Toy Story originally looked different than today's digital versions. In 1995, Pixar had to print every frame onto 35mm film since theaters couldn't display digital files. The studio designed colors knowing they'd change on film - greens darkened, blues needed less saturation. This created a softer, grainier look with warmer colors compared to today's crisp digital transfers on Disney+. When DVDs arrived, Pixar began direct digital transfers, eliminating the film middleman but changing the movie's appearance. The same transformation affected Disney's 1990s films like The Lion King and Mulan, which were also designed for film but now exist primarily as digital transfers with altered colors and missing texture.