History AdaptationDyeJob / GameOfThrones

* Theon and [[AdaptationNameChange Yara]] have mid-brown hair and blue eyes instead of the black hair and dark eyes they have in the novels.

* In the books, most of the Stark children (Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon) inherit the Tully look of auburn hair and blue eyes from Catelyn, while Arya and Ned's illegitimate son Jon inherit the Stark look of dark brown hair and grey eyes from Ned. However, in the show, it's switched around: Ned has light auburn hair rather than brunette and most of his kids have dark hair in the show: Bran has the Stark look with brunette hair and dark eyes, Robb has auburn hair initially [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness but it darkens to brown later]] and Rickon has brown hair. Catelyn and Sansa are the only ones who keep both their blue eyes and red hair, though Sansa's hair is more red-red than her auburn (red-brown) hair in the books. Jon and Arya keep their dark hair, though Jon's is more black.
** The change is notable because the kids' appearances have an impact on the family dynamic in the books: Catelyn is resentful that Ned's illegitimate son Jon looks more like him than any of the trueborn sons she bore him and Arya's feelings of not fully fitting in are partially because she and Jon are the only ones of Ned's kids to inherit the Stark look while Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon all inherited the Tully look. In the show, because Jon, Robb, Bran and Arya [[{{SeparatedAtBirthCasting}} all look very alike, classically Stark]], and have darker hair than Ned due to his adaption, the dynamic is inverted and ''Sansa'' appears as the odd one out among her siblings due to her red hair -- though she's still considered the pretty sister and shares both her parents' colouring.

* The distinctive jet-black Baratheon hair of the novels is dark brown in the show, which is a natural shade for most of the actors and so looks more authentic onscreen, though Joe Dempsie (Gendry) is a natural blond dyed to match the other actors because his hair is a plot point. Gendry is also notable for being one of the few Baratheon characters to have the piercing blue eyes of his book counterpart. Ned Stark, when reading through the house's records, still notes that they have black hair.

** Renly adopts the colours of House Tyrell for his Baratheon sigil in the show. In the book, he incorporates their sigil and colours in a dozen other ways but always retains the traditional black stag on gold as a sign of legitimacy.

* The distinctive jet-black Baratheon hair of the novels is dark brown in the show, which is a natural shade for most of the actors, though Joe Dempsie (Gendry) is a natural blond dyed to match the other actors because his hair is a plot point. Gendry is also notable for being one of the few Baratheon characters to have the piercing blue eyes of his book counterpart.

* Doreah is silver-blond in the books, dark-haired in the show.

* Daario doesn't have the garish [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair and beard]] or {{gold tooth}} described in the books, and instead has a natural brown, and his wardrobe is darkened to the show's [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack standard brown leather]] instead of his colourful, lacy getup from the books that one might expect on a swashbuckling pirate or musketeer.

* Daario doesn't have the garish [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]] or {{gold tooth}} described in the books and his wardrobe is darkened to the show's [[MovieSuperheroesWearBlack standard brown leather]] instead of his colourful, lacy getup from the books that one might expect on a swashbuckling pirate or musketeer.

* In the books, Daenerys' vision of her stillborn son is one of a bronze-skinned man with silver hair while in the show, Dany's vision shows her stillborn son as a brunette baby with paler skin.

* Tyene Sand in the books has blond hair which she inherited from her mother. But when the show made Ellaria Sand as her mother, Tyene would had to inherit Ellaria's black hair color.

* Tyene Sand in the books has blond hair which she inherited from her mother. But when the show made Ellaria Sand as her mother, Tyene would hae to inherit Ellaria's black hair color.

* Catelyn's brother Edmure and uncle Brynden also lack the auburn Tully hair of their book counterparts (the Blackfish has gone completely grey in the books but in the show, he clearly has dark hair under the grey).

* In the books, Daenerys' vision of her stillborn son is one of a bronze-skinned man with silver hair while in the show, Dany sees a brown-haired baby with pale skin in her vision.

** The change is notable because the kids' appearances have an impact on the family dynamic in the books: Catelyn is resentful that Ned's illegitimate son Jon looks more like him than any of the trueborn sons she bore him and Arya's feelings of not fully fitting in are partially due to her and Jon being the only two of Ned's kids to inherit the Stark look while Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon have all inherited the Tully look. In the show, because Jon, Robb, Bran and Arya [[{{SeparatedAtBirthCasting}} all look very alike, classically Stark]], and have darker hair than Ned due to his adaption, the dynamic is inverted and ''Sansa'' appears as the odd one out among her siblings due to her red hair -- though she's still considered the pretty sister and shares both her parent's colouring.

