12 Nov 2003, 03:33, Charles Angelich (1:106/2000), wrote to Joe Nicholson:

Hi Charles.

 JN>> NTSC was ridiculed for meaning Never Twice Same Color as a
 JN>> camera swept a football field and the grasss went from
 JN>> green to blue to yellow and other various colors. And white
 JN>> was practically banned in studios because it caused so much
 JN>> blooming into surrounding scenes. Men wore light blue
 JN>> shirts and the stages curtains were anything but white. 

 CA> I remember watching that happen (white) and recall many men
 CA> telling about needing grey makeup for TV shows then going out
 CA> to lunch and having people stare since it made them look
 CA> somewhat like a corpse. 

They are still into heavy powdering, as shine and reflections from wet or
oily skin still blooms the picture.


     Good luck...  M.

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