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11	->'''Kurz:''' What's up with her hair color?\
12	'''Kalinin:''' Since when is black hair out of the ordinary? Especially for Japanese people?\
13	'''Kurz:''' Uh, you mean ''blue'' hair?\
14	'''Kalinin:''' No, I mean ''black'' hair! See? It says here right in the book!
15	-->-- ''Literature/FullMetalPanic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V0lx9XtgKo The Abridged Series]]''
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17	So you've just watched TheFilmOfTheBook of your favorite series. And it was good. There was one detail, however, that they missed. The main character's hair, blond in the original, was brown, and the wacky sidekick's hair was a darker shade of yellow than usual. His eyes went from blue to brown. And why was the villain's jacket orange?
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19	At least that's the most common version of this trope. For some reason as a work moves from one medium to another, characters' hair and eye colors will be changed, costumes will be toned down, color schemes will be swapped about or adjusted. While occasionally there may be a {{justifi\|edTrope}}cation for this (as may be the case for works which were originally in Black and White or monochromatic), more often than not it is just a [[ExecutiveMeddling random change]] made as a work is adapted.
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21	One particularly common adaptation dye job for costumes is that more often than not, in a movie adaptation, [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack everyone now wears black]]. (This is mainly due to RuleOfCool and black just looking good on camera.) Conversely, in animated adaptations, colors are often brightened, diversified, or flattened, to make things easier on the character artists and for maximum visual clarity on a small screen.
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23	It is unclear why matters of color are one of the things executives target first, but it can cause problems down the line if any of the original color choices had symbolic meaning.
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25	This is usually excused in the case of {{Legacy Character}}s. Usually. It's also generally justified when casting for a live-action version of a work, as most casting directors favor, you know... [[AbilityOverAppearance acting ability over resemblance to the original character]]. And as shown in the examples, [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack live-action also has different aesthetic considerations to animation, meaning different choices must be made for things to look good.]] But some fans bring it up regardless.
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27	Can be related to RaceLift, if the skin color changed with the hair. Though the visual effect can be similar, this is not related to PaletteSwap. If the character's entire hairstyle was changed instead of -- or in addition to -- the color, see AdaptationalHairstyleChange.
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29	DyeingForYourArt can {{avert\|edTrope}} this, though it won't always. See also HairColorDissonance, EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference, InconsistentColoring, SuddenlyBlonde, and SuddenEyeColour.
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31	!!Example subpages:
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33	[[index]]
34	* AdaptationDyeJob/AnimeAndManga
35	** ''AdaptationDyeJob/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''
36	** ''AdaptationDyeJob/JoJosBizarreAdventure''
37	* AdaptationDyeJob/ComicBooks
38	** AdaptationDyeJob/TheDCU
39	** AdaptationDyeJob/MarvelUniverse
40	* AdaptationDyeJob/{{Literature}}
41	** ''AdaptationDyeJob/HarryPotter''
42	** ''AdaptationDyeJob/ASongOfIceAndFire'' (''Series/GameOfThrones'' and ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon'')
43	* AdaptationDyeJob/VideoGames
44	[[/index]]
45
46	!!Other examples (sorted by the original media)
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49	[[folder:Card Games]]
50	* In the ''TabletopGame/MagiNation'' game (video and card), KidHero Tony Jones was a blond. In the cartoon show, he inexplicably went black-haired.
51	[[/folder]]
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53	[[folder:Comic Strips]]
54	* In ''ComicStrip/ThePhantom'', Diana Palmer has black hair. In [[Film/ThePhantom1996 the 1996 movie]] it's a light brown, possibly as a point of difference from the raven-haired DarkActionGirl Sala.
55	[[/folder]]
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57	[[folder:Fan Works]]
58	* ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fanfiction:
59	** 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.
60	** 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).
61	* ''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).
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63	* ''Fanfic/{{Abraxas\|Hrodvitnon}}'' and associated materials (Franchise/MonsterVerse): [[Characters/AbraxasHrodvitnonTitansAndOtherCreatures Mechagodzilla]] emits [[PurpleIsPowerful purple light]] and has a purple {{breath weapon}}, instead of [[RedIsViolent crimson]].
64	* ''WebVideo/{{Banditale}}'' (''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'' & ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' {{crossover}}):
65	** Grimly from ''VideoGame/CrashMindOverMutant'' is blue and has two arms. The Grimly made by Dr. Neo Cortex in Banditale is purple, wears a red cape, and has six arms, four purple and two red.
66	** Evil Crash from ''VideoGame/CrashTwinsanity'' has white sclerae and black pupils. Here (known as Nega), he has black sclerae and red pupils.
67	* ''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.
68	* ''WebVideo/FixingRWBY'': Li'l Miss Malachite's hair is changed from blonde to black with turquoise, similar to her daughters the Malachite twins' hair colors after they were introduced much earlier than Li'l Miss in both canon and the ''Fixing'' rewrite.
69	* ''Fanfic/HowFriendshipAccidentallySavedMagicalBritain'' (''Franchise/HarryPotter''): 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''.
70	* ''Webcomic/KillLaKillAU'': This is rather unclear in the case of Soichiro, 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.
71	* ''Fanfic/MarvelInfinites'': Franklin Richards now has brown hair rather than the blond hair he has in the comics.
72	* ''Fanfic/TheMarvelousWorldOfDC'':
73	** Queen Hippolyta is blonde, instead of black-haired like her daughter Diana. Just like in the Silver Age and the Franchise/DCAnimatedUniverse.
74	** Hellboy has brown eyes instead of the SupernaturalGoldEyes he has in the comics. And in Anung Un Rama mode, they go red and he gains two more of them, like his father Trigon.
75	* ''Fanfic/MyHeroPlaythrough'' (''Webcomic/TheGamer'' & ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' crossover): 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.
76	* ''[[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]].
77	* ''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.
78	** 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.
79	** Spencer is a downplayed example. His livery remains silver, but he now has yellow N.W.R lettering on his tender.
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82	* 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.
83	* 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.
84	* 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.
85	* 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).
86	* In ''Fanfic/NeitherABirdNorAPlaneItsDeku'', Izuku goes from having green hair to black hair due to being Kryptonian in this story. His eyes also go from green to dark brown.
87	* Rokuna, an imported character from ''Anime/MonColleKnights'', had her hair not only significantly lengthened for a beehive but also changed from green to brown for the ''Manga/LuckyStar'' fanfic ''{{FanFic/Starbound}}''.
88	* ''Fanfic/PokemonCrossing'': In the original VideoGame/AnimalCrossing, lazy villager Beau has bright blue eyes. Here, he has dull grey eyes.
89	* In ''Fanfic/LegendOfTheMonkeyGod'', Goku's tail is red rather than brown, as is his fur in Oozaru form. Similarly, Goku's ki is red rather than blue.
90	* In ''Fanfic/EvaSessionsSomeplaceVastAndDry'', Kaworu Nagisa's hair is blue instead of the canonical silver grey. [[spoiler: Justified in that he was created by SEELE using Lilithian cell samples stolen from NERV during the [[FalseFlagOperation Golden Army terrorist incident]].]]
91	* ''Fanfic/NotTheIntendedUseZantetsukenReverse'': The Suou family (Tatsuya, Katsuya and Kazuya) are said to be redheads, even though in the original material it's auburn. It's generally lamphshaded as StrongFamilyResemblance, as red hair in Japan is extremely unusual.
