Baum Character Registry · Fairy / immortal person

Polychrome

Also called: Rainbow's Daughter · Canary

A canonical individual in the Baum-only Character Census. Appearance evidence is chronological and text-grounded.

Proper named / textual designationNarrative / historical individual
Registry

Character record

Knowledge ID
CHAR-0146
Registry ID
char-0146
Canonical display name
Polychrome
Naming status
Proper named / textual designation
Character type
Fairy / immortal person
Participation
Narrative / historical individual
First matched appearance
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz · Ch. 1
Oz Knowledge Base

First-class Knowledge entity

This Character Registry record is a canonical first-class Knowledge entity.

Claims
0
Relationships
0
Historical Atlas events
0
Appearance Profile

Text-grounded appearance

Appearance is tracked only where Baum supplies textual evidence; absence of description is not filled from illustration traditions.

Rule: appearance may change between books, chapters, and events; unstated details are not imported from illustration traditions.

Appearance Timeline

Appearance states

transformation

Canary

Mrs. Yoop transforms Polychrome into a Canary.

The Tin Woodsman of Oz

Baum evidence

First matched textual evidence

t," she said. He laughed at that, and his laugh was merry and frank. Jumping out of the buggy he put Dorothy's suit-case under the seat and her bird-cage on the floor in front. "Canary-birds?" he asked. "Oh no; it's just Eureka, my kitten. I thought that was the best way to carry her." The boy nodded. "Eureka's a funny name for a cat," he remarked. "I named my kitten that because I found it," she explained. "Uncle He

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