanfic/MarvelInfinites, Franklin Richards now has brown hair rather than the blond hair he has in the comics.
* ''Fanfic/TheMarvelousWorldOfDC''

* ''Fanfic/Earth27'' sees [[Series/{{Smallville}} Chloe Sullivan]] go from blonde to black to distance her from her original actress Creator/AllisonMack after Mack's involvement in the sex cult, NXIVM, came to light.

* In ''Fanfic/MyHeroPlaythrough'' Harley Quinn's hair is naturally red on the right half and blue on the left half. She used to dye it blonde, before she became a Villain.

* In ''[[Fanfic/StarWarsVsWarhammer40K Star Wars vs Warhammer 40K]]'', Obi-Wan is described as being blonde-haired when his hair is auburn in both Canon and [[Franchise/StarWarsLegends Legends]].

* [[WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends Henry the Green Engine]] in ''Fanfic/SodorsLegendOfTheLostTreasureBadEnding'' has been repainted blue in honour of the now-deceased Thomas and Gordon. It's the second time he's been blue, as the period in the early part of ''Literature/TheRailwaySeries'' [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB1TheThreeRailwayEngines in]] [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB2ThomasTheTankEngine which]] [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB3JamesTheRedEngine he]] [[Recap/TheRailwaySeriesB4TankEngineThomasAgain was blue]] remains canon here.
** Also in the same AU, Rosie remains painted lavender, so far. In canon she was lavender at first, but by the time of Season 21 and ''WesternAnimation/JourneyBeyondSodor'', she's been repainted red.
** Spencer is a downplayed example. His livery remains silver, but he now has yellow N.W.R lettering on his tender.
* ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'': In almost all fanart of Yusei, he is depicted as having a noticeably darker skin tone that he does in the anime proper, though he is rarely subject to a RaceLift. It should be noted that Yusei in canon already has a slightly darker skin tone than the cast's average (excluding actually POC characters like the African-coded Martha or the indigenous South American Bommer).

* ''Webcomic/TheWinxClubPlaysDungeonsAndDragons'': Aisha's fairy outfit is two-colored (blue top and green pants) instead of the all-green or all-blue ones that she wears in canon. This helps her be differentiated from Bloom (blue) and Roxy (green).

** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' gives Ariel's sisters different eye colors in the prequel ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIIArielsBeginning''. In the original film they all have blue eyes like Ariel's, but in the prequel Alana's eyes are blue-violet, Arista's are turquoise, Attina's, Adella's, and Andrina's are different shades of green, and Aquata's are brown.

* The title character of ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'' is traditionally depicted as a red-head, just as in the [[ComicStrip/{{Annie}} original comic strips]]. The [[RaceLift race-lifted]] Annies from ''Film/Annie2014'' and ''Annie Live!'' made the character dark-haired, and while keeping the signature curly style so that curly hair became her defining feature.