Official! The colour guide to superheroes

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Back in 1982, DC Comics created a one-sheet style guide for their colourists. Take a look at this fascinating old-school sheet.

Dc comic colour chart

The colourists only had a handful of colours to work with back in 1982

Some of the greatest comic book artists of all time had to work under restrictions that would shock many of today's generation. Take colour; back in the days before endless choices, the colourists at mass market publishers were only able to work with handful of different hues.

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