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Quoted from KevinCPR:

This has been a common question since 2004. Yes, the colors on nearly all Fathom playfields have shifted so badly over the last 40 years. The greeny-looking playfields of today are simply the wrong colors now. Most forget that Fathom is a blue-based game... not green.
People were shocked when they saw the first Fathom repro playfields back in 2004. Each specific Pantone color was noted on the original factory films - and printed as such. So the resulting look was exactly what Bally intended, and how the games looked NIB back in 1981. It's amazing what decades of yellowing can do to a playfield (yellow + blue = green).
I dug out an old comparison pic that used to be on our web site over a decade ago:
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Quoted from KevinCPR:

I'll beat the dead horse one last time. LOL
Look at the flyer. Studio shots of the game in 1980. There is your time machine. It's a blue game. Now the flyer photography is definitely funky looking a bit, because the oldschool RGB-looking offset printing from the 80's is extremely oversaturated and high contrast... but regardless of that, it's obvious the game wasn't seafoam greeny. No way.
Also look at the pop bumper caps.
Also look at the lanes covers.
Also look at the drop targets.
Also look at the apron.
Also look at the cab paint.
Also look at the rails paint.
Also look at the backglass color scheme.
Even the "matching" text color on the flyer for the company logo and address.

Amen.
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