why do the moving parts of cartoons have a slightly different color? Like if a car for is about to open, it will be a slightly different shade of color until it opens. Then when it’s closed/done moving independently, its color matches the rest of the car.

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why do the moving parts of cartoons have a slightly different color? Like if a car for is about to open, it will be a slightly different shade of color until it opens. Then when it’s closed/done moving independently, its color matches the rest of the car.

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Answer 1

I’m no pro but I remember hearing people like Seth MacFarlane and Butch Hartman say they worked as background designers/animators and they would just pass things on when they were finished. In doing so the creative styles are never the same (ie MacFarlane to Hartman) resulting in different looks and as for color matching sometimes the process taken is just good enough for progress because it’s meant for children most times.