
| richfiles #606315 9 months ago |
Color comparison of Day/Night variants of Twilight Sparkle and Princess Luna.
I used S1-E2 and S2-E4 as source. I screen capped S1-E2, during the party. took a clip of Twilight and a clip of Luna, and placed the samples beside Twilight and Luna from S2-E4. I used the Alley scene. The scales are off between reds greens and blues, even between the same ponies, due to overall lighting and gamma differences between the clips, but Twilight is DEFINITELY DARKER in this episode. Due to the blue shift of the night time coloration, blues maintain their brightness the best, ranging between 50-97% brightness retention. Reds drop the most, ranging from near elimination to 47% brightness retention. Greens are mid range. Luna is a little bit darker, but since her color is naturally darker than Twilight's, she does blend into the overall blue of the darkness better. My measurements disprove the claim that some have made, stating that "The other ponies didn't look any darker at night than they do during the day". That statement is false, by actual measurement. Luna's darkness is negligible, and more easily attributed to her natural dark coloration combined with the low lighting levels. If anything, artistic license may have been taken to slightly darken her in the night setting, but I have no reason, as of yet, to believe that her coat color would appear any darker than she did in S1-E2, if she were animated in a daylight scene. Twilight at the very least IS MEASURABLY DARKER in "Luna Eclipsed", placing weight to my estimation that Luna is also darker in this episode due to the night time lighting. |
| lazybrony #606339 9 months ago |
Thank you for the analysis richfiles. |
| OHMURR #606362 9 months ago |
i just brightened her up until her skin stone matches her official vector:
if i had to bet my money on a daytime swatch it'd be the one in middle bottom and that's what i use |
| d715 #606410 9 months ago |
With luck we get to see Luna more than once so maybe we'll see her in the daytime
hell next ep is about a event of sisters bounding (or soemthing) so maybe Tia and Luna would be their |
| herooftime1000 #606747 9 months ago |
THANK YOU! Ohmurr! That picture will be useful!
I officially know her color scheme! |
| Xiagu #606886 9 months ago |
Yay, science! |
| FlarityinstaFav #609000 9 months ago |
My new head cannon: Luna's mane only looks magical during the night. When its daytime, it gose back to being 'normal'. |
| richfiles #609263 9 months ago |
I'm convinced it's wavy full time.
Celestia's mane was still wavy when the sun set and she came to dispel Twilight's "Want It, Need It" spell In "Lesson Zero". Crew on the production had stated that after the use of the Elements of Harmony, she was left weak and de-powered. It took the last year for her magic to recover. We have seen Luna use a self directed illusion spell, and I certainly believe that Celestia also, are able to use illusion to cover their powered up forms. As such, I have no reason to discount most of the fan fics that have Celestia or Luna in disguise to fit into crowds unnoticed. I find Luna's new mane to be both majestic and beautiful. In other words... I really like her mane! |
| SoundwaveSuperior #610003 9 months ago |
and again, we are over-analyzing a cartoon show
awesome observation nonetheless :D |
| OHMURR #610738 9 months ago |
incidentally her new mane is exactly the same as nightmare moon's
so i dunno why people don't just grab the swatch off nmm |
| fixman88 #612328 9 months ago |
*hugs Luna regardless of Gamma* |