History AdaptationDyeJob / Literature

* ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'': Dorian Gray is an angelic-looking blond in the novel, but it seems to be much more common for films to portray him as a [[TallDarkAndSnarky brunet]]. The classic 1945 film version starred the dark-haired Hurd Hatfield, and subsequent dark-haired Dorians are probably due to directors going off of that film (and/or assuming that Dorian must look like a ByronicHero) rather than actually reading Wilde's novel.

* The 1980 anime version of ''Literature/LittleWomen'' gives the brunette Jo blonde hair, the blonde Amy brown hair, the brunette Beth red hair, and the brunette Meg black hair.

* In ''Literature/PercyJacksonAndTheOlympians'', Annabeth was described as having curly blonde hair. In the movies, she's brunette. She also has gray eyes in the book. Movie Annabeth has bright blue eyes. All demigod children of Athena were supposed to be blondes with gray eyes.
** Percy was supposed to have black hair and green eyes, but he also turned into a blue-eyed brunet.

* In the film adaptation of the first book in the book series ''Percy Jackson and the Olympians'', the main female character Annabeth, who in the book is stated often to be a blonde, is played by a brunette. Of course, this is only one of the vast number of changes they made to the plot, not least changing who the ''Big Bad'' is, but the Annabeth hair change is the only one that fits in this trope.

* Hannah Fairchild in the ''Literature/Goosebumps'' has blonde hair in the books, is a redhead in the TV series and dark brown hair in the movies.

* In the movie version of ''Discworld/GoingPostal'', Vetinari is blond. This is a strange example though; his hair color isn't mentioned specifically in the books but the general assumption is that he has dark hair and the illustrations certainly show that. So even if it wasn't actually a contradiction, it was still weird for many readers to see a blond Vetinari. (Especially as [[TheOtherDarrin he was dark haired]] in [[Film/TheColourOfMagic the previous movie]].)

** Princess Ozma's hair is described specifically: "tresses of ruddy gold, with a slender jeweled circlet confining them at the brow." However, in John R. Neill's illustrations, her hair is either colored brown or black. Whether this is intentional (to distinguish Ozma from the blonde Dorothy Gale) or simply a printer error is debatable, but most modern Oz fans, authors, and illustrators portray her with brown hair or, rarely, black. The "slender circlet" became much thicker in the illos, and was attached to a crown on top of her head. Ozma's hair was only described ''once'', on her original (re)appearance. After that, well, maybe [[AWizardDidIt The Wizard Did It]]. Ozma was blonde in both ''Film/ReturnToOz'' and ''WesternAnimation/DorothyAndTheWizardOfOz'', but not a reddish blonde.

* In Lloyd Alexander's ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain'', Princess Eilonwy is a redhead and Fflewddur Fflam was described as having "straw-colored hair." The [[Disney/TheBlackCauldron Disney version]] made her blonde in all sense of the word while ageing him thirty years and giving him white hair.
* Averted in Creator/WaltDisney's ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''. Snow White has hair "as black as ebony," just as described by the Brothers Grimm, as well as brown eyes. However, there do exist numerous pre-production drawings from the film, which show that the Disney animators originally considered giving her blue eyes and blonde hair or red hair. It seems the artists had a hard time deciding on [[BlondeBrunetteRedhead one of the standard three hair colors]].

* Literature/{{Tarzan}} has black hair. While some actors/portrayals like Creator/JohnnyWeissmuller match, some don't (Creator/ChristopherLambert, [[Disney/{{Tarzan}} the Disney film]], etc)

** though he has darker hair in the book, Richie is the only one who has red hair thanks to being played by Seth Green as a kid but as a adult he becomes a brunette with a moustache which was not present in the book.
** The titular MonsterClown is also subject to a dyejob as Pennywise’s clown suit is actually silver white in the book but Tim Curry’s clown suit in the Miniseries is yellow, green and purple. Though to be fair Muti-colours are more common for RealLife clowns.

* In ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'', Jasmine was described as having black hair, but has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green hair]] in the [[Anime/DeltoraQuest Anime]]. Similarly, Lief was assumed to be a brunette, but became blond-haired in the [[Anime/DeltoraQuest Anime]].

* ''Literature/{{Hatchet}}'''s Brian Robeson is depicted as a brunette on the book cover, but the 1990 TV film, ''A Cry in the Wild'', makes him a blonde.

* ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'': Dorian Gray is an angelic-looking blond in the novel, but it seems to be much more common for films to portray him as a [[TallDarkAndSnarky brunette]]. The classic 1945 film version starred the dark-haired Hurd Hatfield, and subsequent dark-haired Dorians are probably due to directors going off of that film (and/or assuming that Dorian must look like a ByronicHero) rather than actually reading Wilde's novel.

* Most adaptations of ''Literature/Alice'sAdventuresInWonderland'' have Alice with blond hair, as per the original book illustrations. ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'', on the other hand, gives her brown hair, which is actually more accurate to the real Alice Liddell.

** Elena was blonde. In the TV show, she is played by the dark-haired Nina Dobrev.

* ''Literature/PrideAndPrejudice'': Jane's hair color is never mentioned in the novel but she's frequently portrayed as a blonde (except in the 1940 film and 1980 miniseries).

* ''Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray'': Dorian Gray is an angelic-looking blond in the novel, but its seems to be much more common for films to portray him as a [[TallDarkAndSnarky brunette]]. The classic 1945 film version starred the dark-haired Hurd Hatfield, and subsequent dark-haired Dorians are probably due to directors going off of that film (and/or assuming that Dorian must look like a ByronicHero) rather than actually reading Wilde's novel.

