How Color Helped His Costume
Briefly touching on the topic of switching to color, we didn’t discuss the effects it had on Superman’s costume. The show was first filmed in color in 1954 but was still broadcast in black and white. The costume looked amazing in color but wasn’t a great look in black and white.
“As you can see from the above comparison, from 1954’s Great Caesar’s Ghost, there is virtually no contrast between the red and blue in George’s costume,” wrote jimnolt.com. “As the series progressed, in a compromise between monotone and color, the blues in George’s costume grew gradually lighter.”
