Color episodes: Green, green, green!

[galileo2002]

Does anyone know why everything in sight seems to be painted green in the color episodes?

It's like the set designer got a really good deal on a thousand gallons of green paint or something.

Anyone have any insight on such a predominate use of one color in these episodes?

[DarleneIllyria]

Originally posted by galileo2002
It's like the set designer got a really good deal on a thousand gallons of green paint or something.

Maybe that was the case. I seriously have no idea why they made Mayberry so greeny. I guess someone figured that green was a peace friendly color, and since Mayberry was so friendly that green would be an ideal color. Okay, that was a lousy idea. Let's just stick with your theory about someone getting an irresistable bargain on green paint.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by galileo2002

Does anyone know why everything in sight seems to be painted green in the color episodes?

It's like the set designer got a really good deal on a thousand gallons of green paint or something.

Anyone have any insight on such a predominate use of one color in these episodes?

All the green and then the lettering on Floyd's barbershop et certera were painted in a dainty pastel blue.

Just lacks realism, somehow.

But man, that red Mustang that pulled up to Wally's filling station this morning was an eye popper.

🙂

[Duster76]

Originally Posted by Will Dockery

All the green and then the lettering on Floyd's barbershop et certera were painted in a dainty pastel blue.

Just lacks realism, somehow.

But man, that red Mustang that pulled up to Wally's filling station this morning was an eye popper.

🙂

Holy smokes this thread started in 2002! I think the reason for so much green had to do with the way it looked on a black and white TV. On a black and white set it appeared to be a shade of gray which made for good contrast. Just to be clear the overwhelming majority of homes in 1965 were watching in black and white. In 1965 there were 57.5 million households in the United States, only 2.8 million had color TV's. Color was growing in leaps and bounds make no mistake about it, the 2.8 figure was January 65, by October the figure would reach 4.6 million.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Duster76

Holy smokes this thread started in 2002! I think the reason for so much green had to do with the way it looked on a black and white TV. On a black and white set it appeared to be a shade of gray which made for good contrast. Just to be clear the overwhelming majority of homes in 1965 were watching in black and white. In 1965 there were 57.5 million households in the United States, only 2.8 million had color TV's. Color was growing in leaps and bounds make no mistake about it, the 2.8 figure was January 65, by October the figure would reach 4.6 million.

True, nobody in my immediate family had color television set in 1965, my grandparents in La Grange Georgia finally bought a color set around 1969. By the early 1970s color television was becoming common, although black and white seasons sets were not unusual on into the 1980s, but were old sets, I would guess black and white sets were no longer even ein built by then.

I remember reading that in the early black and white Superman episodes, Superman's costume was colored oddly, like brown and grey, hues that would show up well in black and white.

Since the Mayberry set was also used as Metropolis, the building facades were probably painted with black and white film in mind, as well.

[biffbronson]

There were lots of green walls when My Three Sons went to color on CBS as well. And of course, when Steve visited his old hometown with Chip and Ernie, the Mayberry set was used. IIRC you can even see the tree that Aunt Bee backed into when she learned to drive.

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

There were lots of green walls when My Three Sons went to color on CBS as well. And of course, when Steve visited his old hometown with Chip and Ernie, the Mayberry set was used. IIRC you can even see the tree that Aunt Bee backed into when she learned to drive.

That was an interesting bending of reality seeing the Douglas family walking around in an alternate universe Mayberry.

The kids would call it a Multiverse moment.

[Willbo]

Green was very popular in the 60's. Dark Shadows used lots of green in the decor. The actors also wore lots of green clothing.

[Dude111]

Originally Posted by galileo2002

Does anyone know why everything in sight seems to be painted green in the color episodes?

Thast why they shouldnt molest these shows,they dont know what they are doing and they ruin it!!!!!

Almost seems like they do it on purpose.......



If its BW,bloody leave it that way!!

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by galileo2002

Does anyone know why everything in sight seems to be painted green in the color episodes?

It's like the set designer got a really good deal on a thousand gallons of green paint or something.

Anyone have any insight on such a predominate use of one color in these episodes?

Someone must have noticed and did more painting, as by the episode with Opie, Arnold and the tape recorder, the inside of the Courthouse is painted in shades of brown, hardly any green in sight. Outside of the Courthouse is also now painted brown.

Andy's house is also much less green.

Opie's room is brown, the kitchen is still an olive green but there's wallpaper the living room.

This episode is showing on WRBL TV-3.1 if anyone is in the Columbus Georgia srea, tune in.

🙂

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by Dude111

Thast why they shouldnt molest these shows,they dont know what they are doing and they ruin it!!!!!

Almost seems like they do it on purpose.......



If its BW,bloody leave it that way!!

The later seasons were actually filmed in color.

[ThisLittlePiggy]

I remember back in the Seventies, that bright yellowish green color was very popular. I had a sweater in that color. I recall seeing many women wear that color on TV during that time. As for the walls, I recall avocado green being popular for kitchens back then.

[biffbronson]

Originally Posted by Will Dockery

Someone must have noticed and did more painting, as by the episode with Opie, Arnold and the tape recorder, the inside of the Courthouse is painted in shades of brown, hardly any green in sight. Outside of the Courthouse is also now painted brown.

Andy's house is also much less green.

Opie's room is brown, the kitchen is still an olive green but there's wallpaper the living room.

Good old penny-pinching budget-conscious CBS, perhaps they were running out of the old green paint for repainting and someone got a good deal buying brown...!

[Will Dockery]

Originally Posted by biffbronson

Good old penny-pinching budget-conscious CBS, perhaps they were running out of the old green paint for repainting and someone got a good deal buying brown...!

The episode with Opie's rock band is on this morning, still quite a bit of green on the walls.

Got a good look at Andy's backyard, doesn't seem very big, and the garage or workshop takes up a lot of space back there, and just behind must be the road that passes Goober's filling station.

Andy and Aunt Bee just came in the house, walls are sort of turquoise and the doors a pale olive green, sort of.

Andy's very grim looking, as he faces the uncertain future of a teenage Opie.

[rusty spike]

Was green paint used for interiors of civic buildings?