92	* In ''Fanfic/TokimekiPokeLiveAndTwinbee'', [[VideoGame/LoveLiveSchoolIdolFestivalAllStars Rina Tennoji]] has pink colored eyes that [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow match up with her hair color]] rather than the [[spoiler:yellowish tan colored eyes that her canon counterpart has]].
93	* In ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10318541/5/Code-AEON Code AEON]]'', [[Anime/CodeGeass Kallen's]] hair is naturally brown. She dyed it to match her father's red hair at her brother's word. WordOfGod explained the change was made since they found Kallen's redhair [[ImplausibleHairColor implausible for a half-Asian Girl]]. They also confirmed that Cornelia and Euphemia wouldn't have been born with purple and pink hair in this story.
94	* ''Webcomic/TheWinxClubPlayDungeonsAndDragons'': Layla'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 (light blue) and Roxy (green).
95	[[/folder]]
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97	[[folder:Films — Animation]]
98	* ''WesternAnimation/TheAmazingMaurice'' has a rare feline example- the titular Maurice is changed to a ginger from his depiction in [[Literature/TheAmazingMauriceAndHisEducatedRodents the original novel]] as a grey tabby.
99	* In ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6'', Honey Lemon is depicted with blond hair, while in ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6TheSeries'', she has orange-red hair.
100	* Cinderella was a strawberry-blonde in [[WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}} the animated Disney film]], but is made a much lighter shade of blonde in ''Film/Cinderella2015''. Lady Tremaine had grey hair but now has red hair. Anastasia's red hair is darkened to auburn and Drizella's dark hair is lightened to red. The Duke, black-haired in the animated film, has a bright orange mustache here. Likewise, since the FairyGodmother is younger, she now has blonde hair instead of white.
101	* Later Disney films change the characters' hair/eye color for either the marketing or film sequels:
102	** ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'' gives Ariel's sisters different eye colors in the prequel ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidArielsBeginning''. 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.
103	** ''WesternAnimation/{{Cinderella}}'' originally had something like a strawberry blonde/red hair color going on, but the merchandise sells Cinderella dolls with clean blonde hair.
104	** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Hunchback of Notre Dame\|Disney}}'' has a small detail changed about Esmeralda's eyes. Her name is Spanish for "emerald", which reflects her eye color. However, [[WesternAnimation/TheHunchbackOfNotreDameII the sequel]] depicts her with ''blue'' eyes.
105	** ''WesternAnimation/{{The Lion King\|1994}}'' definitely had something weird going on with Nala in the sequels. Her original eye color was teal, but she has blue eyes in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingIISimbasPride Simba's Pride]]'', green eyes in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKingOneAndAHalf 1 1/2]]'', and blue again in ''WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard''. Kiara had a similar issue. Her eyes were teal like Nala's at the end of ''TLK'', but were changed to red like Simba's in ''Simba's Pride''. (Though {{fanon}} believes them to be two different cubs).
106	** Even though Rapunzel from ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'' is revealed to be a brunette towards the end of the film, all of the dolls (and almost all the licensed books) have her with long blonde hair. Granted, they tend to depict her the way she looks in the film ''before'' her hair reverted to its original color. Surprisingly enough, if you look closely in ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen\|2013}}'', you'll see what's supposedly Flynn and Rapunzel, and Rapunzel's hair is in its short brown rendition (likely because using the blonde hairstyle would make no sense). ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' has her with the signature blonde hair however there is an in-series reason for it, and it takes place before ''WesternAnimation/TangledEverAfter'' so it's a ForegoneConclusion she will be back to being brunette by the end.
107	* In [[Theatre/TheLittleMermaid the stage version]] of ''WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989'', Ariel's sisters often have their tail colors switched up, e.g. on the 2016-2017 tour, Alana (originally violet) was yellow, Aquata (originally blue) was orange, Arista (originally red) was blue, Adella (originally yellow) was indigo, Andrina (originally indigo) was red, and Atina (originally orange) was violet. In addition, all six mersisters, who were originally various shades of blonde and brunette, (usually) have their hair colors changed to match their tails.
108	* In ''WesternAnimation/MadMonsterParty'', Felix Flanken had brown hair and Francesca had red hair. The ComicBookAdaptation by Creator/DellComics instead made it so that both had black hair.
109	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'':
110	** The film's versions of the Franchise/SuperMarioBros have brown mustaches to go with their brown hair. In the ''Mario'' games, their mustaches were black.
111	** [[VideoGame/WreckingCrew Foreman Spike]] usually wears a yellow/khaki or purple outfit, which is changed to blue here.
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114	[[folder:Films — Live-Action]]
115	* ''Film/BeautyAndTheBeast2017'':
116	** Belle's hair is Creator/EmmaWatson's natural light golden brown instead of the darker chestnut brown of [[WesternAnimation/BeautyAndTheBeast the original animated]] Belle.
117	** Prince Adam has blonde hair instead of auburn hair from the original animated film.
118	** Mrs. Potts has younger-looking auburn hair in her human form instead of elderly-looking white hair, while her son Chip's human form is changed from blond to brunet.
119	** Lumiere, Cogsworth, and Plumette all wear white wigs in their human forms, while the animated versions displayed their own red, chestnut, or brown hair. In Cogsworth's case like most 18th Century men, at least wigs that were natural shades of brown or auburn while Lumiere had natural ginger hair as Plumette has brown hair. In the remake, Lumiere, however, does retain his light brown eyebrows as a human that resembles his red hair in the original animated film.
120	** The three Village Lasses (a.k.a. Silly Girls, a.k.a. Bimbettes... Gaston's fangirls) are brunettes instead of the original [[DumbBlonde Dumb Blondes.]]
121	* In the ''Series/{{Casablanca}}'' TV series, Rick goes from dark-haired and brown-eyed to being played by blond, blue-eyed [[Series/StarskyAndHutch David Soul]].
122	* ''Film/TheFearlessVampireKillers'', or ''Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are in My Neck''/''Theatre/TanzDerVampire'':
123	** Sarah Chagal had straight red hair in the movie, but in early stage productions she was a curly-haired brunette. However, in newer productions, she's still a redhead.
124	** Magda, the maid, was a blonde in the movie but has red hair in the German, Austrian and Japanese productions of the musical. (She's still blonde in Poland, Hungary and Russia).
125	** Alfred is an interesting case: brunette in the film, but on stage has whatever hair the actor has. This leads to the need for the costume department to make a wig that looks like the actor's hair for his dance double in the Act II DreamBallet.
126	** Except in the Hungarian version, where for some reason Alfred's dream ballet double has a ''freaking buzz cut''.
127	** Count von Krolock in the movie had short grey hair and in the very first production of the musical his hair were still grey, but much longer. However, in all the productions who came after he has long black hair (sometimes grey-streaked).
128	** Herbert, von Krolock's son, had short golden hair in the movie, but in Austrian and German stage productions his hair are pulled back in a shoulder-length ponytail. The hair color always kept changing: sometimes it's pure white, sometimes it's dark with heavy white streaks, sometimes the streaks are blond rather than white, sometimes it's blond with dark streaks or it's just blond. However, in almost all non-German-language productions (except the 2009 Vienna revival) Herbert has really long, flowing, platinum blond hair. The Japanese production is the only one in which he has long, black hair like his father.
