Comments on: The Comic Company:True Colors – Part 3

By: johnogre

johnogre — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:22:01 +0000

I was a comic book colorist/separator from 1990 til the late 90′s and remember the “Y3RB4″ callouts. My days were all digital from vector based “Codd Barrett” software to Photoshop starting with version 2.5, I can’t imagine the pre-digital days. Codd Barrett was archaic enough for me.

In 93/94, a powerful Mac with enough RAM to color an 11″ x 17″ page at 300 DPI cost well over $10K.

By: Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog

Drawn! The Illustration and Cartooning Blog — Sun, 19 May 2013 20:39:31 +0000

[...] Chemical Color Chart [...]

By: Gerry Giovinco

Gerry Giovinco — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:53:10 +0000

Kent, you just gave me a lump in MY throat! can truly appreciate the fond memories you have and I’m so glad that you so obviously enjoyed what you did because I believe that it was that energy derived from the truly human and emotional touch that you and other separators like Tam Lin and the rest of the pool put into your work. Those separations were not always perfect but an off register color screen is still an iconic part of what made comics what we all love and cherish.

By: LaurenKent-Madden

LaurenKent-Madden — Mon, 28 May 2012 20:33:29 +0000

I am one of the last color seperators of Chemical Color Plate. What an awesome job it was, and I still dream about getting my homewok finished for Lois! Who called me KENT, because there wee too many Lori, Laura, Lorens,,haha Our names,,,color seperators were published just once, in a Hulk comic, can anyone tell me what issue/,,, I had one and lost it over the years in my travels. Just saw the new AVENGERS,,,brought tears to my eyes,,,,GREAT memories. My geandaughter said, “Nan I hear your heart ticking”,,I have a Titanium Aortic Valve,,,,I said,,,”I’m an AVENGER!” And we were super for bringing the supeheroes to life.

By: Tam Lin

Tam Lin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 01:20:53 +0000

I used to work at Chemical Color Plate back in the seventies as a color separator. Seeing those color codes sure brought back some memories! Knew I had to quit when I started dreaming about comic book characters and describing colors to non-separators by their codes: “I’m looking for a shirt in BR2.”

By: Gerry Giovinco

Gerry Giovinco — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 17:38:01 +0000

Neil, thanks for the great job on the palettes I’m sure plenty of folks will enjoy them!

By: Neil McAllister

Neil McAllister — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 00:12:24 +0000

Thanks for this informative post! I put together some swatch palettes for Photoshop, Illustrator, and other graphics programs that reproduce the palettes listed here. I’ve also included the DC Comics palette that used 75% screens instead of Eclipse’s 70% screens, and an even more limited Golden Age palette that doesn’t use the 50% screen of yellow. Anyone can download the whole package here:
http://neilmcallister.com/2011/07/09/comic-book-color-swatches-for-photoshop/

By: Derrick Snider

Derrick Snider — Wed, 25 May 2011 22:55:48 +0000

Comic color pallette http://t.co/FQh0Yse

By: David Marshall

David Marshall — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:55:03 +0000

Do you have higher-resolution versions of the color guides scanned for this article? I'm specifically interested in the "Chemical Color Chart" and both Eclipse charts. The current web resolution is too small to learn from. These resources would be greatly appreciated in my Art of the Comic Book class. In advance, thanks. Sincerely, David Marshall, Comics and Art Guy Cartoonist Comics Teacher Creative Services Consultant

By: Elif Crt

Elif Crt — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:59:53 +0000

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