After doing a number of makeup tests on the performers, it was determined that for the yellow to look concentrated enough on the skin, an underbase of white would be necessary. For the green, a mixture of white, green, and a Day-Glo green created the perfect match to the can of the soft drink that the producers wanted the colors to correspond to. After a couple of hours, the producers finally agreed to the shade of yellow and green they liked the best. Liquid samples based on those two colors were mixed in 1-ounce bottles so that a larger volume of liquid product could be produced.
The colors we found to work now had to be matched to a body makeup that would last
longer and cover faster, which are tattoo inks, as mentioned earlier. We chose to work with Fred Blau, owner of Reel Creations. To airbrush both performers, we were going to need a quart of white, two quarts of yellow, and a gallon of green in temporary-tattoo ink. The yellow was easy to mix, because it was similar to canary yellow (a mix of yellow and white). The green was a much more elusive color to obtain. It took many tries for Fred to match it. Note: Because of the time involved to execute the body makeup, two extra Makeup Artists were called in who had airbrush experience.