Little Red Riding Hood's hood is red in the best-known form of the story. The color is so closely associated with the character that it became part of her English name and the title used in many translations.
The tale predates the version most modern readers know. Related stories circulated in European oral tradition, while Charles Perrault published an influential French version in 1697. The Brothers Grimm later included their own German version, in which a hunter rescues the girl and her grandmother from the wolf.
The red hood is often interpreted symbolically, with suggestions ranging from childhood vulnerability to danger, maturity, or the vivid visual style of later illustrations. However, the meaning is not fixed across every retelling. Some early or regional versions differ substantially, and in some tellings the girl has no red hood at all.
That variation does not make the quiz answer unfair: in the canonical modern image of the character, the hood is red. The familiar story also differs from older versions in its ending. Perrault's version ends tragically, while the Grimm tradition adds a rescue and the wolf's death.