This quote is little more than mind-reading. Theiss stated in interviews (I don't have access to them right now) that, and a little mind-reading of my own says it was probably after the first test footage was screened, that what he wanted all along was a muted gold color that the (inside of an) avocado greenish yellow would produce.
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This quote is little more than mind-reading. Theiss stated in interviews (I don't have access to them right now) that, and a little mind-reading of my own says it was probably after the first test footage was screened, that what he wanted all along was a muted gold color that the (inside of an) avocado greenish yellow would produce.
A jumper and slacks? Why not?
Was there ever an explanation as to why the dress uniform and the wrap were a different color?
Different fabrics, maybe? The wrap and the dress uniform were - I think - the accurate color Kirk was wearing. Or am I wrong? That one of the few things I'm a little less expert on. If I can be that bold.
The article cited in the OP speculates that Theiss did that on purpose after he saw the earlier material didn't look green enough, but I think that is just a guess.
They would have to be a different material or a different color all together. Once I found out that the command color was supposed to be green, I always thought that the color of the wrap is what the regular duty tunic was supposed to look like. TBH, I never really thought that the gold braid showed up very well against the command tunic.Different fabrics, maybe? The wrap and the dress uniform were - I think - the accurate color Kirk was wearing. Or am I wrong? That one of the few things I'm a little less expert on. If I can be that bold.
Right, well he should have at least either changed the duty tunics to green or changed the other ones to the same color as the duty. I was always confused as a kid as to why Kirk's dress uniform didn't match the color of his regular tunic like everyone else.
I doubt he had enough wardrobe budget to chuck whatever-number of custom made green uniform shirts and dresses into the trash.
I read somewhere that Theiss used the same green dye for all the different uniforms, but the velour photographed as gold.
Except for the boots. You can't really wear such tall boots all day everyday, while working indoors. The realistic thing would have been to wear the boots only on landing parties.
Only when Shatner was in shape and his belly bulge wasn't stretching the fabric.
*Shrug* I like a little meat on the bones.
No. birthday suits will suffice in a perfectly temperature controlled environment. Plus it makes donning an doffing space suits easier.
OK. It breaks down like this:
Engineering, Operations, Services, and Security: Red
Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical, and Nursing Corps: Blue
Command: Green
It follows the tubes used in color televisions: RGB https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model
The color scheme for Command uniforms on TOS was intended to be green. If you're doing the math only 1/4 of the Command uniform suite was (and accidentally at that; yellow and even then it has a slight green twinge...yes even the velour just not as noticeably as with the season 3 double knit).
To wit:
The Command Dress Uniforms - Green.
The Command Coveralls - Green.
The Command Wraparound Tunics - Green
The Command (2268 DN) Standard Duty Tunic - Green
Only one Command uniform piece can be truly considered Gold and that's the (2265-2268 Velour) uniform tunic and even then Bill was leaning toward something with some green in it.
Now having served in uniform myself and now in my current career I have had opportunity to study both real world uniforms and the uniforms in the fictional world of Star Trek and though a fan first, I am a reasercher and nit-picky control freak and in the light of new research even I have had to drop many of my old fan notions of how things were and are. "Fannon" must always give way to fact and intent. And the facts are these: the colors for the the major divisions depicted in the regular Original Series were,
Red for Eng
Blue for Sci
Green for Com
And that's it. Anything else is not only wrong, but would be making up a story only to fit the facts.
John
p.s. Now, who's up for a rousing discussion about the use of the arrowhead for all Starfleet Ships of the Line?
Engineering, Operations, Services, and Security: Red
Sciences, Life Sciences, Medical, and Nursing Corps: Blue
Command: Green
It follows the tubes used in color televisions: RGB https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model
The color scheme for Command uniforms on TOS was intended to be green. If you're doing the math only 1/4 of the Command uniform suite was (and accidentally at that; yellow and even then it has a slight green twinge...yes even the velour just not as noticeably as with the season 3 double knit).
To wit:
The Command Dress Uniforms - Green.
The Command Coveralls - Green.
The Command Wraparound Tunics - Green
The Command (2268 DN) Standard Duty Tunic - Green
Only one Command uniform piece can be truly considered Gold and that's the (2265-2268 Velour) uniform tunic and even then Bill was leaning toward something with some green in it.
Now having served in uniform myself and now in my current career I have had opportunity to study both real world uniforms and the uniforms in the fictional world of Star Trek and though a fan first, I am a reasercher and nit-picky control freak and in the light of new research even I have had to drop many of my old fan notions of how things were and are. "Fannon" must always give way to fact and intent. And the facts are these: the colors for the the major divisions depicted in the regular Original Series were,
Red for Eng
Blue for Sci
Green for Com
And that's it. Anything else is not only wrong, but would be making up a story only to fit the facts.
John
p.s. Now, who's up for a rousing discussion about the use of the arrowhead for all Starfleet Ships of the Line?
The use of the non-arrowheads were a mistake. So sayeth Justman, the Lesser Bird of the Galaxy.
Discussion done.
^Amen
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