Groening wanted his characters to be different from conventional cartoons. So, when an animator showed him the initial design of The Simpsons, which the animator had made using yellow ink, Groening immediately finalised it.
The animator chose yellow ink because he knew about the color theory or at least he was aware of the effect of yellow on human psychology.
Reasons Why are the Simpsons yellow
- Yellow is the colour of the sun in the Simpsons universe, and it is also the colour of money in many cultures.
- The show’s creators wanted to create a consistent look for all of the characters, and yellow was a good choice for that purpose.
- Yellow is also a popular colour in Japan, where The Simpsons are aired.
The show Yellow is about a dysfunctional American modern family. The family consists of two parents, a son, and a daughter. The father is an alcoholic and the mother is a stay-at-home mom. The son is always trying to please his parents and the daughter tries to please her brother. They all have different interests and are not very good at communicating with each other.
To Make the Character of the Show look different from other cartoons
In an interview with Matt Groening, he said that the decision to make the characters on “The Simpsons” yellow came about because he wanted something different from the other animated shows on television at the time. When an animator showed him the designs of the characters using yellow ink, Matt was impressed and said “This is the answer.” This is how the yellow complexion of The Simpsons’ character was finalized. ..
Yellow Catches the Eye Easily
This is why yellow is so popular in cartoons and why it is often used as the colour of attention-grabbing objects.
As a Symbol of a Dysfunctional American Modern Family
In the documentary ‘My Wasted Life’, Groening explains that the yellow colour of the Simpsons is also appropriate symbolically, because according to him, “how the yellow colour looks like there is something wrong with your TV” symbolises the dysfunctionality of modern American families.
For depicting skin and hair
Mike Reiss, the former show-runner and writer of the show, has written that Lisa and Maggie have no hairlines - there’s no line that separates their skin from their hair points. So the animators chose yellow for their characters’ hair.
Conclusion: Why are the Simpsons yellow
Matt Groening was right in choosing yellow as the complexion of The Simpsons’ characters. However, that’s not the only reason for the show’s success, the writers have also done their part wonderfully. The Simpsons have entertained and tickled us for decades. Even after 30 years, the show is still running and the last episode of the thirty-third season premiered in May 2022.
Marge’s hair is blue because she was born with a blue hair color. ..
Marge’s hair started to turn grey at an early age, so to save herself from the mortification of looking older than she is, she started dying her hair blue. It wasn’t until the thirteenth episode of the twenty-second season, The Blue And The Grey, that she found out that the fumes of the dye that her hairdresser uses, erase her memory. Therefore, she doesn’t remember her hair ever turning grey.
After a long and winding journey, The Simpsons finally ended on May 15th, 2019. The show had been on the air for more than 20 years and its finale was seen as a fitting end to an era.
The Simpsons, a long-running American animated sitcom, has been renewed for 34 more seasons. Al Jean, the showrunner for the show, has confirmed that the show will end in 2023 and that they have also planned how the show will end.
Bart calls Homer by his name because he is the only one who knows how to get him out of trouble. ..
In the show, Bart always refers to his father, Homer, by his name because when he was younger, everyone around him called Homer by his name. So, being the kid that he was, he thought he was also supposed to call him by his name.
The Simpsons is R rated for violence, language, and alcohol.
The Simpsons has received a TV-PG rating which may require parental guidance for the younger children. Apart from that, it also received a TV-14 rating which may include some material that parents may find unsuitable for children under 14 years of age. Furthermore, some of its episodes have been banned altogether in the U.S. and other countries such as Germany, Japan, the UK, China and South Korea. ..
