History AdaptationDyeJob / Literature

* In the ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' film Edward's "bronze" and reddish brown hair looks browner than described in the books. The manga keeps his hair reddish.

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

*** In the source material, Armand has auburn curls and dark brown eyes, whereas the TV iteration has [[RaceLift black curls]] and orange irises as a vampire.

** Gollum is described as "dark as darkness" in the books and has green eyes, in the films and ''The Hobbit'' graphic novel he's got pale skin with former also giving him blue eyes that can go from adorable to frightening in seconds due to his SplitPersonality. It's possible Gollum's skin tone was changed to avoid any UnfortunateImplications. In the animated films Gollum has got dark green skin.

** Armand is described as having auburn hair. In TheFilmOfTheBook ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', he has exceptionally dark brown or black hair. The idea of costuming Antonio Banderas as a "[[Creator/SandroBotticelli Botticelli]] angel" would have been patently ridiculous.
** Lestat, who in the novels has very long and blond hair gets a dark pseudo-pageboy cut in the ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' movie. And Marius who likewise was supposed to be long-haired blond gets short, slick black hair in the same movie.
** Armand is blond in the ''Film/QueenOfTheDamned'' film, although we only have the WordOfGod that this is him, as he's never named.
** Slightly less distractingly, Louis' jet-black hair became brown in the Interview movie.
** Because of the [[RaceLift change to Louis de Pointe du Lac's ethnicity]] on ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'', 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.
** The raven-haired Antoine from the books has been GenderFlipped into a blonde Antoinette for the TV adaptation.
** Also as a consequence of RaceLift, Claudia is a brunette with brown eyes (although they gain a reddish-orange hue after she's turned) instead of a blonde with blue irises like in the novel.
** In the source material, Armand has auburn curls and dark brown eyes, whereas the TV iteration has [[RaceLift black curls]] and orange irises as a vampire.

** Armand is described as having auburn hair. In TheFilmOfTheBook ''Film/InterviewWithTheVampire'', he has exceptionally dark brown or black hair. The idea of costuming Antonio Banderas as a "Botticelli angel" would have been patently ridiculous.

*** Bill was also balding as a adult in the book, but ironically has freaking a ponytail as adult in the 90s adaptation.

* In the book ''Literature/LordOfTheFlies'', Simon's hair is black. In the 1960's film adaption the character has bleached blond hair.

* Meggie's golden-red hair is referred to countless times throughout the novel "The Thorn 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.

** Holly’s hair was described as auburn in the books, in the graphic novels she’s a brunette.

** Even the 1988 ''Phantom of the Opera'' animated film has Christine be brunette and the Persian's eyes which explicitly referred to as "jade colored" in the book, are brown in the cartoon.

** Fantine is changed from blonde to brunette in the above adaptation, while the brunette Cosette once again becomes a blonde. In the 2018 BBC series, Fantine is brunette again. In the manga she's blonde the same as Cosette.

* ''Literature/Goosebumps'':

*** Of the four Pevensies, the only one to keep her original hair color in the films is the dark-haired Susan -– the one who, in the books, eventually abandons Narnia for "lipstick and nylons and invitations." If the complete series had been adapted, as was presumably intended at first, [[UnfortunateImplications this would have meant]] that the two lighter-haired siblings, Peter and Lucy, [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold were ultimately the more purely good ones]], while the two darker-haired ones, Susan and Edmund [[DarkIsEvil were the two darker characters, too.]] But as it turned out, the film series was cut short before it could reach Susan's fall from grace.

*** Of the four Pevensies, the only one to keep her original hair color in the films is the dark-haired Susan -– the one who, in the books, eventually abandons Narnia for "lipstick and nylons and invitations." If the complete series had been adapted, as was presumably intended at first, [[UnfortunateImplications this would have meant]] that the two lighter-haired siblings, Peter and Lucy, [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold were ultimately the more purely good ones]], while the two darker-haired ones, Susan and Edmund [[DarkIsEvil were the two darker characters, too.]] But as it turned out, the film series was cut short before it could reach Susan's fall from grace.

* ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' has a tricky example of this, as Buttercup is described as having "hair the color of autumn", which could suggest she has reddish brown hair or orange hair (which is she's depicted as having on the cover of the book's trope page) but ''there's multiple colors of autumn'' and the book isn't clear about it. [[Film/ThePrincessBride The movie]] settles on the blonde Robin Wright and most other book covers and illustrations follow suit.

* ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' books:
** Zaphod is blond and Ford is redheaded. In [[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy the TV series]], they both have dark hair, and in [[Film/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy the movie]], Zaphod is blond again but Ford is [[RaceLift played by Mos Def]]. (In the original [[Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy radio serial]], hair colours aren't mentioned, being rather irrelevant on radio.) Mark Wing-Davey, who played Zaphod on radio and TV, is quoted as saying that he ''said'' he thought Zaph was "a blond beach bum" (with the implication that he'd have been quite happy to wear a wig), but the producer/director (Alan Bell) wasn't listening to anyone involved in the radio show.

** In the book series, Trillian was described with dark hair. When the series came to television, she was played by blonde American Sandra Dickinson. This was done on advice of Creator/DouglasAdams himself, who liked Dickinson on the role.

* In ''Literature/DeathOnTheNile'' Jacque is brunette and Linnet is blonde, in the [[Film/DeathOnTheNile1978 1978 film]] Jacque is played by the famously redhaired Mia Farrow and Linnet played by Lois Chiles who is brunette. The [[Film/DeathOnTheNile2022 2022 adaptation]] has Jacque and Linnet played by Emma Mackey and Gal Gadot respectively who are both darker haired. In the BBC ''Series/{{Poirot}}'' series adaptation of ''Death on the Nile'', they are accurately played by brunette and blonde actresses.

** Annabeth was described as having curly blonde hair and gray eyes (a trait of Athena's children). In the movies, she's brunette and has very striking blue eyes (courtesy of Creator/AlexandraDaddario).
** Percy was supposed to have black hair and green eyes, but he in the film his eyes are blue.

** Legolas has dark hair in the books, depending on your interpretation.