129	* Creator/HaroldRamis' brown upright ''Film/{{Eraserhead}}''-esque hairdo was replaced with a blond pompadour and rat-tail when Egon Spengler was translated from movie (''Film/{{Ghostbusters\|1984}}'') to cartoon form (''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters''). Likewise, Ray's hair went from Creator/DanAykroyd's brown to red. In case this wasn't enough to distinguish the main characters, they all got different colored uniforms as well. [[SassySecretary Janine Melnitz]] became a spiky-mulleted [[The80s '80s]] fashion plate. Her later-seasons look, somewhat more subdued, was then ported to the [[Film/GhostbustersII second live-action movie]] (although it meant Annie Potts now wore a bright red wig rather than her natural brown hair being shown).
130	** Half the characters went through adaptation eye-color changes, too: Egon's eyes went from Ramis's brown to blue, Ray's from Aykroyd's brown and green heterochromia to brown, and Peter's from Murray's blue/bluish hazel to green. Even Egon's ''glasses'' changed color, from silver wire rims to bright red much thicker frames.
131	* The eponymous kaiju in ''Film/Godzilla1954'' was originally either a charcoal grey or brown skin tone (it's not clear which, since the film and all known production photos are in black and white) with bone-white dorsal plates. The poster for the American re-edit, ''Film/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1956'' opted to colour him a bright green, with pink/magenta-coloured spines. Green Godzilla would persist in American media for decades (such as in ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'' cartoon, the ''ComicBook/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters1977'' comics, and even the 2021 pinball machine ''Pinball/GodzillaStern''), even long after later colour films confirmed that Godzilla is dark grey. It wasn't until ''Film/Godzilla2000'' there would actually be a theatrical Godzilla that really was green (a very dark green however).
132	* ''Series/HoneyIShrunkTheKids'': Amy has blonde hair in the movies, but in the T.V. series, she's a redhead.
133	* ''Film/LadyAndTheTramp2019'':
134	** Lady is red and white rather than light brown and tan.
135	** The Tramp isn't pale grey anymore. He's now more of a greyish-black and off-white instead.
136	** The bulldog is white with brown spots instead of being completely tan.
137	** The horses pulling the dog pound wagon are Chestnuts rather than gray.
138	** To name two human examples too, Darling and Aunt Sarah both have black hair (and receive a RaceLift) rather than light brown and gray.
139	* Audrey in ''Film/TheLittleShopOfHorrors'' is a brunette. However, she is almost always a blonde in [[Theatre/LittleShopOfHorrors the musical stage adaptation]] as well as the [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors 1986 film adaptation of said musical]].
140	* Agent L was a brunette in ''Film/MenInBlack'', but in the [[WesternAnimation/MenInBlackTheSeries cartoon]], she was blonde. The show seems to be in an alternate continuity of some sort (K is still active), but still. The official explanation is that ''Film/MenInBlack'' is a movie in the reality of the animated series as well.
141	* In the 2018-19 stage version of ''Film/MoulinRouge'', Christian has longish light brown hair instead of short black hair, while Satine is changed from a redhead to a brunette [[RaceLift woman of color]].
142	* Creator/{{Gottlieb}}'s ''Pinball/{{Mayfair}}'', based on the film version of ''Film/MyFairLady'', depicts the brunette Creator/AudreyHepburn as a redhead (on the backglass) and a blonde (on the playfield).
143	* In an inversion of the way this trope usually plays out, the novelization of ''Film/PacificRim'' turned brown-haired Hermann Gottlieb into a blond (it also gave him a German accent as opposed to the stuffy English one he uses in the film, and made no mention of the fact that he walks with a cane). This is justified by the fact that the novelization was based on an earlier draft of the script rather than the film itself.
144	* In ''Film/ThePhantomOfTheOpera1998'', Christine is brunette, whereas her book counterpart is blonde.
145	* ''Franchise/StarWars'': Yaddle from ''Film/ThePhantomMenace'' was shown to have an orange lightsaber blade in the ''Franchise/StarWarsLegends'' continuity. In the Disney reboot series ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTalesOfTheJedi'' her lightsaber blade is green.
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148	[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
149	* Between the miniseries of the reimagined ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica\|2003}}'' and Season 1 of the series proper, President Roslin's hair goes from dark brown to a more obviously dyed-looking auburn. This is almost certainly simply a failure to match the earlier colour, since more than a year elapsed between the filming of the two, but since the series follows on immediately from the events of the miniseries, it gives the impression that the President somehow found time to do a new dye job despite being extremely busy and having other things on her mind...
150	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': The Eleventh Doctor is depicted with odd blondish hair in his earlier outfits in ''VideoGame/DoctorWhoLegacy''. This may have been an attempt to distinguish him visually more from the Tenth.
151	* ''Film/TheDukesOfHazzard'': Daisy Duke is changed from a brunette to a blonde.
152	* ''Series/GilligansIsland'': In the animated spin-offs, Ginger was changed from a redhead to a blonde in order to ward off potential complaints from Tina Louise overusing her likeness.
153	* ''WesternAnimation/H2OMermaidAdventures'': Rikki has been made a red-head as opposed to the blonde she was in the original series.
154	* In the ''ComicBook/{{Lucifer}}'' comic book the titular character was blond. The ''Series/{{Lucifer}}'' tv show made him a brunet. The change gets lampshaded when Lucifer investigates a group of [[HollywoodSatanism Satanists]].
155	-->'''Cultist:''' Aren't you supposed to be blond?\
156	'''Lucifer:''' Yeah, I get that a lot.
157	* ''Series/{{Percy Jackson and the Olympians\|2023}}'': Due to Rick Riordan's preference of AbilityOverAppearance, very few of the actors chose to go the extra mile of resembling their book counterparts ''a capite ad calcem''. Examples include: [[invoked]]
158	** Percy and Poseidon have black hair in the books. Here they are blond, only Poseidon's hair is brownish and Percy's is a sandy shade.
159	** Annabeth is blonde with gray eyes in the books, but here she has black hair, effectively switching hair colors with Percy, as well as brown eyes. Rick Riordan has justified her brown eyes by stating that while he took the myths' description of Athena (and by extension her demigod kids) as "gray-eyed" literally in the books, the Ancient Greek term for 'gray-eyed' can also be translated as "bright-eyed" or "wise".
160	** Grover's hair is black instead of brown, much like Creator/BrandonTJackson in the films. In addition, he has a wispy goatee in the books and films, but is clean-shaven here.
161	** While Ares closely resembles his book counterpart, he has dark brown hair instead of black like in the official artwork.
162	** Like Annabeth, Luke also swaps hair colors with Percy, now having black hair instead of being blond.
163	** Like in the films, Chiron's horse half is brown, rather than the white stallion he is said to be in the books. While his hair is thinning like in the books, it's graying like in the second film instead of brown like in the books and the first film.
164	** In the books, Zeus is a long haired, long-bearded old man. In the first season, he's played by the late Creator/LanceReddick, who is bald and clean-shaven.
165	* Dax from ''Series/PowerRangersOperationOverdrive'' went from having black hair to having it gain a blue tint in the UK comics. The latter is possibly a case of PurpleIsTheNewBlack.
166	* ''Series/Scoundrels2010'': In ''Scoundrels'' the West twins are blondes, while in the original ''Series/OutrageousFortune'' they were brunettes.
