Oh, I got why he was greenish, I just didn't know if he was back in the day or just in the remastered stuff. I think they should've continued with the subtle grren skin tint throughout, especially in TOS-R.
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Which is ironic given the amount of time spent trying to make actresses appear green.
Because the last new Trek we saw was TATV and it's made us all cranky and overly picky.
Why do people believe it is such a departure to have two layers of shirts? TOS uniforms were (or were supposed to be) two shirts layered, not just one colorful shirt with a black collar like people seem to think they remember.
Example:
http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/1x04/thenakedtime034.jpg
http://tos.trekcore.com/gallery/albums/1x04/thenakedtime028.jpg
You got the story right but the details wrong.
It was Gibson and the color was called TV Yellow. It was used on the Les Paul Juniors and Specials and then the SG Junior and Specials once they superceded the Les Paul models.However, you're completely correct with the concept. The guitars did appear white on B&W TV.
If you look closely at this example, you can see the wood grain through the finish.
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I can live with being off on a couple of particulars as long as it's still a viable example in general.
You got the story right but the details wrong.
However, you're completely correct with the concept. The guitars did appear white on B&W TV.
If you look closely at this example, you can see the wood grain through the finish.
http://www.davesguitar.com/product/C011888.JPG
The picture you've provided illustrates what I meant (though unless you are the Dave of Dave's Guitar or are authorized to hotlink images from that site, I'll need to ask that you convert the in-line image to a link.)
I can live with being off on a couple of particulars as long as it's still a viable example in general.
I figured.
I'm just a guitar geek, so I figured I'd help out.As far as the pic... Normally I host things on my own site, but I was at work when I posted that and my FTP was being finicky. I've fixed that and have it hosted on my own bandwidth, now.
Cool and cool.
I figured.
As far as the pic... Normally I host things on my own site, but I was at work when I posted that and my FTP was being finicky. I've fixed that and have it hosted on my own bandwidth, now.
They were greenish. The lights and film of the day rendered them as gold to orange. Same for the Jokers hair in Batman. It was often orange in color when it was green.
Actually it was a yellow/caucasian tone. The makeup company (Max Factor?) made up a special blend (including a common shade, "Chinese Yellow") to Fred Phillips' specifications. It was coded "LN1" (for Leonard Nimoy 1), and this same colour was sourced to use on Suzie Plakson as Dr Selar in TNG.
There's no debating that the color was really a shade of green, but there's being accurate, then there's being accurate. Huge numbers of people think the color is gold. It even more or less officially became gold. It was deliberately gold in TAS, TNG, and Sisko wore gold in the DS9 episode. My old Halloween costume (back when you could buy them off the shelf) is gold.
For what it's worth, even today colors aren't always picked up accurately on TV. An appropriate example in this case is the green color on Carl Edwards Aflac-sponsored Sprint Cup car. It looks anything from bright lime green to mustard yellow on TV depending on the light and angle. But to the naked eye, it's definitely a shade of green.
What I find kind of interesting is when they made TMP, they eschewed the red-gold-blue uniforms because they thought those bright colors would look cartoonish on the big screen. Obviously not a concern of Abrams. And, he's probably right.
For what it's worth, even today colors aren't always picked up accurately on TV. An appropriate example in this case is the green color on Carl Edwards Aflac-sponsored Sprint Cup car. It looks anything from bright lime green to mustard yellow on TV depending on the light and angle. But to the naked eye, it's definitely a shade of green.
What I find kind of interesting is when they made TMP, they eschewed the red-gold-blue uniforms because they thought those bright colors would look cartoonish on the big screen. Obviously not a concern of Abrams. And, he's probably right.
http://www.cbs.com/hd/?show=star_trek_remastered
Evidently they have been removed... dammit! I had only watched two episodes. Perhaps it has something to do with the commercials for the re-mastered DVDs on sale now. I saw commercials for Season 2 on DVD. Why let people watch for free if you are trying to sell them? We all know how much they love their money.
Don't be silly. This is TrekBBS, where we'll bicker about anything until the cows come home.Bickering about colors! I can't fucking believe it!
Hell, we'll even bicker about the
ing cows! 
These have seemed to come and go. Not sure what's up with that.http://www.cbs.com/hd/?show=star_trek_remastered
Evidently they have been removed... dammit! I had only watched two episodes. Perhaps it has something to do with the commercials for the re-mastered DVDs on sale now. I saw commercials for Season 2 on DVD. Why let people watch for free if you are trying to sell them? We all know how much they love their money.
I only know what I read, but it's been brought up at least a couple of times, over in the TOS forum.
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