Winnie the Pooh from The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988)

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Winnie the Pooh's Body Fur

From The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh · 1988

#db8c2dgolden orange

H33° S79% B86%R219 G140 B45

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Color anatomy

Shades — darker

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Winnie the Pooh is a cornerstone of Disney animation history, first appearing in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988). The character's design went through multiple color revisions before the studio settled on the definitive palette that fans know today.

The body fur — locked at #db8c2d — is a golden orange with richly saturated saturation. At 86% brightness, it's bright and airy, a deliberate choice by the colorists to ensure the character read well on both cinema screens and 1990s CRT televisions.

Memory tends to drift toward more generic versions of this color. Players often land too close to pure golden orange, missing the subtle undertones that make Winnie the Pooh's body fur distinctive. The difference between "close" and "exact" is roughly 5–8° of hue.

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Calibrated to this character's specific hex, not generic color advice.

1Hue: Lock in around 33° — squarely in the yellow-orange range (30°–60°). Don't drift more than 10° from the target.

2Saturation: Target 79%. This is a vivid, punchy color — err on the side of too saturated rather than too gray. The most common miss is dropping below 60%.

3Keep brightness high — above 80%. This is a light, airy color; going below 70% brightness will push it into a muddy or completely different shade.

4Common mistake: Most players overshoot saturation (too intense) and brightness (too light). Dial saturation back slightly from your first instinct, then lock brightness to match the character's lighting.