History AdaptationDyeJob / Literature

** In the book, Santiago has black eyes, whereas the TV character has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1DNtxOO0DI&t=1m17s bright lime green]] irises.

*** Because of the [[RaceLift change to Louis de Pointe du Lac's ethnicity]], he has brown eyes as a human, but as a nod to his book counterpart, his irises become green after his transition into a vampire.

*** Also as a consequence of RaceLift, Claudia is a brunette with brown eyes (although they gain a [[TechnicolorEyes reddish-orange hue]] after she's turned) instead of a blonde with blue irises like in the novel.

*** The original Daniel Molloy is described as having ashen blond hair and violet irises, while the show's version is blue-eyed and the 1973 {{Flashback}} reveals that he was a brunet when he was younger.

* Meggie's golden-red hair is referred to countless times throughout the novel ''Literature/TheThor Birds'', but in the TV miniseries adaptation, she is played by the brunette Sydney Penny (as a child) and Rachel Ward (as an adult). Her daughter Justine is also a red-head, but played by the brown-haired Mare Winningham.

* ''Literature/FreakTheMighty'': Freak has blond hair in the book and brown hair in the movie.

** It is mentioned several times in the books that Lucy Pevensie is blonde. She's a brunette in the films. Funnily enough, Georgie Henley's hair was apparently lightened for the film..

** Teri Polo, from the [[Series/ThePhantomOfTheOpera 1990 TV-miniseries]] is one of the few accurate physical portrayals of Christine in live action.

*** The raven-haired Antoine from the books has been GenderFlipped into a blonde Antoinette for the TV adaptation.

* The [[Film/BloodAndChocolate2007 film adaptation]] of ''Literature/BloodAndChocolate'' has multiple examples:

* ''Literature/WaysideSchool'': The Nelvana animated series ''WesternAnimation/{{Wayside]}'' depicts Louis as having a blue [[AdaptationalHairstyleChange goatee]] when the original books described him as having a mustache of many colors.

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'': Milady de Winter is blonde in the novel, but she's not always played by blonde actresses (or they don't always dye their hair). Examples include Yvonne Sanson ([[Film/TheThreeMusketeers1953 1953]]), Creator/MillaJovovich ([[Film/TheThreeMusketeers2011 2011]]) and Creator/EvaGreen ([[Film/TheThreeMusketeers2023 2023]]). Also counts for loose (or even very loose) adaptations such as the cartoon ''WesternAnimation/AlbertTheFifthMusketeer'', in which she has black hair.

* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': In the original light novel and the anime, Richard Andrews has very prominent and pointed sideburns that stick out from his head almost like horns. These are removed in his manga design.

* ''Series/LesMiserables2018'' reverses the blonde Fantine's and the brunette Cosette's hair colors from ''Literature/LesMiserables''.

** Cosette should have dark hair, whereas in the 25th anniversary tour, the Broadway productions on current London stage and 2012 film she is blonde. A lot of productions do manage to use a blonde wig for Fantine though. Other adaptions such as the 2018 BBC mini-series, ''Les Misérables: Shōjo Cosette'' and the aforementioned manga have her Cosette be blonde like her mother. And to be fair the iconic book illustration depicts Cosette has fair-haired as well.

** The Skarloey Railway engines were all (apart from Rusty the Diesel) painted red with blue stripes in the books. To help younger fans tell them apart, the TV series gave them different colours. Skarloey and Rheneas kept their original colours, but Sir Handel was blue, Peter Sam green, Rusty orange and Duncan yellow.

* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': The anime adaptation makes Richard Andrews's sideburns much more prominent and pointed than in his novel or manga art and gives him dangling locks of hair at his temples.

* In ''Animation/UnBurattinoDiNomePinocchio'', Geppetto's hair is blonde instead of greying. That was done to replace a yellow wig wore by Geppetto in the original book, which was used to mock Geppetto by calling him Polentina.

** Legolas has dark hair in the books, depending on your interpretation. In fact, blond hair is rarely seen among the Elves of Middle-earth because it's a trait associated with the Vanyarin Elves, who almost exclusively live in Valinor. (Galadriel's famous blond hair is inherited from her Vanyarin grandmother.)

* ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'':