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40 free Rainbow Brite trivia questions with answers — trivia quiz, new questions added Oct 2026.
Rainbow Brite arrived in 1984 and within a year had dolls, TV specials and a cinema film. For a generation of children she was the girl who kept the universe in color, with a talking horse, a furry sprite and a team of Color Kids at her side. This quiz covers the characters first: the heroes of Rainbow Land, the villains who want it gray, and the sprites and horses who help them. It also covers the 1980s cartoon, the film Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer, the voice cast, the 2014 reboot and the toys and tie-ins that made her a household name. It is written for fans who grew up with the cartoon and for parents sharing it with their own children. Some questions are easy and some are for true fans, and every answer comes with a short explanation.
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Q 01Which greeting card company created Rainbow Brite and unveiled her at a 1984 toy fair?
Hallmark Cards
Hallmark Cards backed her launch with a $15 million marketing campaign built mostly on television advertising, and the dolls and cartoon specials followed within the year.
Q 02What was Rainbow Brite called before she earned her famous name by bringing color to a gray land?
Wisp
Wisp was the girl's name when she arrived in the colorless world. She became Rainbow Brite only after freeing the Color Kids and taking charge of them.
Q 03Which furry sprite is Rainbow Brite's personal helper and most loyal friend in the 1980s cartoon?
Twink
Twink is the one sprite who answers to Rainbow Brite herself. In one episode a sly traveling salesman tricks him into signing away the Color Caves.
Q 04What is the name of Rainbow Brite's talking horse, a loyal friend with a high opinion of himself?
Starlite
Starlite is loving but egotistical, a running joke of the series. He was voiced in the 1980s by Andre Stojka, who took on other parts in the 1985 film as well.
Q 05Which magical item worn by Rainbow Brite produces the energy force she uses to fight evil?
Color Belt
The Color Belt is powered by processed crystals from the sprites' mines, and the villains of the 1985 film make stealing it one of their goals.
Q 06Which evil scientist is Rainbow Brite's chief enemy, plotting from Rainbow Land's last colorless corner?
Murky Dismal
Murky Dismal keeps inventing ways to spoil Rainbow Land. In one episode he even claims to be in charge of it to impress his visiting mother.
Q 07In Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer, which season does the weather girl Stormy refuse to let end?
Winter
Winter is Stormy's idea of fun, so she battles Rainbow Brite to keep it going on Earth. She loses the chase, but the cold lingers anyway because of trouble far out in space.
Q 08Which toy company produced the original Rainbow Brite dolls after licensing the character in 1984?
Mattel
Mattel made the dolls and many of the toys from 1984 to 1987, while other firms turned out everything from bicycles and bedding to radios and lamps.
Q 09In Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer, what kind of horse is On-X, who brings a call for help?
A robot
A robot with rockets in place of legs, On-X flies to Rainbow Land to report that the leader of a distant planet has gone missing.
Q 10Which voice actor, famous as Optimus Prime in Transformers, played Rainbow Brite's main villain in the 1980s?
Peter Cullen
Peter Cullen voiced the scheming scientist in both the series and the 1985 film, where he also supplied the voice of the storm horse Skydancer.
Q 11Which Hannah Montana co-star voiced Rainbow Brite in the three-part animated reboot released in 2014?
Emily Osment
Emily Osment, who played Lilly in the Disney sitcom, led a cast of redesigned characters. The miniseries premiered on a video-on-demand service that November.
Q 12Which star of The Breakfast Club voiced the villain in the 2014 Rainbow Brite animated reboot?
Molly Ringwald
Molly Ringwald made The Breakfast Club in 1985, the same year the villain she voices first appeared on cinema screens in the original animated film.
Q 13Which diamond-obsessed villain tries to steal an entire planet in Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer?
The Dark Princess
Q 21Brian, the Earth boy who befriends Rainbow Brite, dreams of a future playing which sport?
Baseball
Baseball is Brian's ambition. He is the only boy on Earth who can see Rainbow Brite in the 1985 film, and he also joins her in episodes of the series.
