tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post826967970470129668..comments2024-03-28T18:00:19.313-04:00Comments on VA Viper: The Addams Family’s Black and White Living Room Was Actually PinkWitt's Endhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04505106934467289492noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-74251946575123038202013-11-25T07:43:39.818-05:002013-11-25T07:43:39.818-05:00A lot of times, color filteres were used--yellow w...A lot of times, color filteres were used--yellow would make a "blue" sky punch more and the clouds stand out (though sometimes a UV filter was used--you can tell, if you know what to look for); a green filter helped people look a little better--darkening the pinks of cheeks and lips to look more normal. Higher end movies had more money to make sure they used filters as appropriate; for tv, they might just stick one on to get through most of the show.<br /><br />Black and white film is peculiar in how "colors" register. Reds wind up seeming lighter in shade than what one expects. However, if what JD197 wrote about "Car 54" is correct, my guess is that they painted the "white" part of the car green, and the "black" part of the car red, and used a green filter--which would make the green appear white, and darken and reds and pinks, thus making the red part of the car look black. (But making the lips and cheeks of people look nice and "rosy."<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-92053938367245427202013-11-22T20:06:41.230-05:002013-11-22T20:06:41.230-05:00I never heard about the Car 54 colors. The color ...I never heard about the Car 54 colors. The color schemes that produced different shade of gray had to have been the norm back then - we just didn't know about them. Or I didn't, anyway.<br /><br />You learn something new everyday if you aren't careful. ;-)Witt's Endhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04505106934467289492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620165642037025659.post-55700482018561588182013-11-22T14:02:53.221-05:002013-11-22T14:02:53.221-05:00For the same reason Superman's cape and costum...For the same reason Superman's cape and costume were different shades of brown in the early, black and white, episodes of the George Reeves "The Adventures of Superman". And Toody and Muldoon's patrol car 54 was red and green, not black and white, in "Car 54 Where are you?". (That was partly because the show shot on location in NY and the color scheme prevented people from mistaking the otherwise accurate replica for a real police cruiser.)JD197https://www.blogger.com/profile/09916374730731115637noreply@blogger.com