Brooks said:
I agree Frank, I wish the color on the tapes were more vibrant like the actual film. I'm not sure how I could fix that without giving everything a blue'ish tint? Also, that would be more true to the original but not to this version of the tape. I remember back in the 90's when they released a blue tie fighter for the action figures it was strange to me because I always thought of them as white or gray (after all that's what the toys were when I was a kid in the vintage days).
To be fair that PS78 still must have too much of a blue and green tint overlaying it (as it seems to have it over the whole second half of the film). The Technicolor screening video clips are better at showing the subtle levels of it. I don't know how to fix unless as you say you put a tint on it which I agree is not really faithful but also undercuts that versions integrity. It is mostly grey anyway - it seems better to work with the grain than against. I was always used to these scenes being as they are in this as a kid and it didnt bother me in the least - it was the end battle who cares about historically accurate colour fidelity when you are five! Simpler days!
the tie fighters are grey in star wars at least