[SML] Gel history

[illuminati500]

The surprise is that it looks like a lavender but brings out the flesh tones of elderly actresses to the point where they insisted on it being incorporated into the plot.   It, surprisingly,  looks warm when used in a warm wash  such as 152-154 and cool when used in a cool wash with 117, 167 etc.


> On 16 May 2016, at 20:17, Jon Ares via Stagecraft <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Stephen Litterst via Stagecraft
> <stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>> What's the history behind  Rosco's Surprise Pink? (I understand the
>> surprise, it's a lavender gel that produces a pink light.)  Was the surprise
>> truly a surprise?  Did the lab aim to make a lavender gel and the light came
>> out pink?  Or did they aim to make a pink gel and they got the light color
>> correct, but the physical gel color was the surprise.
> 
> I'd be curious too....   I have read the back story on "Bastard Amber"
> was indeed that they were going for another color, but kept coming out
> with that color, and they were castoffs in a pile of "bastards," and a
> designer (Skelton?) saw the color and wanted to incorporate it into a
> show he was working on....
> 
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