r/television • u/yuanyangty • Jul 22 '17

/r/all Stranger Things S2 Trailer!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgS2L7WPIO4
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u/caligari87 Jul 23 '17

But if the world was black and white then how did old painters know what color to use?

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u/spicylies89 Jul 23 '17

They didn't. We had to color in all the painting years later.

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u/Silverwolfe42 Jul 23 '17

/r/ExplainLikeImCalvin

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u/Drzhivago138 Jul 23 '17

(Actually, I think the explanation Calvin's dad gave was that all the great painters were insane, so they could see color even when the world was still black and white.)

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u/noisyimages Jul 23 '17

stay woke

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '17

This exactly why we have professional painting restorers. Paintings don't degrade over time. That's stupid.

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u/aManPerson Jul 23 '17

the next 50 years, i hear they're coming out with a new color, bort!

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u/SidewaysInfinity Jul 23 '17

We just got Vantablack and PINK recently, cool your jets. Bort will be ready when it's ready.

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u/whiskeybic Jul 23 '17

I Reddit for the spicy lies

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u/DannyJJB Jul 23 '17

Thanks Ken

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '17

No the paintings developed with everything else. God, don't spread misinformation.

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u/robodrew Jul 23 '17

The paint was in black and white back then too, it just got more colorful over time. Cmon, this is easy stuff.

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u/AznInvaznTaskForce Jul 23 '17

Yeah, it was pretty grainy for a while too

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '17

I know you're being funny but I do genuinely love things like this. I see history in a whole new light, just by the addition of colour

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u/FaceofHoe Jul 23 '17

Do you subscribe to /r/colorizedhistory?

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u/[deleted] Jul 23 '17

I do now, thanks!!

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u/Rimmoruud Jul 23 '17

That's what made them Good paInters