Why Do All Disney Princesses Wear Blue?

Disney princesses have some rather obvious things in common, including their physical beauty, survivor spirit and an uncanny connection to wildlife.

And for some reason they also have the color blue in common, which made designer Christopher Kane wonder "why blue?" as he designed his new Beauty and the Beast inspired collection.

"When you think of every Disney heroine — Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Jasmine — they're all wearing blue! It's a thing. 'Disney Blue."

Leatrice Eiseman of the Pantone Color Institute says it's a way to empower female characters with a color usually associated with males, which we also associate with clear blue sky positivity:

"You're adding a bit of power to the character by giving her the blue." She adds, "It's a very subtle way of saying, 'Yeah, but young women, young girls, can be empowered, too.'"

"It's dependable. It's reliable. It might cloud up, but we know it's there."

-Via Good Housekeeping


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I agree with AnnoDomini. The article didn't explain why certain Disney characters wear blue. It's just someone who makes things up, not unlike astrologers. I would like to hear from Disney animators themselves why they chose a certain color scheme per character.
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The first Disney princess, Snow White, was literally a princess who wore "royal blue" to indicate she was royalty. Were I to hazard a guess, other princesses in a Disney movie later may have been modeled off of Dorothy's light blue-n-white number in Wizard of Oz.
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