Snow Whites' eyes, blue to brown, why?

After reading through these posts, it appears that most of the evidence points to brown eyes being correct however I still have a feeling that they must have been blue at some point for me to have these memories.
It's obviously not a big deal what her eye color is but when your memory is showing you something different from reality...it make you wonder.

I'm not sure how reliable childhood memories really are when it gets down into details like that. Throw in the ability of kids to impose their own "realities" at that time with coloring books and it would be understandable how it could be inaccurately "remembered".
 
I like how every person who posted that Snow White had blue eyes only posted once and only to say they were blue... sounds like the same person to me!!
 
I like how every person who posted that Snow White had blue eyes only posted once and only to say they were blue... sounds like the same person to me!!

lol in 2001, 2009, 2012 and then this year. Persistence.
 


Wow, a twelve year old thread - I didn't know that DIS threads that old could still be revived! Most websites archive threads after a few years & they're considered "closed", but clearly that is not the case with the DIS.

I'd like to point out that the OP, who was a college student when this was first posted, is now middle aged!

I am only chiming in to say I love your avatar.

My other HIGHLY relevant contribution is that Charlese Theron was an exceptional wicked witch.
 
Indeed, old. I haven't been on the DIS in quite some time and decided to check out the Rumors Board. I was very surprised to see an indicator that showed I had posted to the thread at the top of the list.

Wow, 12 years ago. I, of course, have no recollection of typing those words.
 


Holy Happy Haunts!

I thought JJewell and Sarangel were abck until I looked at the dates.

Don't get a person's hopes up like that.
 
Just to add my chime in.... I recently aquired a book copyrighted in 1962 titled "Walt Disneys Story Land. 55 favorite stories adapted from Walt Disney films".

Take it for what it's worth but in this book her eyes are blue. With image copy rights dating back to 1936....
 
Just to add my chime in.... I recently aquired a book copyrighted in 1962 titled "Walt Disneys Story Land. 55 favorite stories adapted from Walt Disney films".

Take it for what it's worth but in this book her eyes are blue. With image copy rights dating back to 1936....

Pictures, by chance, you'd like to share?

Having watched Snow White countless times as a child, I can say I've never seen her with blue eyes. Brown only. Funny how the only people who say blue carry no proof, but those who combat with brown carry proof.
 
Pictures, by chance, you'd like to share? Having watched Snow White countless times as a child, I can say I've never seen her with blue eyes. Brown only. Funny how the only people who say blue carry no proof, but those who combat with brown carry proof.

I love your attitude towards those who say against you... I'd be glad to post a picture if it for you... Im at work so give me a couple min- hours...

How ever either way I don't really care wether it's blue or brown, it dosent make a difference to me. All I can say is what I have in front me...
 
The older copyright dates are at least for the story, not necessarily the imagery in it, so it is difficult to tell how old the imagery actually is. They are hand drawn, however, and not direct from the cels. The artist could have made a mistake, or a conscious change, authorized or unauthorized.

However, if these changes were prevalent, it could explain why people believe her eyes were originally blue, but does not mean they were ever blue in the movie.
 
So how come no fuss over the color change in her hair ribbon (blue instead of red), collar (orange instead of white) or her sleeves (pink accents instead of red)?

But in all seriousness, I'm curious about that copyright page. Does the word "adapted" appear in the credits for Snow White as it does for some of the other stories? If so, that's an indication that the artist may have added their own interpretation of the character's looks - as they appear to have done with the other elements I mentioned above.
 
So how come no fuss over the color change in her hair ribbon (blue instead of red), collar (orange instead of white) or her sleeves (pink accents instead of red)? But in all seriousness, I'm curious about that copyright page. Does the word "adapted" appear in the credits for Snow White as it does for some of the other stories? If so, that's an indication that the artist may have added their own interpretation of the character's looks - as they appear to have done with the other elements I mentioned above.

Adapted does not appear in the copyright section
 
So we know this much:

In the 1937 theatrical feature, Snow White had brown eyes (original artwork still exists to back this up).

In 1962 Disney and Golden Books produced a work depicting a non-standard Snow White with changes to colors in her eyes and costume (images from actual book provided by Mouse14).


Extrapolating from there... Because children's books tend to get handed down from one generation to the next, this could explain why a number of people would have first come to know Snow White as having blue eyes.

What we don't know is whether the blue eyes in the book were intentional (i.e. Disney-mandated change in the definition of Snow White's appearance), an illustrator's interpretation, or a printing/inking error.

I think to really get to the bottom of this, we need archivist extraordinaire Dave Smith ;)
 
So we know this much:

In the 1937 theatrical feature, Snow White had brown eyes (original artwork still exists to back this up).

In 1962 Disney and Golden Books produced a work depicting a non-standard Snow White with changes to colors in her eyes and costume (images from actual book provided by Mouse14).


Extrapolating from there... Because Golden typically produced massive quantities of their board-backed titles (and that children's books tend to get handed down from one generation to the next), this could explain why a large number of people would have first come to know Snow White as having blue eyes.

What we don't know is whether the blue eyes in the book were intentional (i.e. Disney-mandated change in the definition of Snow White's appearance), an illustrator's interpretation, or a printing/inking error.

I think to really get to the bottom of this, we need archivist extraordinaire Dave Smith ;)

Dave retired... :(

What's also intriguing is that Disney is usually VERY strict on depictions. It seems unlikely they would have authorized a change and not kept with in in later depictions, but it is VERY unlikely they would allow an unauthorized change, especially through multiple printings.
 
In a related question, I've always wondered why Sleeping Beauty's eyes appeared brown in the original cartoon but later changed to blue in more recent depictions.
 
What's also intriguing is that Disney is usually VERY strict on depictions.
That's very true today.

But the book in this thread is from more than a half century ago. There was a time when Disney output did not have to be approved by a small army of branding specialists and lawyers.

Judging by how far back the copyrights go, my guess is that early versions of the book relied on black-and-white line art. As color printing became more commonly available in the 1950s and 1960s, the publisher of the licensed book had an artist (not necessarily a Disney artist) apply color to the illustrations, without using official model sheets. And in that era long before Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, or even VHS tapes, the artist also had no easy way to screen the movie to check colors. Of course, there was no Internet either. So the artist guessed. Or the artist may have referred to another book that did use the proper color palette. In any case, Snow White's costume colors and eye color do not match the movie.
 

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