167	* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'':
168	** Kirk's eyes are hazel and [=McCoy=]'s are blue. In the [[Film/StarTrek2009 reboot movie]] it's the exact opposite.
169	** [[Creator/MidwayGames Bally's]] ''[[Pinball/StarTrekBally Star Trek]]'' pinball has Spock wearing a green full-body jumpsuit on the playfield.
170	* ''Series/YoungSheldon'': Mary and Missy Cooper are blondes in this show, even though they have brown hair in ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''. It's possible that either their hair turned darker as they got older (which is a common occurrence with natural blondes) or they dyed it when they were older. Also applies to Mary's eye color, as Creator/ZoePerry has blue eyes while Creator/LaurieMetcalf has brown eyes.
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172
173	[[folder:Myths & Religion]]
174	* In Myth/ClassicalMythology, Medea was consistently described as blonde, but Renaissance-era paintings generally gave her dark hair.
175	* Myth/NorseMythology: Thor had red hair, but ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' turned him into a blond. Likewise, Loki is a redhead, but he is often portrayed to have dark hair. Even earlier, the {{painting\|s}} ''Art/ThorsFightWithTheGiants'' portrays him as blond too. This is [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'', when the comic's version of Thor (who is blonde) is explaining how [[GodsNeedPrayerBadly the gods are influenced]] [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve by the beliefs of their worshippers]].
176	-->'''Thor''': I used to be a ginger until that damn superhero comic book came out.
177	* There have been multiple interpretations of what UsefulNotes/{{Jesus}} looked like. Some movies have actors with either brown or blue eyes and a few examples have him with blond hair. Popular depictions in the West often have him with light brown hair and blue eyes. Generally historians think he would have had dark hair, eyes and probably skin too, as a Jewish Middle Easterner. In ''Literature/TheBible'' itself, nothing is mentioned except him being ordinary-looking, so he has to be pointed out from the Disciples.
178	* St. Peter is often depicted in art and other media as being a brunette whenever he's shown in his younger years. In ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel'', St. Peter has blonde hair.
179	[[/folder]]
180
181	[[folder:Theatre]]
182	* In the stage version of ''Theatre/{{Anastasia}}'', Anastasia's hair is changed from red to dark blonde, while the blonde Sophie becomes the black-haired [[AdaptationNameChange Lily]].
183	* In ''Theatre/AnimalCrackers'', the Professor (Harpo) makes his entrance with balloons in his mouth, which he proceeds to inflate. Spaulding (Groucho) asks him, "You haven't got strawberry, have you?", and he produces a red one. The 1930 movie version, being filmed in black and white, changed "strawberry" to "chocolate".
184	* The title character of ''Theatre/{{Annie}}'' is traditionally depicted as a red-head, just as in the [[ComicStrip/LittleOrphanAnnie 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.
185	* For the movie adaption of ''Theatre/AChorusLine'', at least three female characters who are usually known as brunette or redheaded were switched to bleach blonde.
186	* In the original stage production of ''Theatre/{{Grease}}'', all five Burger Palace Boys had dark hair. In [[Film/{{Grease}} the film adaptation]], Kenickie and Roger (who was renamed "Putzie") are blond. While Sandy was intended to be a blonde, the first actress cast for her on Broadway was a brunette, as well as the first actress to play her in the 2007 revival. However, the popularity of the film (and the creators' intent) usually means that blonde women will be cast in this part.
187	* In the libretto of Puccini's ''Theatre/MadameButterfly'', the title character's son is described as having blond hair and blue eyes, [[HollywoodGenetics despite being half-Japanese]]. Frédéric Mitterand's 1995 film version and many recent stage productions have more realistically given him dark hair and dark eyes instead, with the text changed accordingly.
188	* In ''[[WebAnimation/TheMostPopularGirlsInSchool The Most Popular Girls on Stage]]'', Mackenzie's black hair is changed to blonde, while Cameron's blonde hair is changed to dark brown.
189	* In the original film of ''Film/MoulinRouge'', Creator/EwanMcGregor's Christian has black hair and Creator/NicoleKidman's Satine has red hair. In the original Broadway cast of [[Theatre/MoulinRouge the stage version]], Creator/AaronTveit's Christian had the actor's natural light brown hair (ironically closer to Creator/EwanMcGregor's natural hair color than his [[DyeingForYourArt dyed hair]] in the movie), while Karen Olivo's Satine had black hair. The characters' hair colors depend on their actors, however – various dark-haired actors have now played Christian onstage too, and the Broadway production has had one redheaded Satine (Music/JoJo).
190	* An all-Asian production of ''Theatre/SweeneyToddTheDemonBarberOfFleetStreet'' who thought a blonde wig would look odd on a clearly Asian actress steered around the problem of Johanna's frequently invoked blonde hair by simply changing all references to her "yellow hair" to "raven hair" and removed the Wigmaker's Song (which lists several different shades of blondness, so Anthony will know how to refer to Johanna's particular hue) entirely.
191	** A production with a redheaded Johanna similarly removed the Wigmaker's Song and changed "yellow" to "fiery".
192	*** Another production had a Johanna that was clearly a brunette, yet kept the Wigmaker's Song and all references to yellow hair, much to the audience's confusion.
193	* ''Vanities'' originally portrayed Joanne and Mary as blondes and Kathy as a redhead. The 2000's musical version made Joanne a brunette, resulting in a BlondeBrunetteRedhead trio. In turn, the ACT Theatre production in Seattle switched Joanne and Kathy's hair colors to better correspond with their personalities. Oddly, a promotional shot of the finale from the Pasadena Playhouse version has Joanne and Mary's hair colors switched, as they were supposed to change their hair colors in-story, but they ditched the wigs and kept the actresses' normal hair colors for the actual production.
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder:Toys]]
197	* The ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' DirectToVideo movies offer tons of examples:
198	** Most characters were given additional colors not found on their toys, while some colors got removed, seemingly on an individual basis rather than following any set rule.
199	** All the characters were given fully grey heads in place of the colorful "brain" pieces seen on the toys.
200	** Pewku the Ussal crab went from being blue and yellow to a more realistic brown and gray. These colors were carried over into her tie-in toy as well.
201	** The eye colors of Tahu and Turaga Vakama (pink), Gali (yellow), Lewa (lime green), Turaga Nuju (blue) and Turaga Whenua (dark green) were all changed to a reddish-orange.
202	** The mostly metallic-gray, silver, black and bright red armor of Makuta became dark red with prominent green corrosion-spots.
203	** Takanuva's dark-gold and white color scheme was replaced with all-gold.
204	** Some of Gali's primary and tertiary colors were switched: her silver armor was made the same dark blue as her mask, feet, and hands, while her dark blue torso became silver.
205	** Hahli's yellow eyes turned blue.
206	** Toa Lhikan's and Toa Vakama's lime eyes, as well as Onewa's dark blue eyes and Turaga Dume's dark orange eyes turned bright yellowish-orange. However, Vakama's original green eyes were later used to represent his FaceHeelTurn.
207	** Nokama's orange eyes became blue.
208	** Nuju's and Kopaka's blue eye color was replaced with orange or red for their telescopic eye-piece.
209	** The transparent bright lime "cheek" colors of the Rorzakh became solid black, and the bright blue on the Zadakh was replaced with solid yellowish-brown. The latter's blue eyes also became lime green.
