stolid_agnostic t1_iuiilw2 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:18 PM

Our color preferences change over time, and new ones will always seem bright and fresh to us. There are professionals with advanced degrees and lots of artistic experience who spend their careers developing these and selling them to other companies--clothing manufacturers, artists, whatever. When you look at older palettes, like from your childhood, they always seem dim and dark even though they seemed bright and fresh at the time because there has been a continuous progression of colors since then and you have experienced this passage in time, personally.

StuffinYrMuffinR t1_iuijjq3 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:25 PM

While everything you said may or may not be true.

Tv shows/video games/movies were designed for the screens of the time. They designed them to look a certain way on the technology of the time. They look so different now because our technology is vastly different.

If you look at 16bit games on an old CRT it looks better than on a modern 4k TV.

stolid_agnostic t1_iuijyjs wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:27 PM

Oh I agree, a lot of programs look better on CRTs too, though many definitely are improved if on an modern LCD.