{{short description|Belgian colorist (1930–2016)}} {{more citations needed|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox person | name = Nine Culliford | image = Nine_Culliford.png | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Janine Devroye | birth_date = {{birth date|1930|03|29|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|07|05|df=y|1930|03|29}} | death_place = Uccle, Belgium | other_names = Janine Culliford | occupation = Colourist | spouse = {{marriage|Peyo|1952|1992|reason=died}} | children = 2 }} '''Janine Culliford''' (née '''Devroye'''; 29 March 1930 – 5 July 2016) was a Belgian colourist of comic strips.<ref name="Sudinfo.be">{{cite web|title=La veuve de Peyo, Nine Culliford, est décédée à 86 ans|url=http://www.sudinfo.be/1615880/article/2016-07-05/la-veuve-de-peyo-nine-culliford-est-decedee-a-86-ans|website=Sudinfo.be|accessdate=9 July 2016}}</ref>

Nine Culliford was the wife of the comic strip creator known as Peyo (the pseudonym of Pierre Culliford, 1928–1992). She coloured his illustrations up until his death.

==Biography== She is especially notable for coming up with the idea that the Smurfs should be coloured blue. After the death of her husband, she continued to colour the comic strips produced by the studio founded by her son Thierry who has been continuing the work of Peyo.<ref name="Dayez">{{cite book|last1=Dayez|first1=Hugues|title=Peyo, l'enchanteur|date=2003|publisher=Niffle|isbn=2-87393-049-7|page=64}}</ref>

She died on 5 July 2016 at the age of 86.

The 2017 film ''Smurfs: The Lost Village'' is dedicated to her memory.<ref>[http://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/07/06/nine-culliford-the-woman-who-made-the-smurfs-blue-dies-at-86/ Nine Culliford, The Woman Who Made The Smurfs Blue, Dies At 86]</ref>

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