I just read why it was changed to blue, so it would stand out against the white magic sparkles. it was changed in later VHS releases of the first film, then returned to original in dvd/blu ray releases

Interesting! I wonder why they didn't change it back in the merchandise then?

It's probably because it wouldn't stand out on a white background. And little girls (also boys) get things dirty. Tbh, though, it looks like it's an extremely light blue. As if they got a white fabric and dipped it in a watered down Prussian Blue.

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If u watch movie (I have a 3-yr-old, nuff said) u see that her dress changes to a bluish color @ the ball. Not sure why, but it's in the orig movie.

The dress is blueish at the ball because of the shading. When she isnt in the dark it is still white/silver

The color of her dress has always bugged me since I am detailed oriented, and colors have to match perfectly to me. The dresses on the dolls in the store all look different. I have yet to see one that looks like the actual dress on the movie....I wished that I was the designer of all those Cinderella dresses...I would make it a real pale icy silver blue, with some long white gloves...I mean really Disney! How hard can that be....Let's have some continiuty going on here...

Yes! That would be perfect. =)

It's ice blue. You're a moron

I have come to a slightly far fetched decision. What if her dress was once silver, but it slowly changed to blue as it aproached midnight because the silver magic started to wear off?

I know it’s silly, but so is this whole mix up! Am I right?

I noticed this and it bugged me. The thing is, it's a very light blue/silver, but when she dances at the ball it becomes slightly more blue and when they go into the evening balcony it is a much darker blue from the shadow colours. The same is true for the cover of the film, as the cover is during the evening when it is dark so the dress is a darker blue.

Either way, it is the branding of Cinderella now and they can't change it. There would be an uproar and a huge loss in sales. It bugs me almost as much as little girls dressing up as Disney princesses for Halloween with the face of the princess ON the dress. You can't BE the princess with the face of the princess ON the dress!

Omg I hate costumes with the picture on it. Glad I'm not the only one! I've always argued with people over the true color of her dress that's always bugged me too. Glad I'm not alone lol.

I so agree. It's stupid. No one wears a dress with their face on it!

It bothers me too so much. If I had a daughter who liked Cinderella and wanted the doll, I would probably sew a dress myself so I would not have to look at the blue dress. And Disney merchandise seems to be all about sparkles these days so I do not understand why they can not at least make a very light blue dress covered with white sparkles.

But I think there is some hope that the dress is changed some day. Ariel is wearing green dress (for some reason), at the merchandise at the moment.

And if Cinderella´s dress was changed to silver it could start a chain reaction. Auroras dress could be changed to the blue (which I prefer) and Ariels to pink. That way there would still be both blue and pink dresses in the line. Unlikely, but one can hope right?

It was not changed on vhs I have those. The mix up is that in the dark the animators made it blue to get effect of a shadow. Go back and watch the film. The dress has been white/silver, and will always be white/silver.

Also as I recall the prince wore white, and its sometimes looked blue. The wedding dress in the end was white, and it sometimes looked blue. Maybe it was an artistic mistake. The pictures were painted by hand at that time. Or maybe it was a look that Walt Disney wanted. :-\

The current Broadway production of Roger and Hammerstein's Cinderella features a silver sparkly dress very similar to this one.

Actually, there is some things I find unconsidered here. I am a filmmaker and what I noticed from watching the whole sequence of the film, not just the outdoors is that the dress is blue inside and under tungsten normal palace lighting. Blue makes the most sense to back it up as seen in the other parts of the scene because it is a cheaper primary color easier to work with in production. Also having taken lighting, soft diffused light such as a big soft light such as the moon lightens softens colors. Plus I fins it way out of.character and disney pattern style to introduce a white silvery dress that would be confused with the ending white dress of any disney princess, wendy has a light but colored nightgown in peter pan and other might have light colors but its still colored. Silver is not on any other disney palette in the early films that I can recall or visualize nor that disney himself quotes in making of early films. I have read the making of cinderella was used with live action figures first so there must also be some physical historical evudence and or quote by disney in the making of.cinderella to solidify such a debate.

I've always hated this. Her dress is silvery white and while we are on the topic of wrong colors lets not forget her hair. Clearly she's no blonde.

Well, at least not bleach-blonde like in the merchandise. I'd say she's dark blonde... or sandy.

I made a Cinderella dolls dress all in white. I also have light blues, some silver, and light sheer with sparkle on it. also the brown and blue colors of her cleaning clothes. I am making all the outfits! Organza fabric has a sparkle effect, and also some with 'raindrops' on them. The Cinderella dresses CAN be made, I am doing just that! :) You have to find materials similar to all the princess gowns, and make them yourself.

Yep! This is one of those things where you just bite your lip and decide that "if you want it done right, you gotta hunker down and do it yourself." And then there's always the joy and satisfaction that comes with it and the complements from your friends etc. =)

because throughout this scene http://youtu.be/nw6ksk5AzZo her dress is shades of blue.

