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Haha, not to take anything away from the article but I found it funny that it starts with saying that the colors are "extremely saturated", but the image they chose for the article looks actually somewhat de-saturated to me (or if not de-saturated, at least not unnaturally saturated).

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I also thought it was interesting that the article complained about the actors being slathered in makeup, when that's all TV. You can only tell because Netflix shoots in 4k and you can actually see it for a change. But the same thing is true when you see network TV shows in 4k. It's the makeup department using their standard HD techniques because that's what most people have, but it doesn't look so good in 4k.

All of tv has makeup, sure. Sandman it looks like stage makeup -- like the makeup is meant to be seen, not merely enhancement.

Exactly akin to how actors in early movies had such dramatic makeup because that was the standard for stage actors (in order to allow the makeup to be visible from the audience).

Yeah, that image is definitely not "extremely saturated", as can be verified by saving it, opening it up in GIMP or Photoshop, and turning up the saturation.

Edit: later she complains about "muddy colors", which in my interpretation of "muddy", would mean the opposite of "extremely saturated".

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