‘The Simpsons’ creator reveals why characters are yellow
nypost.comThe Simpsons” as young teens, never before have we thought too much about why the iconic characters are bright yellow. Until now.
According to the much-loved US animation’s creator, Matt Groening, there is a good reason why Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie (and every other character on the show for that matter) are all as bright as the sun.
According to reports, when Matt was in the early stages of creating the cartoon with his talented team of animators, they were determined to push out something that looked and felt completely different from what was already on TV.
That’s when the idea of giving the characters yellow skin came up. “An animator came up with the Simpsons’ yellow and as soon as she showed it to me I said, ‘This is the answer!’,” Matt shared in an interview back in 2007.
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