Just watched the Ball Scene arrival to Departure.. It's a chameleon dress... Arrive - White/Silver but blue with white trim in shadow... Shadow would be a good explanation 'cept Disney blew or should I say Blue it as Cinderella ran off.. right back into Ballroom and in full light wearing a BLUE Dress... I'd say it was a magical mood ring dress but blue is "Normal" and since she was falling in love the charts say it should be green... *L* Still it's a Classic whatever color

Cartooning paint colors would have been more like a black and white effect, so they chose the lighter blue colors to give the shaded effect of the white fabrics. The dress vision was most likely a white satin, with white sheer puffs. Walking into darker areas with vague lighting will give a white dress blue hues, so the artist tried to give that affect when painting. Also, the prince's jacket had a blue hue, when actually it was white.

BECAUSE IT'S NIGHT TIME!! Night time shadows always make things look blue-ish!!

Because of the shadowy night-time effect. The Prince's shirt also looks blue, but inside, it's a creamy white. Notice how everything in the outside dancing scene looks blue in order to give it a true night-time feel.

I can see why that looks blue to people but to me even with the shadows looks gray. It looks like a silver color in light but in the shadows looks gray.

What's even worse....they've made her dress blue in the new live-action film being released next year :( Oh, I am so sad.

so not happy with that choice. way too blue...

Blue is pretty, but it's not a true to art form of the real Cinderella cartoon movie. her dress was white!

Here is the answer it is silver and i will tell you why because even though the story isn't exactly a brothers grim tale just an adaptation of it they still wanted to keep certain qualities. If you read the brothers grim story she goes and calls to the birds to bring her silver and gold to wear. So Her dress in the movie is actually silver. However i can understand the misconception because her dress is mainly seen at night so it has more of a blue tint. Now for marketable reasons disney has went for the more pleasing color blue vs. silver the blue would win obviously. Sadly the 2016 version coming out will be featuring a brilliant blue dress... i was hoping for silver but i like blue too...

I am strange person too so this does bug me not to mention the fact that she was NOT a blonde in the movie... sigh!

Thank You! I am a Cinderella freak and her dress is defiantly not blue! It is silver and the silver is way prettier. It bugs me so much to see replicas that are not true to the original movie.

definitely. :) (defiantly is another word)

Incorrect grammar kills me too. ;)

The dress only looks blue because they are dancing AT NIGHT, where it is shadowed. wow. The dress may have an icy hue to it, but it was never blue. Just like Sleeping Beauty spent the entirety of the movie in a BLUE dress, but she's always marketed in a pink dress, when CLEARLY, Ariel had the pink fancy dress. ugh. Get it right already, Disney!

i think now that explains the running joke within sleeping beautiy where the fairies would keep on fighting over the color of the dress constantly. because probably disney was making fun of the complaints it would get from fans/critics.

i think is that darn moon light even in the ordinal book Disney was soo pleased with that work i think they just forgot

bumping thread as the Cinderella film has come out and i agree! they changed the colour and the feature film portrays the blue when the only princess that wore blue (which then changed to pink as the fairies were fighting over it) was aurora, Cinderella's dress is only darker in the cartoon at the ball because its dark in the castle end of story

Can we also spare a minute and point out that Cinderella is a redhead? Not a blonde?

And don't feed me that strawberry-blonde cock-and-bull.

OK, this is an old feed, but I totally agree that it's silver!! We are going to Disney in a couple of weeks and have reservations for dinner at Cinderella's Castle. I am on a mission to find that perfect shade and make my daughter the actual silver ballgown!! But of course, she'll probalbe hate it lol

Silver 😍

Just before reading this I was having this exact same rant with a friend. Then I read her this article she was thoroughly amazed by how similar our writing styles are, so congratulations self another "normal"
person like me way to go!!!

I 10000000% agree with you and was JUST talking about this the other day.

Cinderella's dress is also NOT made out of velour-type material, either! Gah!

If you think about it, the change in Cinderella's dress color is most likely the thing that sparked the same marketing department to put Aurora in the pink version of her dress for marketing. Too much blue in the lineup otherwise, lol!

yes. please.

According to the 1974 book of Cinderella by Walt Disney Productions that I have, "Her dress turned into a white gown." This edition is from Disney's Wonderful World of Reading

According to Cinderella's Disney profile, her hair is strawberry blonde and her iconic dress is silvery blue with a low cut neckline and lighter peplum.
I agree that in the original the dress is more silvery white than blue. And they keep making the more blue as the years go in. If we're going to put Cinderella's dress in the blue category, it's a pale powder blue, very French. And while we're on the subject of her dress, the 2015 movie is an ok dress. I miss the peplum detail on the skirt. The colour is wrong, and the fabrics are a little plain. This was time to really embellish the dress and use beautiful jacquard and damask fabrics adorned with pearls and sapphires. I do appreciate the 2015 dress. It took a lot to make that dress and it looks a million times better than Belle's dress. Belle's dress looks like a cheap modern prom dress. At least Cinderella got an expensive dress.

I think I love you! I, too, have felt crazy for years! I always thought it was off white but your silver theory works for me. My daughter has been Cinderella for 4 of her 7 Halloween and they've all been blue!