Above you can see a close-up of the paint swatches. Notice the handwritten labels on the reverse side of each swatch. Black was used for the head stripe, red and yellow for the arm and brain detail, and purple which wasn't used on the production figure as discussed above.
This piece is cast in a milky white plastic and is handpainted. Collectors refer to these as "internal first shots". The term is used to describe pieces cast in a proto plastic from low yield aluminum molds. This preocess was done in-house at Kenner and offered a less expensive method of creating photography/paintmaster figures.
Finally, we see the paintmaster compared to the production figure. The paintmaster is on the left and production figure on the right. This piece was handpainted using a metallic paint as opposed to the vac metallized production figure. The Cyborg hardcopy photo sample was painted in a similar paint. It certainly makes for a striking prototype when the two are compared.
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