What color is Snow White's hair?

Snow White’s hair is black. The 1937 Disney film visually establishes her with a short, black bob, and the character’s classic description compares her hair to ebony, alongside lips red as a rose and skin white as snow.

The design came from Disney’s adaptation of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale, but the film gave Snow White a distinctive animated appearance that became one of the studio’s most recognizable character designs. Her red ribbon and black hair also create the strong color contrast associated with her costume.

A common mix-up comes from later adaptations, illustrations, and different ideas of what a princess should look like. Some versions may alter her hairstyle or shade, but the canonical Disney version from the 1937 animated feature has black hair. Snow White was Disney’s first princess and the lead character in the studio’s first feature-length animated film.