stackyFACTSBefore Hollywood decided green was the universally accepted color for 'make this disappear,' they used brilliant blue. The original chemical film development process simply reacted better to blue hues when separating subjects from the background, proving that visual effects started as a glorified high school chemistry experiment.
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