In fact, in the remastered versions of the episodes the "gold" tunics are identifiably avocado green.
http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/1x14/balanceofterror070.jpg
http://tos.trekcore.com/hd/albums/1x14hd/balanceofterrorhd033.jpg
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Was that sarcasm?
No, he's right. The second picture is the remastered print, while the first is the DVD caps.
Although the lights are casting a yellow tint to the shirts, the restoration of the print shows us what they looked like as filmed in '66, prior to 40 years of wear and aging.
After all, why are many fan films (including Exeter and New Voyages/Phase II) now using green costumes? Because that's what Theiss used. If you dig through the set photos on NV's site, you can see the command shirts change color in different lighting, from a mustard gold to a very distinct green.
Using gold may have been a creative choice, or perhaps JJ didn't know. In any case, the originals are green.
The original fabric of the costumes was green, I'm not disputing that, it's one of those random trivia facts that Trek fans worth their salt know (and incidentally, the movie audience at large will not know), I was disputing in that post that either of the links Polaris posted looked even remotely 'avocado green'. Unless my eyes are broken, they are pretty obviously mustard gold, as filmed and aired.
Besides, whatever colour the actual fabric of the costumes was in the 60's, it's been well established on screen (dare I say canonically) that the in-universe colour is gold.
Trials and Tribbleations said:SISKO:In the old days, operations officers wore red, command officers wore gold, and --
I don't think it's much a stretch for JJ to carry on using gold, and I think it would be avery very bad idea for him to buck the expectation by suddenly having Kirk etc on green.
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