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Color Girls Fade From TV as Tech Advances Change Screens
CBS and NBC studios rely less on color girls like Zelda and Harriet as new color cameras and electronic balancing reduce the need. The piece notes Zelda is a plastic mannequin used for calibration and that color standards vary across networks and programs, affecting how color is portrayed on air.
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Doc Severensen
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John Lindsay
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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