** Starting in season 2, Jamie's blonde hair fades. While he spent most of this time in captivity and one might assume the color change is mostly due to the dirt in his hair, even after he escapes and cleans up his hair is still mid-range brown rather than blonde. Somewhat justified, due to the fact that summer has ended and his hair will be subjected to less bleaching from the sun. Tyrion goes from having very straight light blonde hair in season 1 to having curly mop of hair that's an even mix of blonde and brown later on, which is actually somewhat closer to his description in the book (in addition to being a dwarf, he also had a birth defect that made his hair have patches of different colors).
* The Targaryens of the book have very striking [[MysticalWhiteHair Mystical Silver Hair]] and [[SupernaturalIsPurple Supernatural]] PurpleEyes as opposed to the platinum blond hair and natural eyes of the show. WordOfGod is that the purple contact lenses [[PragmaticAdaptation interfered with the actors' performances]].

* In the books, most of the Stark children (Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon) inherit the Tully look of auburn hair and blue eyes from Catelyn, while Arya and Ned's illegitimate son Jon inherit the Stark look of dark brown hair and grey eyes from Ned. However, in the show, it's switched around: Ned has light auburn hair rather than brunette and most of his kids have dark hair in the show: Bran has the Stark look with brunette hair and dark eyes, Robb has auburn hair initially [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness but it darkens to brown later]] and Rickon has brown hair. Catelyn and Sansa are the only ones who keep both their blue eyes and red hair, even if Sansa's more ginger initially compared to her auburn (red-brown) hair in the books. Jon and Arya keep their dark hair, though Jon's is more black.
** The change is notable because the kids' appearances have an impact on the family dynamic in the books: Catelyn is resentful that Ned's illegitimate son Jon looks more like him than any of the trueborn sons she bore him and Arya's feelings of not fully fitting in are partially due to her and Jon being the only two of Ned's kids to inherit the Stark look while Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon have all inherited the Tully look. In the show, because Jon, Robb, Bran and Arya [[{{SeparatedAtBirthCasting}} all look very alike and classically Stark]] and have darker hair than Ned due to his adaption, the dynamic is inverted and ''Sansa'' appears is the odd one out among her siblings with her red hair -- though she's still considered the pretty sister and shares both her parent's colouring.

* While Talisa herself is a CanonForeigner, the books are clear that Volantene noblewomen like her are pale and silver-haired like Daenerys rather than olive-skinned and dark-haired like Creator/OonaChaplin.
* Catelyn's brother Edmure and uncle Brynden also lack the auburn Tully hair of their book counterparts. (The Blackfish has gone completely grey in the books, but in the show he clearly has dark hair under the grey).

* Daenerys' vision of her stillborn son is one of a bronze-skinned man with silver hair in the books but a brown-haired white baby in the show.

* In the books, most of the Stark children (Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon) inherit the Tully auburn hair and blue eyes from Catelyn, except Arya and the illegitimate son Jon who inherit the Stark brown hair and grey eyes from Ned. However, in the show it's switched around and Ned has light auburn hair rather than brunette, and most of his kids are darker haired rather than auburn: Bran is a brunette and dark eyed with the Stark look, Robb does have auburn hair initially [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness but it darkens to brown later]] and Rickon has mousey brown. Catelyn and Sansa are the only ones who keep their blue eyes and red hair, even if Sansa's more ginger initially compared to her auburn (red-brown) hair in the books. Jon and Arya do keep their dark hair, though Jon's is more black.
** The change is notable because the kid's appearances had a genuine impact on the family dynamic in the books, as Catelyn is resentful that Ned's bastard looks more like him than any of the true born sons she bore him, and Arya feels like an outcast because she takes after the plainer Starks compared to her attractive Tully-like siblings, particularly concerning Sansa. In the show because Jon, Robb, Bran and Arya [[{{SeparatedAtBirthCasting}} all look very alike and classically Stark]], and in fact actually have darker hair than Ned due to his adaption, the dynamic is inverted and ''Sansa'' is the odd one out among her siblings, though she's still acknowledged as the pretty one and shares both her parent's colouring.
* The Lannisters have bright gold curls in the books but except for natural blond Charles Dance have much straighter, dirty blond hair in the show to cope with the actors' natural dark hair. This is particularly noticeable whenever Peter Dinklage (Tyrion) or Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime) grow any facial hair because it remains its natural colour.

* Fat Walda is blonde in the books, dark in the show.

