This new colorization from Clayton Hickman —

— sparked curiosity in me, since he generally tries very hard to ensure that all colors are accurate to the original, but I’ve never seen official confirmation on the color of Susan’s shirt, so it made me wonder whether he had to make an estimate based on the gray tones and what color it was likely to translate to or if he had an inside awareness of what it really was, since I’ve seen him say on a Galaxy 4 colorization that he fact checked everything with Peter Purves and he easily may have gotten information from Carole for this as well. Had to ask and got a pretty immediate reply.

Oh my gosh. Apparently said interview has gone completely under my radar for the entire 11 years I’ve been in the Classic Who fandom, because I’ve never been able to find a source for the true colors of the original shirt. After so many years of mystery surrounding the color of this shirt, after so many years of seeing different colorizations that are never in harmony, finally an answer! It’s not the color I’ve always imagined it was, but oh my goodness. To actually have the truth is mind-boggling.