In "DuBarry was a lady" (1943) Lucille Ball sports a bare midriff and peekaboo skirt.

For Technicolor three times more light is used than for ordinary black-and-white photography. In general, make-up is thinner and lighter to avoid a masklike look. Proof that Miss Ball deserves the title of "Technicolor Tessie" are those gorgeous pictures which LIFE's photographer Walt Sanders took with regular street make-up, without special lights or equipment.

In "DuBarry was a lady" (1943) Lucille Ball sports a bare midriff and peekaboo skirt.

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* photos and documentation: LIFE Magazine | Zetu Harrys Collection