Parzival
Is the color scheme of the "original" RWS with its soft jade-green or celadon esoterically intended or a printer's arbitrary preference ? It seems that there is an interesting balancing of gold, white, and soft jade-green or celadon on some cards, such as the Ace of Cups and High Priestess and Temperance and Star --The Star has a great eight-pointed golden star in seven little white eight-pointed stars in a celadon (?) sky. A celadon pool rests below, rippled in concentric circles by the maiden's poured-out celadon water. This coloration is definitely different than the strong cool blue of the usual US Games printing. I don't think it's just a subjective reaction : the color variation affects the whole mood of the image of The Star.