ATTACK OF THE PURPLE REMASTERS
It's hard to talk about color choices in old cartoons anymore, because evil remastering engineers like to change all the colors.
They seem to be particularly fond of purple and pour it all over the cartoons.
TRANSYLVANIA 6500 1963
I like these BGs a lot, even though I suspect the colors are completely different than they are on film. I have early transfers of this that are bright and clean but very different colors.
It's not like the old transfers are just faded. It looks like on some cartoons, they now change all the colors in the scenes one by one, not just pump up the whole image.
These are stylized, but still moody.
BUGS BONNETS 55
Here's a pink that isn't your modern typical MLP pink.
BEEP BEEP 52
Here are pre-Maurice Noble super-stylized graphic BGs for a Roadrunner cartoon. I think this style works better for the cartoons, because it doesn't distract from the characters.
The engineers have really pumped these up.
Not your typical navy blue to purple to pink sunset that you see in most cartoons today.
WACKY WABBIT 1942
I tend to favor deep rich colors like these.
THE HEP CAT 1942
Oddly, when they remastered The Hep Cat they turned down the colors! Maybe they felt guilty for turning all the other cartoons pink purple and turquoise.
The BGs on earlier transfers of this are much richer, but you can kind of get an idea of at least how moody the cartoon is.
THE WORM TURNS 1937
