A matter of Color.

[Lance]

One thing this thread has made me realise, wryly, is that people who get uptight about inconsistencies in uniforms in, say, TNG or DSC, need to remember that Starfleet personnel were seen in a few different types in TOS. Not everybody in the service wore the same uni as Enterprise personnel.

 

[plynch]

Those newer HD shots that are greener, I think the skin tones are better too. Which counters the idea that the shirts alone were colored to look green in the re mastereds. I think the colors are overall truer to how they would look under "real" in-universe lighting. What an oxymoron. The way we saw things for years were a bit too red overall. (?)

Those Army Air Corps unis are called Pinks and Greens btw. There was quite a lot ov dye variety, even in olive drab. Iirc officers buy their own unis from whiche ver private supplier they chose, henc e the variation. Glenn Miller's band wore t hose i n WWII. Very nice.

 

[J.T.B.]

Those Army Air Corps unis are called Pinks and Greens btw. There was quite a lot ov dye variety, even in olive drab. Iirc officers buy their own unis from whiche ver private supplier they chose, henc e the variation. Glenn Miller's band wore t hose i n WWII. Very nice.

Yes exactly. Because they had manufacturer contracts for issued enlisted uniforms, the Army could enforce specs and got very consistent standards. Officers bought their own wherever they could, with understandably wide variation. Especially after the war really got going, and US officers were having uniforms tailored in Britain, Italy, India, Australia etc.

Interestingly, now the US Army is going with throwback pinks and greens, enlisted personnel will be wearing the WW2 officer version, not enlisted.

 

[uniderth]

Interestingly, now the US Army is going with throwback pinks and greens, enlisted personnel will be wearing the WW2 officer version, not enlisted.

That's because, as we've seen, nobody cares about continuity anymore.

 

[BK613]

One thing this thread has made me realise, wryly, is that people who get uptight about inconsistencies in uniforms in, say, TNG or DSC, need to remember that Starfleet personnel were seen in a few different types in TOS. Not everybody in the service wore the same uni as Enterprise personnel.

Related side note: Individual command in the US Navy set the Uniform of the Day and often times, a ship command followed the UotD of the shore facility it was moored at. Your ship could leave NAS Alameda in March wearing Service Dress Blues as your UotD and, seven days later, man the rails in Service Dress Whites as you pulled into Pearl. Not quite the same as different units having the different uniforms but shows how you can even have variations within the same unit.

 

[J.T.B.]

Your ship could leave NAS Alameda in March wearing Service Dress Blues as your UotD and, seven days later, man the rails in Service Dress Whites as you pulled into Pearl.

I apologize for the OT, but I have to say, that white jumper with the dark piping is awful.

 

[BK613]

I apologize for the OT, but I have to say, that white jumper with the dark piping is awful.

The white jumpers were dirt and grime magnets like no other piece of clothing I've ever owned. I hated them and had two sets; one for duty and one just for inspections.

 

[FormerLurker]

Give white five minutes. They aren't kidding when they say white is comprised of every other color in the rainbow.

 

[plynch]

Just watched A Private Little War, and the location shots have Kirk's tunic lookin olive green. Then on the ship it's gold under the reddish studio lights. Skin tones are redded too.

 

[johnnybear]

Spock's green blood seems to be very watery too!
JB

 

[plynch]

Agreed. Watching on my ipad and freeze framing, it's amazing the detail in sickbay. His blood is sorta gurgling in that surgical apparatus thingy.

 

[Spock_1989]

Definitely prefer the gold myself

 

[Therin of Andor]

Anyone know if there were any other mods made to the uniforms between season two and three besides a change in the fabric?

There was a better attempt at hiding the invisible zippers.

Different material would be my guess. The duty uniform for the first two seasons were made of velour. Which is kind of fuzzy. Very short nap.

The other thing to remember about velour is that the two sides of each fuzz strand can be different colours. My grandmother's bright red velour couch cushions could be made to appear brown by sweeping a hand across the surface and changing the direction of the nap. We could make a brown handprint on the red cushion, or make it look brown with a red handprint.

 

[TREK_GOD_1]

Definitely prefer the gold myself

Well, whether the shirt appears in publicity photos, a scene from the second season of TOS, or a cell from TAS, the command shirt is officially a "gold" color, not green, no matter what the intention was by using a certain dye.

 

[plynch]

No doubt. Though I prefer green with the red and blue other uni colors.

 

[Ryan Thomas Riddle]

I say green, you say gold. Let's call the whole thing off!

 

[plynch]

This is my favorite topic in Trekdom.