Q 22What is the name of the gloomy villains' lair, the one part of Rainbow Brite's land still without color?
The Pits
The Pits featured in the title of one of the first Rainbow Brite TV specials, a 1984 adventure in which the Color Kids are kidnapped.
Q 23In Rainbow Brite, the crystals mined by the sprites are processed into what color-giving substance?
Star Sprinkles
Star Sprinkles brighten and color anything they touch, and they keep the heroine's own powers charged. One episode of the series is named after them.
The Dark Princess plans to tow the planet home behind her spaceship. She returned in the final episode of the series, scheming to become Queen of the Sprites.
Q 14Which big, dimwitted sidekick with a large nose bumbles along beside Rainbow Brite's main enemy?
Lurky
Lurky looks like a giant brown sprite. In the 1985 film he and his boss crash their ship into a throne room, which accidentally helps the heroes win.
Q 15A live-action Rainbow Brite home video was filmed on location at which California zoo?
San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo hosted one of only two live-action Rainbow Brite programs released on VHS. The other was a tape made to be played at children's birthday parties.
Q 16Studios in which country handled much of the animation for Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer?
Japan
Japan supplied one of the film's two directors, Kimio Yabuki, and six named outsourcing studios, a common arrangement for its producers at the time.
Q 17Lucky is the personal sprite of which Rainbow Brite Color Kid, who oversees a team of crystal miners?
Patty O'Green
Patty O'Green and Lucky look after the green sprites and their crystals. She was one of only three Color Kids to get a doll in the 2003 anniversary toy line.
Q 18What is the name of the diamond planet that all light passes through in the 1985 Rainbow Brite film?
Spectra
Spectra is kept polished by its own sprites so that more light can pass through it to the rest of the universe. When it dims, Earth is left stuck in the cold.
Q 19Which Hollywood studio released Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer in American cinemas in November 1985?
Warner Bros.
Warner Bros. booked the film for matinees only, three shows a day, and it left cinemas after a run of just five weeks.
Q 20Which boy warrior, at first scornful of girls, helps Rainbow Brite save his home planet in the 1985 film?
Krys
Krys insists he can beat the villain alone until his mentor makes the two young heroes combine their powers. He wears a wrist device that works much like her own power.
Q 24Which publisher issued the 1985 tie-in comic book for Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer?
DC Comics
DC Comics adapted the film in 1985. A different publisher, Dynamite Entertainment, revived the character for a five-issue comic more than thirty years later.
Q 25Which animation company, fresh from Inspector Gadget, produced the Rainbow Brite specials and series?
DIC Enterprises
DIC Enterprises made the first three TV specials, and their success led to a cinema film that was only the second feature the studio had produced.
Q 26Romeo is the name of the personal sprite who assists which of Rainbow Brite's seven Color Kids?
Red Butler
Red Butler and Romeo run the red sprites' mine. He was voiced in the 1980s by Mona Marshall, who played two more Color Kids and later many South Park characters.
Q 27Which of Rainbow Brite's Color Kids is helped by a personal sprite with the brainy name I.Q.?
Shy Violet
Shy Violet and I.Q. manage the violet sprites. She was voiced in the 1980s by Robbie Lee, who also played Indigo and Lala Orange.
Q 28Which Rainbow Brite character, once kidnapped by the villain, owns the loyal blue horse Shimmer?
Moonglow
Moonglow makes the night sky shine, so her kidnapping in the episode Rainbow Night threatens to dim every night for good.
Q 29Which child star of the horror film Poltergeist appeared in TV commercials for Rainbow Brite dolls?
Heather O'Rourke
Heather O'Rourke was one of three well-known child actors in the doll adverts, alongside Tracey Gold and Kellie Martin.
Q 30The mysterious baby found by Rainbow Brite in her origin story turns out to be another form of what?
The Sphere of Light
The Sphere of Light is the very thing the girl was sent to find, hidden in plain sight as Baby Brite. The Sphere later gives the heroine her famous new name.