History Main / InconsistentColoring

* The first issue of ''ComicBook/InvaderZim'' had [[HeroAntagonist Dib]]'s eyes slowly morph from brown (their color in [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim the show]]) to blue as the story went on. [[FourthWallObserver Recap Kid]] actually {{Lampshades}} it in the second issue.

* Takua of ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' started out as a customizable, nameless character in the 2001 ''[[VideoGame/{{Bionicle}} Quest for the Toa]]'' UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance game, though his official colors were grey for his body, yellow for his arms, red for his feet and bright blue for his mask. His joke {{cameo}} in the Toys/{{LEGO}} web game ''Backlot'' changed his torso to yellow and his mask to dark blue. In the ''Mata Nui Online Game'' and the web episodes, his mask went back to bright blue and his upper body and feet swapped colors. His 2003 toy changed his feet to dark blue but this time there was an in-story reason: he had rebuilt himself. The ''Mask of Light'' film turned his mask dark blue with red highlights, though on certain promos and the DVD extras he (and some other characters) had black feet. Finally, his exclusive 2023 toy went back to the ''MNOG'' colors with a bright blue mask, red body and arms and yellow feet.

** [[WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh Tigger's]] nose is usually colored black instead of pink in his meet-and-greet costume form.
** The stripes on [[WesternAnimation/WinnieThePooh Piglet's]] jumper are usually pink and white instead of all pink.

* In the ''Animation/SimpleSamosa'' episode "Carnival Chaos", the pink-colored Sher Singh, who runs the carnival, appears in yellow a couple of times with no explanation.

* ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog'':

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'': Sebastian's sclerae are colored white in the film, but they're yellow in all print media.

** News reporter Perch Perkins is either orange or purple. He's a CanonImmigrant from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' -- there, he was purple, but on the show, he's orange. WordOfGod by executive producer Vincent Waller says that they couldn't use the orange color because of rights restrictions with Paramount, who produced the movie. Things got further complicated with ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', where Perch is colored purple again. After that, he switches from orange and purple between individual episodes (such as in season 12, where he's purple in "Dirty Bubble Returns" but orange in "Lighthouse Louie" and "Hiccup Plague"). Averted on ''WesternAnimation/ThePatrickStarShow'' and ''WesternAnimation/KampKoral'', where Perch is always colored orange.

** In WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse's first color film, 1932's ''Parade of the Award Nominees'', his shorts were colored green rather than red. A few early color shorts gave him beige gloves as well.

** In the shorts, Pluto's nemesis [[BullyBulldog Butch]] is grey with a darker grey muzzle and white belly, but in ''WesternAnimation/MickeyMouseClubhouse'', he's brown with a tan colored muzzle and belly.

* ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'': In ''WesternAnimation/DaffyDuckAndEgghead'', the ring around Daffy's neck is blue instead of white. Then again, it was his first color cartoon and it could have been an early design choice.

* Strip "The King" Weathers from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' normally has brown eyes, but when [[spoiler:Chick Hicks crashes him]] at the end of the film, they somehow turn blue. They revert back to brown after [[spoiler:he is helped by Lightning [=McQueen=] into reaching the finish line]].

* Triumph, in DC's ''Trinity'' miniseries, was drawn with at least four different hair colors... and they weren't similar. He started out blue, popped up with red and brown, and finally ended back where belonged at blonde.

* The cover of ''ComicBook/TheBeano Book 1965'' shows Minnie the Minx and Little Plum blowing up a Biffo balloon. Minnie's jersey is red and ''yellow'' hoops, rather than the red and black the character is now associated with. But at the time, she'd have mostly been appearing in black and white or duotone, so the colour of the hoops was somewhat up for grabs.

* ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'': Rumble and Frenzy, the two [[TechnologyMarchesOn Cassetteicons]] who turn into robots were red and blue, respectively, in the original toys. However, the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers animated]] versions were blue and red. Since then, they've been alternating back and forth for the past thirty years or so.

* In one episode of The Charlie Brown And Snoopy Show, Linus' blanket is colored green instead of light blue. HandWaved by a voice-over of Lucy saying that "My brother's got a stupid new blanket."

** The fish known as Fred usually murky green, but he sometimes appears light blue.
** The fish known as Tom is usually green, but was colored turquoise in "Patty Hype".

* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark:'' On the rare occasion when [[DeadpanSnarker Craig]] is hatless, he usually has black hair. In "The Losing Edge" and ''VideoGame/SouthParkTheStickOfTruth,'' it's brown.

* Takua of ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' started out as a customizable, nameless character in the 2001 ''[[VideoGame/{{Bionicle}} Quest for the Toa]]'' UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance game, though his official colors were grey for his body, yellow for his arms, red for his feet and bright blue for his mask. His joke {{cameo}} in the Toys/{{LEGO}} web game ''Backlot'' changed his torso to yellow and his mask to dark blue. In the ''Mata Nui Online Game'' and followingthe web episodes, his mask went back to bright blue and his upper body and feet swapped colors. His 2003 toy changed his feet to dark blue but this time there was an in-story reason, he had rebuilt himself. The ''Mask of Light'' film turned his mask dark blue with red highlights, though on certain promos and the DVD extras he (and some other characters) had black feet. Finally, his exclusive 2023 toy went back to the ''MNOG'' colors with a bright blue mask, red body and arms and yellow feet.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Roger's blood is never a consistent color. It alternates between red, purple, green, blue and even yellow. It's possible that Roger can alter the color of his blood, since it's usually shown as red when he's wearing a disguise (thus helping him appear human) and purple when he's naked.

* On ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'', D.W.'s pantyhose are light pink, but they are white in promotional images for the show, and are occasionally miscolored white in the show itself. This may be because [[AdaptationDyeJob in the books the cartoon series is based on]], her pantyhose actually ''were'' white with pink stripes.

* ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDad'': Roger's blood is never a consistent color. It alternates between red, purple, green, blue and even yellow.

* Triela from ''Manga/GunslingerGirl'' is a DarkSkinnedBlonde however her skin tone is shaded in different ways. Early chapters often made her as light as the white characters, however later ones tend to shade her darker.

** Ursula's [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation skin colour]] is lavender purple (with a greyish hue) in the original movie. In promotional material and later portrayals (as in '' WesternAnimation/MickeysHouseOfVillains'' and ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheAnimatedSeries''), it appears brighter and closer to fuchsia. Conversely, her model skin in ''Videogame/KingdomHearts'' goes the opposite direction with a dark-purple hue.

* While Tim Drake's eyes are canonically blue in his early appearances, including the entirety of the ''ComicBook/Robin1993 80-Page Giant'', he was occasionally given brown eyes by artists before his appearance was settled.

** Ursula's [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation skin colour]] is lavender purple (with a greyish hue) in the original movie. In promotional material and later portrayals (as in '' WesternAnimation/MickeysHouseOfVillains'' and ''WesternAnimation/HerculesTheSeries''), it appears brighter and closer to fuchsia. Conversely, her model skin in ''Videogame/KingdomHearts'' goes the opposite direction with a dark-purple hue.