Some films like Titanic had more natural colours originally
“films like Titanic that originally had more "natural" colours in the theatrical and DVD versions”
Summary
Titanic’s original theatrical release and its early DVD edition presented the film with natural colour grading. Subsequent versions—particularly the 3D Blu‑ray—added a noticeable yellow‑green tint, leading to fan‑made regraded releases that restore the original colour balance.
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- Titanic In Colour review – a gripping history, once you’ve made it through three minutes of staring at a carpet | Television | The Guardian
In general, the idea makes sense – although this programme does skate disconcertingly close to suggesting that the humble TV-viewing public might genuinely think the past was completely colourless. Yet in this specific case there’s a small issue: who on earth thinks of the Titanic in black and white?
- Titanic in Colour - Titanic Museum
This exhibition features original images of the Titanic and its sister ship, the RMS Olympic, which have been coloured by two artists: Roman Potapov and Steve Walker.
- Titanic in Colour Exhibition - Titanic Museum
Titanic: In Colour After carefully researching the Titanic using period artwork and colour photographs of other White Star Line vessels, Roman Potapov has successfully brought the Titanic to life like never before. He became interested in the Titanic after watching the 1996 miniseries Robert ...
- Links Between Titanic & Early Color Photography/Film | Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board
The first widely used system of real color photography, Autochrome Lumière, came on the market in 1907, 5 years before the Titanic sank. This process was used mainly by wealthy amateur photographers. Kinemacolor, an early natural color film process, was used mainly by Charles Urban to make around 1000 color films between 1908 and 1915, of which about 50 survive today.
- A theory about the "White Star buff" color applied on Titanic's funnels | Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board
Hi Jim Calmer when we're not arguing about Engines, the Mystery ship, or sinking stuff, huh A very good friend of mine made this color ... Hey, everyone! This is the second article I'm writing for this Encyclopedia so once again, I apologize if it's in the wrong section. I was recently reading Peter Davis-Garnier's "RMS Titanic: A Modelmaker's Manual", and in that book, it is stated that the "White Star buff" colour was sometimes referred to as "White Star pink".
- Change in the Color of Titanic’s Cargo Hatch Coamings
Due to the lack of color photos of Titanic, the evidence is circumstantial.
- kk650's Regraded Titanic (1997) IMAX (blanket yellow tint removed from 3D blu-ray) (Released) - Original Trilogy
Here a couple of screenshots close to yours. You will see that colors are much more filmlike. The second DVD was filtered with this yellow tint, not as much as the bluray, but it’s really different from the LD master. That’s why I’ve never watched my 2nd DVD or my bluray.
- TITANIC 4K Filmized Open Matte Remaster with original color grading - Original Trilogy
looking amazing, there is another open matte print floating around with the original colors taken from an old HDTV rip, could maybe use that as reference for some shots too, the dvd is way better balanced on color for sure, that yellow and green revisionist tint on the 3d bluray annoys me.
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