* In the books, most of the Stark children (Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon) inherit the Tully auburn hair and blue eyes from Catelyn, except Arya and the illegitimate Jon who inherit the Stark brown hair and grey eyes from Ned. However, in the show Bran is a brunette and dark-eyed and looks far more Stark. In a milder case, Rickon is somewhere between the two families with blondish mouse and Robb does have auburn hair initially [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness but it fades to brown later]]. Overall Sansa is the only one who keeps the blue eyes and red hair, even if it's more ginger initially compared to her auburn (red-brown) hair in the books. On the other side, Jon has darker hair nearer black than brown. The change is notable because the kid's appearances had a genuine impact on the family dynamic in the books, as Catelyn is resentful that Ned's bastard looks more like him than any of the true born sons she bore him, and Arya feels like an outcast because she takes after the plainer Starks compared to her attractive Tully-like siblings, particularly concerning Sansa. In the show because Jon, Robb, Bran and Arya [[{{SeparatedAtBirthCasting}} all look very alike and classically Stark]] the dynamic is inverted and ''Sansa'' ends up looking like the odd one out, though she's still acknowledged as the pretty one.

* In the books, all the Stark children (Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon) inherit the Tully auburn hair and blue eyes from Catelyn, except Arya and the illegitimate Jon who inherit the Stark brown hair and grey eyes from Ned. However, in the show Bran is a brunette and dark-eyed and looks far more Stark. In a milder case, Rickon is somewhere between the two families with blondish mouse and Robb does have auburn hair initially [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness but it fades to brown later]]. Overall Sansa is the only one who keeps the blue eyes and red hair, even if it's more ginger initially compared to her auburn (red-brown) hair in the books. On the other side, Jon has darker hair nearer black than brown. The change is notable because the kid's appearances had a genuine impact on the family dynamic in the books, as Catelyn is resentful that Ned's bastard looks more like him than any of the true born sons she bore him, and Arya feels like an outcast because she takes after the plainer Starks compared to her attractive Tully-like siblings, particularly concerning Sansa. In the show because Jon, Robb, Bran and Arya [[{{SeparatedAtBirthCasting}} all look very alike and classically Stark]] the dynamic is inverted and ''Sansa'' ends up looking like the odd one out, though she's still acknowledged as the pretty one.

* In the books, all the Stark children (Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon) inherit the Tully auburn hair and blue eyes from Catelyn, except Arya and the illegitimate Jon who inherit the Stark brown hair and grey eyes from Ned. However, in the show Bran is a brunette and dark-eyed and looks far more Stark. In a milder case, Rickon is somewhere between the two families with blondish mouse and Robb does have auburn hair initially [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness but it fades to brown later]]. Overall Sansa is the only one who keeps the blue eyes and red hair, even if it's more ginger initially. On the other side, Jon has darker hair nearer black than brown.
** The change is notable because the kid's appearances had a genuine impact on the family dynamic in the books, as Catelyn is resentful that Ned's bastard looks more like him than any of the true born sons she bore him, and Arya feels like an outcast because she takes after the plainer Starks compared to her attractive Tully-like siblings, particularly concerning Sansa. In the show because Jon, Robb, Bran and Arya [[{{SeparatedAtBirthCasting}} all look very alike and classically Stark]] the dynamic is inverted and ''Sansa'' ends up looking like the odd one out, though she's still acknowledged as the pretty one.

* In the books, all the Stark children (Robb, Sansa, Bran and Rickon) inherit the Tully auburn hair and blue eyes from Catelyn, except Arya and bastard son Jon who have the Stark brown hair and grey eyes from Ned. However, in the show Bran is a brunette and dark-eyed and looks far more Stark, and Rickon is somewhere between the two with blondish mouse. Robb does have auburn hair initially [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness but fades to brown later]] meaning Sansa is the only one who keeps the blue eyes and red hair, even if it's more ginger initially. On the other side, Jon has darker hair nearer black than brown.
** The change is notable because the kid's appearances had a genuine impact on the family dynamic in the books, as Catelyn is resentful that Ned's bastard looks more like him than any of the true born sons she bore him, and Arya feels like an outcast because she takes after the plainer Starks compared to her attractive Tully-like siblings, particularly with Sansa. In the show because Jon, Robb, Bran and Arya [[{{SeparatedAtBirthCasting}} all look very alike and classically Stark]] this doesn't have the same impact, and Sansa ends up looking like the odd one out.

* All the Stark children in the books have Catelyn's auburn hair except Arya, who shares her brown hair and grey eyes with Ned and Jon Snow. In the show, Bran is a brunette, Rickon is blond, Jon is black-haired and brown eyed, and Robb's auburn [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness fades to brown]] in Season 2. Only Sansa keeps her red hair and even her hair is initially more ginger than auburn.

* All the Stark children in the books have Catelyn's auburn hair except Arya, who shares her brown hair with Ned and Jon Snow. In the show, Bran is a brunette, Rickon is blond, Jon is black-haired, and Robb's auburn [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness fades to brown]] in Season 2. Only Sansa keeps her red hair and even her hair is initially more ginger than auburn.