"Fantasy is just as good as reality when it comes to T-Rex coloration". Then let's go for plaid and gingham dinosaurs, like the pink elephants on parade! It

"Fantasy is just as good as reality when it comes to T-Rex coloration". Then let's go for plaid and gingham dinosaurs, like the pink elephants on parade! It doesn't need to match reality, it needs to aid suspension of disbelief. If color choices make the audience say, "That looks so fake", it hurts the storytelling.