And in the remastered prints, especially on HD and Blu-Ray, you can see the green tint of the tunics more.
What do those uniform colors mean, anyway?!
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And in the remastered prints, especially on HD and Blu-Ray, you can see the green tint of the tunics more.
Interesting, I also have photos of backstage lunch engagements between Shatner and Nimoy in color but what I have he's wearing the wraparound tunic.
I've always liked that wrap-around shirt. Captain's casual. Side-by-side with the other command shirts, I imagine the wrap-around was more prominently green. Aside from its design, it gave the captain his own distinct color.
Now, if I wanted to start a real nerd war, I'd ask what color Mr. Spock's skin is. And for that matter, why would an Orion woman wear red lipstick?
I'd like to say one thing, off topic: it's possible to confuse Command Division with being in command of people, with being the boss. I'm pretty sure it really refers to matters like steering the ship.
If a ship is adrift without human control, they say the vessel is not under command. I think that's what the Command color uniforms are all about, having a hand in where the ship is going.
If a ship is adrift without human control, they say the vessel is not under command. I think that's what the Command color uniforms are all about, having a hand in where the ship is going.
In black and white, with no context or powers-that-be explaining what uniforms mean, the red uniforms stand out as having a lower value (darker shade of gray) than the yellow and blue uniforms (lighter shade of gray, roughly equivalent). So someone watching Trek in B&W in the day might assume that light uniforms are the equivalent of chambrai, and darker uniforms the equivalent of enlisted fatigues. Of course, the darker uniform wearers include folks with high ranks (Lieutenant Uhura, Lt. Commander Scott) so one would quickly have to come up with another theory for distinguishing them.
I imagine the little arrowhead insignia, while great in closeup, would be so tiny on the typical small screen that I wonder if folks really noticed the differences until they were pointed out to them.
That makes sense. We did notice the nice bit of continuity, that Riley knew all about engineering because he'd been there. Of course, we know now that this was a happy accident as Bruce Hyde wasn't hired to play Riley but a differently named character.
Is it in the writing bible, too?
A friend of mine used to be Roddenberry's secretary. She got a call from a fan asking what color Spock's...Pon Farr organ was. Turned out Nimoy was visiting the office that day, and he confirmed that it is, in fact, green.
Though next week, on Balance of Terror, we will see phaser control people wearing yellow, too. (we just saw the trailer last night, and everybody perked up. "Whoa! There are weapons on the Enterprise! We're gonna see a real space battle?")
Then it must not be ripe yet.
This one will be most interesting to see their reaction to.
Wait. Is she still around?
Was it Susan Sackett?
Chambrai/chambray as in navy enlisted dungarees shirts?
Not only that was green, the dress uniform was green as well, and I agree it did give the Captain their own distinct color and has less of a kids pajama color feel like yellow.
I will endeavor to do that, thank you.
Out of curiosity, what's the rationale for that rule? Is it easier on the servers to have fewer posts in the database?
I might have the terms confused. I had thought the chambray was the khaki. My grandfather in WW2 was a Petty Officer -- talked about how when he wore chambray, no one knew if he was an officer or not, and people around him propagated the myth that he was. Colonels stepped aside for him.
Chambray is light blue cotton, a mix of blue and white threads. Standard working men's wear in the early 20th century, from which we get the term "blue collar."
This was the US Navy?
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To be accurate, chambray from a textile POV is a cotton or line fabric where:
a) the weave is simple (warp over waft then under waft then over waft again)* and
b) the warp is dyed and the waft is white.**
I've owned (and still own) chambray shirts that are not blue.
However, blue has been and still is the ubiquitous chambray color, so much so that it is a Pantone color with RGB hex code 9eb4d3.
*(as opposed to denim, which is warp over two waft, then under one waft, then over two waft.)
**(denim also has a dyed warp and white waft.)
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