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January 12

The Wizard of Oz - black and white into sepia

Why were the Kansas scenes of The Wizard of Oz in sepia-tone instead of black and white? 86.130.185.152 (talk) 00:03, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

One explanation I read somewhere is that sepia is a relatively "warm" tone. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:58, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a Quora thread with some interesting info.[1] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 02:03, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]

According to The Wizard of Oz FAQ: All That's Left to Know About Life According to Oz, the sepia tone was intended to evoke nostalgia for "homely values", since it was commonly used in photographs before about 1920.

LIFE The Wizard of Oz: 75 Years Along the Yellow Brick Road says that when the film was reissued in 1949 the sepia tone was replaced with black and white (some sources say it was the 1955 reissue), but was restored to sepia in 1988. Alansplodge (talk) 17:02, 12 January 2024 (UTC)[reply]