I also had a bit of a shock with the colouring of the 'Original'. I thought I had a misprinted deck until I searched it out online and found that the dotty cards were right but I think what got me the most was how dark some of the cards were, the black outlining on some of the cards completely obliterates the artwork.
I tried for a long time to convince myself that the Rider Waite was an old deck and it should look like that, then I saw the real vintage decks and they blew that theory straight out of the water. I also don't like the colouring of the standard RWS so never took the deck seriously until the Centennial and Los PCS came out, now I have a new found respect for this deck.
I'd still love to own a real vintage RWS but I can't see that happening anytime soon.
EDIT
In early 2016, Lo Scarabeo changed the artwork of the LoS PCS so I would not recommend the second version/edition.