210	** Nivawk may be the most JustForFun/{{egregious}} case, as the originally black and silver-colored creature became striking red, purple, yellow and bright blue for his movie appearance.
211	** Krekka's dark blue armor was recolored dark green.
212	** Nidhiki's green eyes were replaced with red and yellowish-orange for the pupils.
213	** Roodaka's orange eyes were changed to blue, although the turned red when she got angry.
214	** Keetongu's red eye became blue.
215	** The Toa Metru gained bright chest and shoulder armor and lots of color variation in their muscles, replacing the dull dark hues of the toys. Their Hordika forms also have subtle changes, mainly replacing their grey or silver with individual colors.
216	** The dual-molded half silver masks of the Metru Nui citizens were strangely not featured in the corresponding films at all.
217	** The Mata Nui robot's lime green eyes became yellow.
218	* In the ''WesternAnimation/GarbagePailKidsCartoon'', two of the five main Garbage Pail Kids had different hair colors from how they were depicted on [[Franchise/GarbagePailKids the original trading cards]]:
219	** Terri Cloth is a redhead instead of a blonde.
220	** The hair on Split Kit's good half is brown, when he had blond hair on his original trading card.
221	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jem}}'':
222	** In a rare instance of a release-related dye job, Pizzazz was always depicted in doll and animated form with bright green hair. The R1 Rhino masters inexplicably changed her hair color to a dull olive blond - and also redid the green parts of her costume to match this.
223	** In a doll-related change, the title character is known for her pink hair, but the dolls were always blond. Promotional art for the show (such as [[http://www.loony-archivist.com/jem/primer/images/article/jem_cast.jpg this]]) that showed up on places such as doll boxes and VHS covers depicted a realistic art style gave Jem predominantly pink hair but added blonde bangs. All of the characters also had more "realistic" hairstyles for the period, but were still reasonably close to their animated and doll line styles.
224	* Many early pieces of ''[[Series/KnightRider Knight Rider]]'' merchandise featuring K.I.T.T. had some rather [[http://up.picr.de/29557128ri.jpg creative]] interpretations of the car. For some reason, a lot of these featured red "Knight Rider" or "Knight 2000" logos on the sides of the car, which was never seen in the show.
225	** The famous Kenner toy which came with a Michael Knight figure had a large red "Knight 2000" logo on the side.
226	** The Tomica diecast model also featured this.
227	** The Matchbox diecast K.I.T.T. featured a red "Knight Rider" logo in the same place.
228	** The ERTL models, based on the car from the pilot episode, featured a red "Knight Rider" logo on the rear quarter panel.
229	** The Matsushiro RC car featured red "Knight Rider" logos on the sides, windshield, and a "Knight 2000" logo on the left headlight.
230	** Schaper took things several steps further by turning K.I.T.T. into a monster truck with "Knight 2000" emblazoned on the side and "KNIGHT" on the front nose.
231	** But what perhaps takes the cake is Glasslite's rendition of K.I.T.T. for the Brazilian market, which added [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1BP1G1PZzxI/T53GRzum2VI/AAAAAAAAAiE/GGnX0HfeF1M/s1600/Scan12.jpg bright rainbow stripes]] to the sides and roof, large yellow "Super Máquina" logos, and a rainbow-colored scanner.
232	** If that wasn't enough, they then replaced the Pontiac Trans-Am altogether with a Porsche 911 and a Lamborghini Countach.
233	** Jomi Toys' "Nite Racer" turned Michael Knight's Pontiac into a [[http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ESTzbmVrStk/T_RJ3SfCcjI/AAAAAAAANI4/IfU0io7qUYw/s1600/MY_NR_9.jpg Nissan 300ZX]], which is [[HilariousInHindsight funny]] when you realize that K.I.T.T. was originally going to be a 280Z, the car's predecessor.
234	* And in a non-human example, the ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Transformers]]'' fandom gives us the never-ending [[http://tfwiki.net/wiki/FIRRIB FIRRIB]] debate. The characters Rumble and Frenzy from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'' cartoon were identical except for being [[PaletteSwap blue and red]], respectively. Their original toys, on the other hand, are red and blue, respectively - and the comics went with that. (FIRRIB stands for "Frenzy is red, Rumble is blue." It also comes in FIBRIR, for... well, you get the idea.)
235	** In the Japanese dub of the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers G1 cartoon]], the error was corrected by reversing the characters' identities, which worked well since they were depicted as interchangeable anyway.
236	** The Generation One Sweeps (and Scourge) toys have beards the same color as the face (white or very light grey). In the cartoon, they shift between dark greyish blue, blue, dark grey, and black.
237	** And from ''Manga/TransformersZone'', there's Cain, the {{Human Alien\|s}} {{Bishonen}} known primarily for his HoYay with the [=TFs=]' ''other'' human(oid) sidekick, Akira Serikawa. In the OVA, his hair is blue. In a scan from the artbook "Transformers Visualworks," it's blond, becoming more orange near the tips. In the story pages, it's ''green.'' No two versions of this guy have the same hair color! (Also, his animated clothing is blue. Everywhere else, it's red.)
238	** [[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 Most]] [[Film/TransformersRevengeoftheFallen depictions]] [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated of]] [[FemBot Arcee]] are portrayed as being colored pink, but in ''WesternAnimation/TransformersPrime'', Arcee is colored blue.
239	[[/folder]]
240
241	[[folder:Visual Novels]]
242	* ''VisualNovel/AmnesiaMemories''
243	** The heroine originally had light-brown hair. The [[TheAnimeOfTheGame anime]] gave her a more dark-tea colored brown shade, and added a gradient of her [[ColorCodedCharacters signature rose-y pink]] to her tips.
244	** Rika has very pale, almost platinum hair that has a green-ish sheen to it. The anime altered this to a simple blonde, [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow matching her eyes]].
245	* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'':
246	** In the sound novels and manga, Keiichi has blue eyes. They're the exact same shade as Rena's in the manga, but darker (and with a slight purple shade; mostly in the remakes) in the sound novels. In the anime, however, they're full-on purple.
247	** A larger example is in the live-action movie adaptations. All the oddly colored characters have "natural" colored hair. This caused a backlash because you couldn't easily tell the girls apart. Rika has short hair instead of long hair, Satoko has longish hair instead of short hair, and the teens look similar if they aren't in their ''Higurashi'' costumes (which they usually aren't).
248	* ''[[VisualNovel/{{Ozmafia}} OZMAFIA!!]]'': [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]] has blue hair instead of his original blond.
249	* ''VisualNovel/SteinsGate'': Kurisu Makise has chestnut brown hair in the original visual novel. In the anime adaptation, she has red hair instead.
250	* ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'''s anime adaptation changed everyone's eye color, which didn't work well [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole since it was plot related]].
251	[[/folder]]
252
253	[[folder:Web Animation]]
254	Clowny in the ''WebAnimation/SuperThings'' webseries is black and white in color, fitting of his mime design. When he was ported to [[Toys/SuperThings the toyline]], due to a limited amount of color options for the common figures, he was instead given a purple and yellow color scheme.
255	[[/folder]]
256
257	[[folder:Webcomics]]
258	* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' had an official chart of the different hair and eye colors on the author's blog. The anime slightly lightened or darkened the hair of almost every character.
