Polychrome (Oz)

Polychrome
Oz character
as illustrated by John R. Neill in The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)
First appearanceThe Road to Oz (1909)
Created byL. Frank Baum
In-universe information
NicknamePolly
SpeciesFairy
Genderfemale
TitleDaughter of the Rainbow
FamilyRainbow (father), unnamed sisters

Polychrome is a cloud fairy and the youngest daughter of the Rainbow, thus she is a "sky princess". She first appears in The Road to Oz (1909), which is the fifth book of the original fourteen Oz books by American author by L. Frank Baum.[1] She also appears several times in later Oz stories of the classic series, and has a title role in the modern sequel Polychrome: A Romantic Fantasy by Ryk E. Spoor.

  1. ^ Jack Snow, Who's Who in Oz, Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; p. 163.