Tolkien Question?

[Adlan]

http://www.valinor.com.br/images/stories/smaug.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/120/302869394_1a6702cd42.jpg?v=0

Is Smaug Red or Green.

Both of the above drawings are from tolkiens own hand, Which colour is smaug?

[averagejoe]

He would appear to be red-gold, judging from the drawings. I don't have The Hobbit on hand, though, and I don't remember if the book said.

[kamikasei]

I do have the Hobbit to hand, and it says "red-golden".

Bear in mind that Tolkien drafted and illustrated parts of his stories over decades and they changed a lot while he did so.

[averagejoe]

I do have the Hobbit to hand, and it says "red-golden".

So I was right. It's because the bottom one looked more gold than green to me.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

And here I thought I was going to have to use my epic Tolkien geekery. Oh well :P

[KillianHawkeye]

Well, based solely on the pictures I would say that Smaug's color varies depending on the lighting and what angle you are viewing him from. :smallwink::smallbiggrin::smallwink:

[Telonius]

... text trumps table? :smallbiggrin:

[Xondoure]

He is red. He is described as red in the books, is one of the foundations of the red dragon in D&D (correct me if I'm wrong on this point but I think its safe to say he had alot to do with the inspiration), and the majority of the pictures drawn by tolkein and others depict him as a red dragon. So yeah, red.

[BlueWizard]

Blue, definitely Blue.... oh not my dragon?

[Muz]

Same color as a balrog's wings.

[Fifty-Eyed Fred]

Don't forget the slippers.