Speaking to that: the intent of Saul Bass with regard to designing the one sheet for VERTIGO was to specify a background color of a certain "shade", if you will, of orange. I have always called it vermillion. Yet we have seen, as has been pointed out that there are (almost) deep red variants of the poster as well as posters that are light orange. Most are in the range that was intended. It is safe to say that most have had some color shift since the day they were printed sixty-five years ago. So, my question is: is this poster sun-faded, or is it merely in the range of "lighter". Most of the posters that I have seen which are significantly sun-faded have some textural degradation of the paper itself.
I have heard people lionize a deep red variant for the simple reason that it would "work better" with their decor. I kid you NOT. K. Kirby McDaniel movieart.com > On Mar 29, 2023, at 5:41 AM, David Kusumoto <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Again, just my opinion, not necessarily factual. - d. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
