I never did color correct Little Mermaid. I just matched the one second to the new DVD color palette.

I did see Little Mermaid in theaters, but I couldn't tell you which was more accurate. The new color scheme really does seem a little better than the original which looked kind of crappy.

Supposedly, the people that originally worked on the film 'approved' the colors, but I think that's Disney holding a gun to them telling them they should approve what they see.

We're trying to get some distribution going on these films... if we can figure out how.

As far as Sleeping Beauty, odds are older is better, but you're going to loose the added image gained in the 2008 Platinum unless you do a lot of work color correcting the whole thing.

I'd assume the 2003 disc is the original color scheme based on the screenshots here: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34969/sleeping-beauty/

I know Disney has been messing with colors on new transfers, but I'm starting to think a lot of that is the change to a digital process is providing a more true color than the older photography processes allowed.

That said, I can't imagine the animators didn't know what they were compensating for. It may come down to a matter of taste without original animators stepping forward and saying what's right or wrong.

I'm assuming that's what Ron Dias was talking about. Did he actually SAY that the new colors aren't right?