Harmy said:
I don't know but it seems like we're not looking at the same pictures. The GOUT is grossly undersaturated, there's no question about that and the only picture in which you can see skin tones is the one with Luke, which is over-all redder than either the SE or the GOUT (both very blue cast), because I colour timed it to resemble the technicolour photo (while compensating for its overexposure). And the red skin is very natural in that shot, because he's looking at a red sunset and is illuminated by it. And as to the saturation, it's already considerably lowered and I'm not going any lower with it, because that way I'd soon get to the GOUT levels.
The GOUT isn't grossly undersaturated in any sense; compared to the SE it has a much, much, much more sensible color timing. The SE is oversaturated to the brink of absurdity.
In the original presentations (as better presented by the GOUT or Technicolor transfers) Luke has an exceedingly more natural skin tone. In the SE it is crazy, without question, in yours it's between those levels.
I'm sensitive to proper color timing, and the SE has the polar opposite of it. Even considering the overexpsoure and aging of the Technicolor print if you think it displays anywhere close to the amount of red bias as the SE I don't know what to say. Luke is almost a redhead in the SE.
Look at Luke's flesh tone. It is absurdly orange / red.
The SE is hardly a source to use as a baseline.
You do unbelievable work Harmy, but the color timing is off.