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Originally Posted by drumback
So, you are saying they used three different layers to end up at red? Why would they do that? Doesn't that just unnecessarily add cost to the process?
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It's simply a matter of color matching... how deep or bright they wanted the red to be. Not all reds are three layers... but sometimes multiple passes of ink were used to get the "right" color.
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Originally Posted by Jantz
If the sun faded away the red to reveal the colors underneath then shouldn't the background on that McGinnity be yellow instead of orange? Question is not directed at you Er!ck, just asking in general for this discussion.
Yellow was the base background color and the second ink pass applied to darken the background is still evident on the card.
Jantz
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I believe the McGinnity was missing the ink pass; I'm sure the back damage (albeit very localized) caused the lower price. Maybe the one card I most regret selling; along with a McGraw Red Hindu.
It's my opinion that most Orange that appears in T206 cards is a mix/combination of yellow and pink/buff (not a mix of yellow and red).
In the case of McGinnity, I believe the background color passes for the background were yellow, then pink/buff (to yield orange), then red. Given either the "sunlight theory" (disappearing red ink) or "missing ink theory", orange is the layer underneath. Again, just my guess, but that's why I believe the background in that McGinnity is orange and not yellow.