259	** Examples of this include Sweden being changed from a light blond to a sandy brown (before switching back to blond in his later animated appearances), Italy's hair changing from brown to auburn (sometimes a saturated red), Belarus going from platinum blonde to dark blonde, China's black hair changing to brown, and the other blond characters either having their hair darkened or changed to a more saturated yellow shade.
260	** Himaruya himself has also been inconsistent when it comes to hair and eye colors: Prussia originally had dark blond hair and blue eyes, but now his hair varies from being platinum blond to outright white or grey, while his eyes are now either red, "red-violet", or pink. Russia, Finland, Latvia, and Iceland originally had blue eyes, but appear with violet ones in later illustrations. Belarus and France also occasionally receive violet eyes instead of their usual blue. UK's shade of blond varies throughout all colored illustrations, Canada's hair was originally two-toned, and Hungary is either a blonde or brunette. Monaco was also originally a brunette with brown eyes, but was quickly changed to a blue-eyed blonde (and even then, her shade of blonde can vary).
261	*** The anime furthers the eye color confusion by giving Finland brown eyes (he had blue/violet in the manga), while changing Lithuania and Estonia's green eyes to blue, Latvia's violet eyes to an aqua blue, and the Italy brothers' brown (Veneziano) and green eyes (Romano) to gold. Sweden's eyes were also initially changed from green/blue to brown, but were reverted in his later appearances.
262	** Germany wears a green uniform in the manga, but the first four seasons of the anime changed it to teal (unless his jacket was undone), possibly to downplay the SS connection. His Iron Cross was also removed. The fifth season reverted his uniform back to its manga coloring.
263	** ''Hetalia: The Beautiful World'' (the fifth series) undoes some of the previous anime dye jobs, with Belarus back to being a platinum blonde, and Romano having green/hazel eyes. But it again plays this trope straight with giving Iceland blond hair to match the other Nordics, when his previously established hair color was ''silver'' in the manga. France is also given platinum blond hair, as well as a very pale complexion, when his hair in the manga is a darker shade of blond. Belgium's hair also suddenly goes from being golden blonde to a mousy brown.
264	* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'': {{Magical girl}}s in this setting are distinguished by their brightly colored hair and [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow matching eyes]]. Therefore, when the main characters of ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'' make their [[CrossoverCameo cameo]] in the comic, their appearances are altered slightly to fit this pattern -- Chandra's natural brown hair is made several shades lighter, and Steffi, who already dyes her hair bright pink in her home series, gains matching pink irises.
265	[[/folder]]
266
267	[[folder:Web Videos]]
268	* The ComicBookAdaptation of ''Series/{{Noob}}'' ([[ComicBook/{{Noob}} that has its own page]]) has varying degrees of that, but the most visible is Gaea's dress and hair becoming lighter. The reason is that the comic is supposed to look more like a video game than the webseries with generally brighter colors. Another more technical one is that both dark brown and black exist among the actors and the dark browns were probably made lighter to not have too many dark-haired characters.
269	* WebVideo/TheNostalgiaChick pointed out that the real life John Smith from ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' was short, portly and brown-haired, unlike the tall, blond Adonis we get in the Disney adaptation. Knowing John Smith, [[HerCodeNameWasMarySue he wouldn't want it any other way]].
270	* In ''WebVideo/ThereWillBeBrawl'', Ike is given black hair, likely to differentiate him more from Marth.
271	* [=YouTube=] artist [=LavenderTowne=] ([[Webcomic/{{Unfamiliar}} Haley Newsome]]) discusses this trope in a series of videos where she draws characters of various books based on their described literary appearances and comparing them to their film adaptations. This is [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KGBUOgSxI58 beginning]] with ''Franchise/HarryPotter''.
272	* ''WebVideo/MysteryIncorporated2022''
273	** Shaggy and Velma are usually depicted with light brown and auburn hair respectively. Here they're played by Chris Villain and Dayeanne Hutton, who have black and dark brown hair respectively.
274	** Scooby is missing his distinctive black spots along his back, and his fur is more tan than brown. This is quite justified, as purebred Great Danes don't have that spotting pattern, nor do they typically have brown fur.
275	[[/folder]]
276
277	[[folder:Western Animation]]
278	* [[Film/TheLastAirbender The live-action movie adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' seriously tones down the costumes of the characters. The movie tries to justify it since bringing the bright colors of the cartoon into the [[RealIsBrown relatively muted real world]] would make the characters look cartoony, which ignores the fact that many of the cartoon's brightly-colored costumes [[http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Fashion_in_the_World_of_Avatar are based on real-world outfits]]. A similar justification is given for the relatively muted costumes in the ''Film/XMenFilmSeries''.
279	* According to her one colored cartoon ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' was a redhead. Modern depictions of her consistently depict her with black hair.
280	* In the ''ComicBook/DisneyDucksComicUniverse'' as as the original ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'', [[WickedWitch Magica De Spell]] has white feathers, like most of the ducks in this universe. In the ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'' reboot, her feathers are a mint-green, making her better resemble a traditional witch. [[spoiler: It’s implied that it’s a side effect of her magic, because when she loses her powers, her feathers turn white like in most other iterations]].
281	* ''WesternAnimation/ElChavoAnimado'':
282	** Chavo's hair in the original series was black, but in this series, it's brown.
283	** Similarly, Patty's hair in the original series was also black but here is red.
284	** In the original series, Doña Florinda's hair was blonde, but here, her curlers are yellow while her actual hair is red.
285	* [[WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks The Chipmunks and The Chipettes]] went through different eye colors throughout the franchise: Theodore[[note]]Black eyes in ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'', The ChristmasSpecial drawn by Creator/ChuckJones, ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' episodes done by Ruby-Spears and in ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetFrankenstein''; Green eyes in ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure'', ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' episodes done by [=DiC=]/Mukarumi-Wolf-Swenson, ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetTheWolfman'', ''Film/LittleAlvinAndTheMiniMunks'', ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks The Squeakquel]]'' and ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipwrecked]]''[[/note]] and Eleanor[[note]]Brown eyes through the ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' cartoon series, ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure'' and ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetTheWolfman''; Green eyes in ''Film/LittleAlvinAndTheMiniMunks'', ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]]'' and ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipwrecked]]''[[/note]] went through two eyes changes, Alvin[[note]]Black eyes in ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'', The ChristmasSpecial drawn by Creator/ChuckJones, ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' episodes done by Ruby-Spears and in ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetFrankenstein''; Blue eyes in ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure'', ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' episodes done by [=DiC=]/Mukarumi-Wolf-Swenson, ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetTheWolfman'' and ''Film/LittleAlvinAndTheMiniMunks''; Amber eyes in ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunksTheSqueakquel'' and ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunksChipwrecked''[[/note]], Simon[[note]]Black eyes in ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'', The ChristmasSpecial drawn by Creator/ChuckJones, ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' episodes done by Ruby-Spears and in ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetFrankenstein''; Gray-Blue/Blue-Gray eyes in ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure''; Blue eyes in ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' episodes done by [=DiC=]/Mukarumi-Wolf-Swenson, ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetTheWolfman'', ''Film/LittleAlvinAndTheMiniMunks'', ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks The Squeakquel]]'' and ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipwrecked]]''[[/note]] and Jeanette[[note]]Green eyes through the ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' cartoon series, ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure'' and ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetTheWolfman''; Brown eyes in ''Film/LittleAlvinAndTheMiniMunks''; Purple eyes in ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]]'' and ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipwrecked]]''[[/note]] went through three, Dave[[note]]Black eyes in ''WesternAnimation/TheAlvinShow'', The ChristmasSpecial drawn by Creator/ChuckJones, the ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' episodes done by Ruby-Spears and in ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetFrankenstein''; Gray-Blue/Blue-Gray eyes in ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure''; Brown eyes in ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' episodes done by [=DiC=]/Mukarumi-Wolf-Swenson, ''Film/LittleAlvinAndTheMiniMunks'', ''Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'', ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks The Squeakquel]]'' and ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipwrecked]]''; Blue eyes in that one Easter Special done by [=DiC=] and ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetTheWolfman''[[/note]] went through four and Brittany[[note]]Blue eyes through the ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunks'' cartoon series, ''WesternAnimation/TheChipmunkAdventure'', ''WesternAnimation/AlvinAndTheChipmunksMeetTheWolfman'', ''Film/LittleAlvinAndTheMiniMunks'', ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel]]'' and ''[[Film/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Chipwrecked]]''[[/note]] is the only one who retained the same eye color thus far.
