The “Red Skull” is (was) an arch-nemesis of Captain America, going all the way back to Cap’s WW-2 days. RS (one version or another) also appeared after Cap was thawed out in the 60s. – Stoic “2-degrees” Lion
Does the colorist have the color red in his kit? Why is Capt. America brown, white and blue? At first, because of the reference to politics, I thought that was supposed to be Pres. Obama in the boat! My first reaction was WTF?
Dogsniff — nor me, usually… the need to be a wisea$$ is pretty incorrigible…Eldo — good one!And Varnes et al in re color… yes. screen calibration matters…On my monitor his boots are brick red, the Brevity title above is a sort of maroon-ish auburn and the “view now” button to the right is bright red.On my smartphone, though, the boots are red-orange, the Brevity title is a fairly true red, and that button is coral-pink.But the colors are actually chosen to work in newspaper ink pigments.They often look different as lit-up pixels on your screen.Color-matching, CMYK, subtractive vs additive color, maybe Pantone …. all too complicated for here and I only know a bit anyway.
Varnes — you’re speaking visually . …. but that doesn’t make it reproducible in all media.
Not only is the exact shade of true red debated,even if we agree that the closest thing on the computer monitor is 255 red, 0 blue, 0 green, available pigments may not be able to capture it on paper.The exact mineral may not exist to create your idea of a certain color.Paint and ink and dye aren’t perfectly matched to each other, either…. or to the receptors in the eye, which themselves don’t match the light emanating from a TV or monitor or phone.>br>And all if those display colors slightly differently from each other, especially if they’re different types… like CRT, plasma, LED, etc.A purple dress can look red in one photo and blue in another…. choosing the true red shirt depends on whether you see them in shadow, sun or artificial light.Pantone is a company that has sold color matching services for years to companies trying to make, say, photos of merchandise look the right color, or paper napkins match tablecloths.Comics colorists use a limited palette because they know the printed version will be mixed from four basic colors of ink.
matthew_avila over 12 years ago
You know Captain, comments like that about the Red Skull probably won’t get you promoted.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
If only I’d spent less time in college and more time reading comic books…it would be more useful tonight.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
Varnes, from yesterday…. thanks.
V-Beast over 12 years ago
Canoe come out and play?
rockngolfer over 12 years ago
If I don’t understand a cartoon, usually it is about video games or modern comic books.
StoicLion1973 over 12 years ago
The “Red Skull” is (was) an arch-nemesis of Captain America, going all the way back to Cap’s WW-2 days. RS (one version or another) also appeared after Cap was thawed out in the 60s. – Stoic “2-degrees” Lion
Godfreydaniel over 12 years ago
This one gave me a stroke……….
Varnes over 12 years ago
Does the colorist have the color red in his kit? Why is Capt. America brown, white and blue? At first, because of the reference to politics, I thought that was supposed to be Pres. Obama in the boat! My first reaction was WTF?
madvirgo over 12 years ago
HA! I saw what you did there!
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
Dogsniff — nor me, usually… the need to be a wisea$$ is pretty incorrigible…Eldo — good one!And Varnes et al in re color… yes. screen calibration matters…On my monitor his boots are brick red, the Brevity title above is a sort of maroon-ish auburn and the “view now” button to the right is bright red.On my smartphone, though, the boots are red-orange, the Brevity title is a fairly true red, and that button is coral-pink.But the colors are actually chosen to work in newspaper ink pigments.They often look different as lit-up pixels on your screen.Color-matching, CMYK, subtractive vs additive color, maybe Pantone …. all too complicated for here and I only know a bit anyway.
Varnes over 12 years ago
Red is a primary color. There is only one true red.
SusanSunshine Premium Member over 12 years ago
Varnes — you’re speaking visually . …. but that doesn’t make it reproducible in all media.
Not only is the exact shade of true red debated,even if we agree that the closest thing on the computer monitor is 255 red, 0 blue, 0 green, available pigments may not be able to capture it on paper.The exact mineral may not exist to create your idea of a certain color.Paint and ink and dye aren’t perfectly matched to each other, either…. or to the receptors in the eye, which themselves don’t match the light emanating from a TV or monitor or phone.>br>And all if those display colors slightly differently from each other, especially if they’re different types… like CRT, plasma, LED, etc.A purple dress can look red in one photo and blue in another…. choosing the true red shirt depends on whether you see them in shadow, sun or artificial light.Pantone is a company that has sold color matching services for years to companies trying to make, say, photos of merchandise look the right color, or paper napkins match tablecloths.Comics colorists use a limited palette because they know the printed version will be mixed from four basic colors of ink.
squirralice over 12 years ago
But didn’t you like the skull/scull part?