In the comics the nephews' shirts are usually black but when Barks took up painting he began to 'dress' the boys in differently coloured shirts. This also happened in the pastels. The decision for doing so is really quite natural, because a lot of black colours would not look that appealing on a canvas. Besides, Barks experimented intensely with his colouring in the paintings. Take for instance the ducks themselves: They are not pure white as in the comic books.
Up until the creation of Ducktales, neither Disney nor Barks distinguished any differences in the three nephews in any way. They all had the same personality. Barks drew all the comics in black and white. Different colourists at Western would add the colours and they were never careful about what they were doing. So Huey might have a blue hat on the first page and a red hat on the second.
When Ducktales was created, the studio decided to give the three nephews distinctive colours so Huey wears red, Dewey is in blue and Louie is in green.
In his paintings Barks liked to experiment with different, bright colours, and he had nothing against going against convention. One of the most steadfast surely is Donald's blue cap in the comics. Even that one was toyed with by Barks in the paintings. You will see it in white several times and even in fluorescent green in Leaving Their Cares Behind!!!
DD schreef:Ik heb vaker gelezen dat ze hun petjes verwisselen om anderen te laten verwarren (onder andere Donald). Maar ik heb het altijd zo gezien:
Kwik = blauw
Kwek = groen
Kwak = rood
Ridder ter Geit schreef:Neeneenee, Kwik is rood, Kwek is groen en Kwak is blauw. Kwik is driftig, Kwek is wat meer timide, Kwak is bedachtzaam. Tenminste, dat heb ik om een of andere reden in mijn hoofd zo ontwikkeld. In principe worden ze natuurlijk gewoon inwisselbaar gebruikt.
DD schreef:Absoluut niet. Ze hebben alle drie precies dezelfde karakter.
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