286	* In the LiveActionAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/DudleyDoRight'', Dudley was brown-haired (like Creator/BrendanFraser) instead of blonde, while Nell was blonde instead of a redhead.
287	* ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'', the {{live action adaptation}} of ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'':
288	** Aisha in the original cartoon was a redhead. Here, she has black hair with dark blue highlights.
289	** In the cartoon, Riven had magenta hair. Here he's a brunet.
290	** Queen Luna was blonde in the cartoon, here she's a brunette.
291	** In contrast to her short brown-haired animated counterpart, Vanessa Peters has long blonde hair here.
292	* In ''Film/GeorgeOfTheJungle'', also starring Brendan Fraser, George's hair is brown instead of black and the originally redheaded Ursula becomes a blonde.
293	* ComicBook/HarleyQuinn:
294	** She mentioned in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' that she's not a real blonde. DC consistently depicts her as a natural blonde in comics.
295	** She sported dyed white hair in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
296	** She has black hair in ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity Arkham City: Harley Quinn's Revenge]]'' and ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''.
297	** It's changed again in ''Film/SuicideSquad2016''... sort of. She's still blonde--but like in ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' the tips of her pigtails are dyed, though the black was replaced with blue.
298	** While averted in the series proper, in the original, unaired pilot of ''Series/BirdsOfPrey2002'', she has black hair.
299	* In ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheMovie'', Big Bob Pataki has brown hair despite the fact that his hair was gray in the ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'' series, which WordOfGod would attribute to Bob dying his hair because he was going through a mid-life crisis. It was changed back to gray in ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie''.
300	* ''WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget'':
301	** Chief Quimby has greying dark brown hair in the [[Film/InspectorGadget1999 1999 live-action film]]. In [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget the original cartoon]] his hair is a reddish-brown. In ''Film/InspectorGadget2'' (which recast nearly all its characters), Quimby has strawberry blond hair. And in [[WesternAnimation/InspectorGadget2015 the 2015 cartoon]] he's blond.
302	** Penny had blond hair in the original cartoon, but was played by brown-haired Creator/MichelleTrachtenberg in the 1999 film. In ''Inspector Gadget 2'', she's played by the blonde Caitlin Wachs.
303	** Gadget's hat is colored gray with a light gray band in the cartoons. In both live-action films, it's brown with a black band, and his blue pants and gray shoes in the cartoons are both black in the films. Also, Gadget's trench coat was beige instead of gray in the 1999 film. Gadget's eye color also changed between the films, with Creator/MatthewBroderick having brown eyes and Creator/FrenchStewart having blue eyes.
304	** Dr. Claw's face was never shown in the cartoon, but his official action figure depicted him with white hair. In the 1999 film, Claw was played by brunet Creator/RupertEverett, with his face fully visible. ''Inspector Gadget 2'' made Claw TheFaceless via an EyeObscuringHat, but Tony Martin also had dark hair and his hair is visible in a few scenes.
305	* ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'':
306	** Stormer and Pizzazz keep their hair blue and green, respectively, however, it's suggested to be dyed instead of natural.
307	** Ashley had light blonde hair in the cartoon, but in the comics, it's a more orange shade.
308	* Both Despero and Katma Tui had their skin color changed in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'', respectively to purple and orange from magenta. In Katma's case, she's a Korugarian like Sinestro (and in fact, was his replacement after the Guardians canned him).
309	* ''WesternAnimation/LesSisters'': In the [[ComicBook/LesSisters comic books]], Sandrine had black hair while William had brown hair; the animated series switches their hair colors so William has black hair and Sandrine has brown hair.
310	* WesternAnimation/BugsBunny was given mauve fur in the first season of ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyTunesShow''. It was changed back to its trademark gray color in the second season.
311	* The [=DiC=] version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Madeline}}'' had an unusual example of a few of the girls' hair colors changing between seasons:
312	** Janine was a blonde, up until Season 3 where her hair suddenly became dark brown.
313	** Sylvie (or Simone) had greenish-colored hair while Monique's appeared to be a pink color. Both of them received brown hair in Season 3.
314	** Ellie also had greenish hair early on, but it was darkened to black by Season 2.
315	** Chloe's hair was light brown in the original six specials, but it became bright orange/titian in the series.
316	** Yvette's hair changed from golden blonde in the specials, to strawberry blonde in Seasons 1 and 2, to pale blonde in Season 3.
317	* ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'': Up until 2011, [[BigGood Princess Celestia]] was often bright pink in the toy line, while she was more pinkish-white in-show. Similarly, her sister Princess Luna is more purple in the toy line, while she's dark blue in-show.
318	* In the ''WesternAnimation/MyPetMonster'' cartoon, Max and Jill have blond hair, but in [[Film/MyPetMonster the prior direct-to-video movie]], they have brown hair instead.
319	* ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'':
320	** A minor case with Velma Dinkley. She is depicted with auburn (reddish-brown) hair in the cartoons, but in live-action, Velma has always been portrayed by actresses with dark chestnut brown hair.
321	** Fred Jones has black hair instead of blond hair in the two Cartoon Network live-action films ''Film/ScoobyDooTheMysteryBegins'' and ''Film/ScoobyDooCurseOfTheLakeMonster''.
322	* In ''WesternAnimation/SheRaPrincessOfPower'', Adora has vivid blonde hair, Catra has blue-black hair, Castaspella has brown hair, and Bow, Entrapta and Scorpia are all redheads. None of them kept that in ''WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower'', which uses a ''lot'' of redesigns: Adora stayed the closest, with dirty blonde hair that [[PowerDyesYourHair gets a lot more golden when she's in her]] SuperMode, but Catra's moved to a dark brown, Bow's became blue-black to go with his RaceLift, Entrapta's became a dull purple, Scorpia's ended up white and styled with an undercut, and Castaspella, also as part of a RaceLift, has jet black hair.
323	* In ''WesternAnimation/SpacePOP'', while in the show the girls' hair colors are natural, in the books the girls have different hair colors before dyeing them to match their official art.
324	* While the Mach 5 in the original ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' was almost completely white, in ''WesternAnimation/TheNewAdventuresOfSpeedRacer'' it's mostly blue. Also, Trixie was originally a brunette but is now blonde.
