Q: There is currently a debate about Snow White’s eye color. Several people believe that when they saw the film in theaters years ago, her eye color was blue, not brown as normally depicted. Surviving cels, etc. seem to indicate that they were originally brown, but someone located a Golden Book from 1962 called Walt Disney’s Story Land, in which she is depicted with blue eyes. Did Disney ever produce material, or authorize material, in which Snow White had blue eyes?
Brian, Littleton, Massachusetts
A: Snow White’s eyes in the original film were brown. It is possible that in later uses—movie posters, books, merchandise, etc.—that she might sometimes have been given blue eyes.
Dave Smith