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<DIV>Gary Leach wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>> The only distinct characteristics between the nephews, as a rule, is <BR>> that they have different names and different hat colors. In U.S. <BR>> comics this has generally settled into Huey-red, Dewey-blue, and <BR>> Louie-green, in that visual order. This is more a rule of thumb than <BR>> any hard-and-fast "policy" on anyone's part. <BR></DIV>
<DIV>Giving credit where credit is due, I believe <EM>DuckTales</EM> was primarily responsible for the "Huey = red, Dewey = blue, Louie = green" color scheme. It may have existed prior to <EM>DT</EM> at isolated moments, but <EM>DT</EM> truly <STRONG>codified</STRONG> it (through constant visual repetition, if nothing else). The rationale (sorry, I can't identify where it first appeared) was stated as being: </DIV>
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<DIV>Huey is the brightest of the three "hues," that is, red.</DIV>
<DIV>Dewey is the color of "dew" or water, blue.</DIV>
<DIV>That "leaves" Louie, and leaves are green.</DIV>
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<DIV>Of course, there are occasional glitches: e.g., the recent Gemstone reprinting of "The Mysterious Stone Ray" in which the identity of the Nephew left behind on the beach with the Beagle Boy changes in "mid-flight."</DIV>
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<DIV>Daniel van Eijmeren wrote:</DIV>
<DIV><BR>> In panel 1.7 of the raffle turkey pet story (WDC 75), one of Donald's <BR>> nephews mentions his full name and possibly also the color of his cap: "The <BR>> blue streak you see next will be Huey Duck on his way to a raffle!" <BR></DIV>
<DIV>You may be unaware that "a blue streak" is an American colloquialism for moving extremely fast. It doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the color of anything one's wearing.</DIV>
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