
His clothes are of gingerbread, but his collar and shirt front are of white bread dough. John Dough is about five feet tall and decorated to look like a fine Parisian gentleman. He eventually became the ruler of Hiland and Loland. John Dough a gingerbread man who was brought to life by the Great Elixir. Thus, she is forever in search for her "bow".

Yet she also is portrayed to be the most reckless, always day dreaming, carelessly dancing about to keep herself warm and always getting lost or left behind by her sky-family and cannot survive on land for too long. Baum says that Polychrome is the smallest, sweetest and most merriest of the "Daughters of the Rainbow". Polychrome is said to be thousands of years old in age but appears to be no older than the character of Dorothy Gale who is described as being roughly around twelve. It is not made clear if the Rainbow itself is the father or if another atmospheric being that controls it is. Polychrome has many sky-siblings who are believed to be all girls and who live with their mysterious father figure. Polychrome is said to be a very rare sky fairy who is not actually from the magical Land of Oz, but belongs high up in the enchanted atmosphere within the same universe and continent of Oz and is invisible to anyone outside the dimension where Oz lies. She makes her debut appearance in the sixth chapter of the novel titled The Rainbows Daughter. She is introduced in Baum's fourth Oz book titled The Road to Oz, published in 1909.

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