g-force said:

My opinion:

1. Tech IB print has colors that differ from the prints on opening day. They are all there, with little fading, but that doesn't mean they are the same as what was show at most theaters.

2. The scan that Harmy worked from had colors that didn't quite match the Tech IB.

3. Harmy merely approximated the colors of the scans he had. Sometimes to varying degrees of success.

So, that's 3 levels of wrong.

I think you're better off looking at something like the JSC, but again, that was fucked with as well.

Anyone looking to get the "correct" colors is on a fools errand. They no longer exist. There is no reference that I know of that is representative of them. Their fire has gone out of the universe. :)

-G

I would agree with you that none of those is a gold standard to try and match. That said, I think there is a way to come as close as possible with what we have available. The question is what to use as a guide and on that people will differ. Some will point to the how little technicolor fades. Some will point to the older editions made from original IP prints. I prefer to rely on the other movies, behind the scenes photos and film, to uncover an image of what the original colors were and try to mold the film to match.

That said, this thread is really about heightening the resolution of the 2006 DVD versions of the films (apparently taken from the DE LD master tapes). But that edition really had the best colors of all of them and is a good landmark to go by.