Why are they yellow?

Probably a style choice that Groening later dropped when he started Futurama.

Or probably a joke because of the powerplant that just became a staple of the series.

>>78218490
Why are you white?

>>78218543
Because I am michael jackson

>>78218490
Bart and Lisa's design.

>>78218490
Jaundice

>>78218490
So people would stop and possibly adjust their television sets.

so why does lisa look older than bart

>>78218596
Beat me to it.

>>78218490
The show takes place in Springfield, China.

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>>78218490
I recall reading somewhere that it was a joke so that people watching at home would wonder if the color (either on their tv or the station) was messed up. But that may just be a retroactive explanation.
The more likely explanation is that it was just a stylistic choice or that it might've had to do with color balancing.

>>78218543
omg anon you can't just ask someone why they're white

>>78218490
stylistic choice to catch peoples attention when channel surfing

>>78218716
retcon. they've changed it so that lisa was born first.

>>78218490
this>>78219718
Groening literally says that is the purpose as the only shows at the time that starred yellow characters was either The Simpsons or Spongebob.

This is the correct answer.
>>78218685

It was in an interview.

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>>78219734
>at the time
>Simpsons
>Songebob

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>>78218526
The show had no budget in the beginning so they took a huge shortcut with hair. Bart and Lisa don't have any lines or coloring to show where the skin ends and the hair begins. If Simpons character had regular skin tones this would make them look like bald mutants. By giving everybody yellow skin you can get used to seeing them as blonds.

>>78218526
>brunette mom and dad
>3 blond kids
Even if they both have a blond grandparent, it's a longshot.