The poisonous apple that Snow White ate was red. In the classic European fairy tale Snow White, Snow White's stepmother wanted to kill Snow White, so she ordered a loyal servant to bring her a poisonous apple. This apple is described as "as red as a strawberry in summer". In modern pop culture, this poisonous apple is often depicted as a mysterious and dangerous fruit, and in various versions of Snow White, this poisonous apple is also presented as red. Although poisonous apples are depicted in other colors in some works of art, red is the most familiar and accepted.