** Bill has red hair in the book, which is one of the [[LookALikeLovers reasons]] why the also red headed Beverly is attracted to him. In the 90s version Bill is played by the late Jonathan Brandis who had light brown-blondish hair.

** The 1980s BBC adaptation also has a blondish-haired Peter and brunette Lucy. It's version of Susan is blonde too.

* ''Film/It2017'' is more accurate to book despite Bill again having brown hair instead of red, Pennywise’s clown suit is sliver like in the book though his fluffy buttons are red instead of orange. Most importantly Beverly hair is redheaded at last, the only change being she cuts her red long hair to [[BoyishShortHair short red hair]] after her [[PervertDad creepy dad]] strokes her hair; which is a good [[JustifiedTrope justification]].

* In ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'', Jasmine was described as having black hair, but has [[green hair]] in the [[Anime/DeltoraQuest Anime]]. Similarly, Lief was assumed to be a brunette, but became blond-haired in the [[Anime/DeltoraQuest Anime]].

* In John Updike's ''Franchise/TheWitchesOfEastwick'', Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie are (respectively) a BlondeBrunetteRedhead trio. For the movie adaptation, however, Alex becomes the brunette (Cher), Jane the redhead (Susan Sarandon), and Sukie the blonde (Creator/MichellePfeiffer).

* {{Sharpe}} had black hair in the books and was from London, but blonde [[OopNorth Yorkshireman]] Creator/SeanBean was cast in the title role for the TV adaptation. Bernard Cornwell was sufficiently taken with Bean's portrayal that later books retconned Sharpe's accent and backstory, but there wasn't much he could do about the hair.

** Princess Ozma's hair is described specifically: "tresses of ruddy gold, with a slender jeweled circlet confining them at the brow." However, in John R. Neill's illustrations, her hair is either colored brown or black. Whether this is intentional (to distinguish Ozma from the blonde Dorothy Gale) or simply a printer error is debatable, but most modern Oz fans, authors, and illustrators portray her with brown hair or, rarely, black. The "slender circlet" became much thicker in the illos, and was attached to a crown on top of her head. Ozma's hair was only described ''once'', on her original (re)appearance. After that, well, maybe [[AWizardDidIt The Wizard Did It]]. Ozma was blonde in ''Film/ReturnToOz'' (though not a reddish blonde).
** Dorothy may or may not count as an example in [[Film/TheWizardofOz the classic 1939 film]]. Her hair color is never mentioned in the books: the original illustrator, W.W. Denslow, gave her light brown hair, but John R. Neill, as mentioned above, made her blonde. Onscreen, she's played by brunette Judy Garland with her hair dyed auburn.

** Glinda is described as a redhead, however in most adaptations besides [[Film/TheWizardOfOz the MGM film]] she is a blonde. In at least ''Theatre/{{Wicked}}'''s cases this is because MGM has a veto on Glinda as a redhead, though it works in their favor due to being able to portray Glinda as initially seeming like a DumbBlonde and also because it clashes her with the black haired Elphaba.
** The Wicked Witch Of The West has a SicklyGreenGlow in the MGM film. In the books, it's never mentioned what her colour is, however she lives in the part of Oz where yellow is the main colour (and her castle in decked in yellow). Most likely, she has a yellow-based design. ''Literature/{{Wicked}}'' is based on the books but uses the MGM film's green skinned design. Official art depicts her with a normal, pale skin tone and a red-and-yellow outfit.

* ''Film/It2017'' is more accurate to book despite Bill again having brown hair instead of red, Pennywise’s clown suit is sliver like in the book though his fluffy buttons are red instead of orange. Most importantly Beverly hair is redheaded at last, the only change being she cuts her red long hair to [[BoyishShortHair short red hair]] after her [[PervertDad creepy dad]] strokes her hair; which is a good [[JustifiedTrop justification]] .

* In ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'', Jasmine was described as having black hair, but have [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green hair]] in the [[Anime/DeltoraQuest Anime]]. Similarly, Lief was assumed to be a brunette, but became blond-haired in the [[Anime/DeltoraQuest Anime]].

** The titular MonsterClown is also subject to a dyejob as Pennywise’s clown suit is actually silver white in the book but Tim Curry’s clown suit in the Miniseries is yellow, green and purple. Though to be fair multi-colours are more common for RealLife clowns.
* ''Film/It2017'' is more accurate to book despite Bill again having brown hair instead of red, Pennywise’s clown suit is sliver like in the book though his fluffy buttons are red instead of orange. Most importantly Beverly hair is redheaded at last, the only change being she cuts her red long hair to [[BoyishShortHair short red hair]] after her [[PervertDad creepy dad]] strokes her hair; which is a good [[JustifiedTrope justification]] .

* In ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'', Jasmine was described as having black hair, but have [[YouGotToHaveBlueHair green hair]] in the [[Anime/DeltoraQuest Anime]]. Similarly, Lief was assumed to be a brunette, but became blond-haired in the [[Anime/DeltoraQuest Anime]].

* The main character in the ''Deltora'' series is blond in the anime adaptation but not blond in the original book.

* In ''Literature/DeltoraQuest'', Jasmine was described as having black hair, but have green hair in the {{Anime}}. Similarly, Lief was assumed to be a brunette, but became blond-haired in the [[Anime/DeltoraQuest anime]].