What color hair did the original Little Mermaid have?

What color hair did the original Little Mermaid have?

As it turns out, Hans Christian Andersen never specified a hair color for the little mermaid in his original tale. She’s described as having “skin … as clear and delicate as a rose-leaf, and … eyes as blue as the deepest sea; but, like [her sisters], she had no feet, and her body ended in a fish’s tail.”

Is Ariel’s hair red or orange?

Red Hair, For Uniqueness According to the official Disney blog, red was chosen for Ariel partly to distinguish her from Hannah, and partly because red is green’s complementary color. Ariel’s tail was always going to be green which is to this day known in-house at Disney as “Ariel” green.

What shade of red is Ariel’s hair?

In terms of famous redheads, there’s something sweetly nostalgic about the lobster red hue of The Little Mermaid’s hair.