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OT -Stupid question .. maybe.

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MrBedrock

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Does anyone know why so many of the bad guys in the old Spider-man cartoon from the 60s are green skinned?

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comix4fun

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Does anyone know why so many of the bad guys in the old Spider-man cartoon from the 60s are green skinned?

 

 

The correct term is Vegetative-American.

 

You Anti-Chlorofyte :mad:

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Wally's Comics

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Does anyone know why so many of the bad guys in the old Spider-man cartoon from the 60s are green skinned?

well, most of them aren't "green skinned"

 

only one (the lizard) has green skin

that others are costumes...

 

Let's look at color 101...

 

I can only think that most of them are green because green is the complementary color

of red (the dominant color for most heros and also in Spidey's costume).

 

You get more "pop" when you create a color scheme based of complementary colors.

(which is a primary color matched with a secondary color on the opposite side of the color wheel).

 

There are three primarys Red, Blue and Yellow and three secondarys Green, Orange, and Purple.

Red is Green's complementary, Blue is Orange's complementary and Yellow is Purple's complementary.

A secondary color is created by mixing two primarys.

 

You also have to think that a lot of villains from that era had that atomic sickening look

to make more druid.

 

But I would like to believe this was more planned.

 

I look at the psychology behind the design of the character...

 

 

Primary colors usually mean something important,

secondary usually means something less.

 

With this is in mind, the creators of the character would want you to think

that the hero is greater than the villain. That is my take on it.

 

 

(thumbs u

 

 

 

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Dick Pontoon

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Does anyone know why so many of the bad guys in the old Spider-man cartoon from the 60s are green skinned?

well, most of them aren't "green skinned"

 

only one (the lizard) has green skin

that others are costumes...

 

 

 

That's not correct. Assuming Codfish is referring to Seasons 2 and 3 of the 60s cartoon, which were directed by Ralph Bakshi, almost half of those 31 episodes (just a quick count from memory) featured villians who were colored green. Many are not villians from the comic, and most likely their coloring was chosen as a means of shorthand for making the bad guys look bad. Those seasons under Bakshi also featured wild psychedelic coloring and lots of monsters.

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comix4fun

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That's not correct. Assuming Codfish is referring to Seasons 2 and 3 of the 60s cartoon, which were directed by Ralph Bakshi

 

OMFG, people actually *watch* those episodes? :tonofbricks:

 

 

It's #2 on "High Times" list of things to watch when stoned, right ahead of "Cheech and Chong's Up in Smoke" and right behind "Wizard of Oz" while simulcasting "Dark Side of the Moon".

 

 

"Dark Side of the Rainbow"...Man.

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