Not to be argumentative but....
1975:
Which also matched the trim around the satellite building:
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1975:
Which also matched the trim around the satellite building:
Bocabear
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it seems like I remember them more teal too, but they may have been the darker blue as that was in the color palette for the land. I remember the ceiling of the peoplemover being orange and then as it transitioned into the buildings it was graphic stripes of aqua, then blue then navy then black...
Bocabear
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Film color was not as accurate then...I don;t know...in my pictures and as I remember it, it was the same color as the aqua used in the entrance graphics... and this picture the color is off too and looks paler blue, but it was actually a sort of aqua...
so it seems to have went from an aqua to a more true blue...slight color difference but in the same ballpark...
My photos are from the WDW public relations office. The colour reproduction is spot on for the dozens I have from there. Let's agree to disagree.
I would of course love to see the photos you have.
Bocabear
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I spent a lot of my youth there...I think I am a designer because of it... I was fascinated with the color styling. Seriously...it's like the picture above that someone thinks was yellow...that is the sunlight cast on the wall...no portion of the exterior was ever painted yellow.
the pictures you have look slightly paler and desaturated... it was indeed blue, but an aqua hue...not straight on powder blue as they are using now... but this sure isn't worth arguing over
There are tiny details you remember your whole life... the combination of rich blue, Aqua, Yellow-Orange and red-orange was a striking color combination that was hard to forget... combined with the definitive aqua lighting within the queue areas.. it was beautiful.
the pictures you have look slightly paler and desaturated... it was indeed blue, but an aqua hue...not straight on powder blue as they are using now... but this sure isn't worth arguing over
There are tiny details you remember your whole life... the combination of rich blue, Aqua, Yellow-Orange and red-orange was a striking color combination that was hard to forget... combined with the definitive aqua lighting within the queue areas.. it was beautiful.
Bocabear
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ok but seriously you don't think parts of Space mountain were painted yellow, do you? lol
we dont have to disagree... you can believe a person that was there and saw it...in person.
i also posted a picture showing the aqua tone on the walls on the backside of the mountain...and yes, sun does reflect different colors depending on what is around it...not necessarily the same color caste to everything in a picture....Marni I totally dig you and your postings, but seriously...I was there.
brihow
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I can't speak for the blue - but the lower part of Space Mountain was never yellow. Look at this close-up from the above pic. The 'rib' support that extends down turns from white to yellow as it bends the corner. You can see that the yellow is actually the white as it appears in the angle.
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Bocabear
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we don't have to disagree...I was there... I saw it, even posted a picture clearly showing it. I am a designer and artist, I deal with photo reproduction and color adjustments on a daily basis... Knowing what you know historically about WDW, you should also catch on that if they styled SDpace Mountain with a certain color palette they would have most likely carried it throughout the structure... that was one of the things the early imagineers did exceptionally well. I am telling you, it was that particular color combination that struck me...actually made me study the color styling they were using throughout the park... I am not wrong about this...lol
I like the pale blue though...it's in the spirit of the original for sure...
Absolutely they did. The pale blue trim around the satellite and the main sign, the yellow on the ceiling of the WEDway station and some of the trackway ceiling. Like I said, the blue colour seems the same to me in your photo, my photo and the one from last week too.
Bocabear
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sigh... never thought i would have a disagreement with you.
were you there? did you see it and notice it?
it's a little different looking at photographs...and you are the one other person that I feel gets it...like I do...
and I don't want to seem argumentative...but this is a detail I am sure of.
does the canopy roof look light blue to you?
it was white...that's a shadow...the lighter blue graphics on the wall are actually aqua...
Peter Pano
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White, blue, yellow....this discussion seems strangely familiar somehow ...
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thehowiet
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Hmm...not taking sides here, as I enjoy both of your posts a lot, but it was always the light blue IMO. Throughout the 80s my family stayed at the Contemporary with MK view for a week every year (it was much more affordable back then!), so I saw that structure a lot. I'll have to see if I can grab some pics from my old man when I see him over Thanksgiving.sigh... never thought i would have a disagreement with you.
were you there? did you see it and notice it?
it's a little different looking at photographs...and you are the one other person that I feel gets it...like I do...
and I don't want to seem argumentative...but this is a detail I am sure of.
does the canopy roof look light blue to you?
it was white...that's a shadow...the lighter blue graphics on the wall are actually aqua...
RSoxNo1
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Hearing Mickey's voice in Japanese in the hotel elevators is terrifying.
Please make it stop!White, blue, yellow....this discussion seems strangely familiar somehow ...
NearTheEars
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HiYa Pal
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sigh... never thought i would have a disagreement with you.
were you there? did you see it and notice it?
it's a little different looking at photographs...and you are the one other person that I feel gets it...like I do...
and I don't want to seem argumentative...but this is a detail I am sure of.
does the canopy roof look light blue to you?
it was white...that's a shadow...the lighter blue graphics on the wall are actually aqua...
I do see the aqua right below the RCA logo, but more importantly it's nice to see park goers not in yoga pants and tank tops or much much worse