325	* ''[[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter Street Fighter: The Animated Series]]'' changes Rose's hair from black to grey.
326	* [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]] in ''WesternAnimation/TotalDramaRama:'' in [[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama the original series]], Duncan and Gwen have hair dyed green and teal, respectively. Here, it's apparently natural, as they already have it despite [[SpinoffBabies their young age]]. Gwen's mother now also has teal hair instead of brown.
327	* Really noticeable change in character design is present in ''WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}}'' and its Noxmillen special. The eldest (judging height-wise) child and Nox's wife had black hair in the series, while being blonde in the special in addition to the wife's massive character redesign.
328	* ''WesternAnimation/XiaolinChronicles'':
329	** Dojo is a yellow dragon with green spikes, while in [[WesternAnimation/XiaolinShowdown the original series]] he was the opposite.
330	** Master Fung has grey facial hair instead of black.
331	** Chase Young's ''entire'' colour scheme is different. For starters, his hair is more of a dark green rather than jet black with green highlights as it was in the original, although [[HairColorDissonance in-universe it's probably still black]]. Depending on the light, it varies between green and black. His eyes changed from amber to dark brown and his shirt and pants changed from black to brown. His armor's colour scheme is also different, having shades of dark green and brown as opposed to bright green, black and red.
332	** Wuya is AmbiguouslyBrown in the first cartoon, but in the second she went through a RaceLift, having a skintone more akin to an Asian. Also, her hair's shine is pink instead of bright red.
333	** Jack Spicer had red eyes in the original series, while here they are changed to black for his 2D design. The only instances where his eyes are red are the CGI animated Showdowns, where Omi also [[SuddenEyeColour suddenly gains brown eyes]] (something he never sported before).
334	* When introduced in ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'', X-23, OppositeGenderClone of Wolverine, was an AmbiguouslyBrown little girl with brown hair. When she became a CanonImmigrant to the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics, she was aged up and made closer to Wolverine in appearance, becoming [[RaceLift a very white]] noirette.
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338	* AncientRome often gets this. Many movies, shows, and games portray Italians of antiquity as looking (and [[TheQueensLatin sounding]]) Northwest European. However, genetics tests have repeatedly shown that the Romans should have looked much like Italians today (central/southern Italians specifically; northern Italy AKA Cisalpine Gaul wasn't considered Italian until after Julius Caesar's death), and thus, had features noticeably different than the typical Englishman or German. This is bared out in what little examples of well-preserved contemporary paintings and mosaics have, such as [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_Vettii the]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Mosaic realistic]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Paquius_Proculo frescoes]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erotic_art_in_Pompeii_and_Herculaneum at]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_the_Tragic_Poet Pompeii]] (~150 miles southwest of Rome) and the older [[https://www.ancient.eu/article/1013/etruscan-tomb-paintings/ tomb paintings]] at Tarquinia (~60 miles northeast of Rome), which depict mostly olive-skinned people with dark eyes and hair (as well as other typical Mediterranean features such as curly hair and large noses), plus a smattering of pale light-eyed blondes/redheads, matching modern Italian looks.
339	** The rareness of light features such as pale-to-ruddy skin, blonde/red hair, and blue/green eyes was commented on in many Roman sources, with northern "barbarian" peoples such as the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauls#Physical_appearance Gauls and Germans]] being specifically noted for having this appearance. Wigs and dyes to give the appearance of light hair even became [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blond#Southern_Europe popular for a time]] in Rome among women due to its perceived exoticism and rarity.
340	* ''WesternAnimation/BolivarElHeroe'' has this in almost every historical character, putting them strange hair colors.
341	* In 1994, it was discovered that [[UsefulNotes/RamsesII Ramesses II]] was a redhead, an uncommon but very much possible phenotype in North Africa. You'd never know by films such as ''WesternAnimation/ThePrinceOfEgypt'' or ''WesternAnimation/ATaleOfEgypt'' keeping Ramesses black-haired.
342	* Many dinosaur picture books will actually have the dinosaurs colored differently in each book depending on the illustrator. This is because, apart from a handful of feathered species and ''Psittacosaurus'', no one really knows what color dinosaurs really are, so it's up to the illustrator's imagination to determine what they really look like.
343	* Similarly, many astronomy picture books and clip art will often portray Mercury as being bright orange and Pluto being steel-blue despite the former being gray and the latter a pinkish-orange ([[ScienceMarchesOn as of the New Horizons encounter]]) in real life.
344	* In ''Series/TheTudors'', UsefulNotes/{{Henry\|VIII}} and UsefulNotes/CatherineOfAragon (both with reddish hair in RealLife) were played by brown-haired actors. On the other hand, while Creator/NatalieDormer (a blonde) was cast to play the famously dark-haired UsefulNotes/AnneBoleyn, she convinced producers to let her play Anne as a brunette. The former caused some consternation among the producers and investors of the series when an English PR flack, asked why Henry was to be played by a brown-haired actor, replied with melodramatic insincerity that it was "just so sad" but Henry had to be played by a handsome actor - implying that it was obviously impossible for a redheaded actor to be handsome! Officials at Showtime and the CBC were not impressed, especially given the common North American belief that the English dislike of red hair is nothing but plausibly deniable anti-Irish prejudice.
345	* ''Series/WolfHall'', unlike ''Series/TheTudors'', has the right hair color for Henry, but its Anne Boleyn, who rather famously had dark eyes in real life (and is correctly described as having them in the book!), has blue eyes.
346	* The real Balto had dark brown fur and a patch of white on his chest. The ''WesternAnimation/{{Balto}}'' animated film gave him greyish-brown fur with lighter fur going from his chest to muzzle. It also gave him an AdaptationSpeciesChange from dog to being a wolf-dog hybrid.
347	* ''VideoGame/SocksTheCatRocksTheHill'': Socks' markings aren't the same as the real Socks. His face is more simplified. The real Socks also had yellow eyes, not green eyes.
348	* British {{biopic}} ''Film/OfficialSecrets'' is an odd example. The end of the film features StockFootage of the real [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Gun Katharine Gun]], who is more or less a poster child for a middle-aged blonde Englishwoman. She's played in the film by svelte brunette Creator/KeiraKnightley.
349	* ''Film/MollysGame'': The real Molly Bloom has dark brown hair, while Creator/JessicaChastain's portrayal of her has reddish-brown locks.
350	* ''Series/DoctorWho'': "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E7TheUnicornAndTheWasp The Unicorn and the Wasp]]" depicts Creator/AgathaChristie as blonde. She was actually a redhead.
351	* Since the entire cast of ''Theatre/{{Hamilton}}'' except King George is required to be non-white, it's more or less guaranteed that every character who was actually blonde or redheaded (including Hamilton himself, who had auburn hair) will have brown or black hair instead. This is partly due to Creator/LinManuelMiranda's insistence to have "historical from the neck down, modern from the neck up", meaning that characters who would have worn wigs (such as Washington or Jefferson) are bald or black-haired instead. (This insistence also leads the actor playing Mulligan to wear a beanie or durag during Act I, which, despite not being specifically a dye-job, is non-historical headwear nonetheless.)
352	* ''WesternAnimation/IvanhoeTheKingsKnight'' features redheads Richard and John with grey and black hair respectively, of course in Richard's case it may have just been a case of him having gone grey early and his hair having originally being red or, if John is any indication, black. Also, none of the main Saxon characters are fair-haired.
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