Although I've never seen the movie theatrically, I find it hard to believe that any release print ever looked as good as this transfer — saturated as it is with the verdant greens of Jennifer's woodsy surroundings, but maintaining the pinkish skin tones and
ruddy browns that characterize late -»70s film stock.
By using
ruddy browns versus bright reds, you're still treading in trend territory, but are in a much more universally wearable place.
That is, I always opt for those shades but now especially so (as opposed to the other usual suspects like camel, tan, cream, light
ruddy browns).
Not exact matches
As I mentioned above, it's rather grey, a
ruddy grey, if it helps, with flecks of dark
brown / black.
and is just the color I wanted — that surprisingly hard to find
ruddy reddy
brown.
Undercoat should be a warm blush - beige or oatmeal),
ruddy (reddish -
brown ticked with black), red (warm, red ticked with chocolate
brown) and fawn (cream ticked with pinkish
brown).
Similarly, his apparently sober palette of beiges,
browns and greys sometimes gives way to a small flourish of brighter color — a white bow or a
ruddy - cheeked face — that breaks into and energizes the whole image.
Utilizing angular diagonals and a palette dominated by
ruddy earth tones, Chase allowed the toothy
brown drafting paper to show through.