Huey's prominence

[Gary Leach]

Chris,

> Giving credit where credit is due, I believe DuckTales was  
> primarily responsible for the "Huey = red, Dewey = blue, Louie =  
> green" color scheme.  It may have existed prior to DT at isolated  
> moments, but DT truly codified it (through constant visual  
> repetition, if nothing else).  The rationale (sorry, I can't  
> identify where it first appeared) was stated as being:
>
> Huey is the brightest of the three "hues," that is, red.
> Dewey is the color of "dew" or water, blue.
> That "leaves" Louie, and leaves are green.

DuckTales may have used this "codified" formula, but it didn't  
originate it. I first heard it - in very much this form - in mid- 
summer 1986, when I was first hired by Another Rainbow/Gemstone.  
That's not to say that Another Rainbow/Gladstone originated it,  
either, because it seemed to be a well-established formula even then.

>  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."

Colorists are only human, though they are often expected to be able  
to read minds, especially those of editors and artists ;-)

Gary
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