The white trim on the costumes was introduced in the 1980s by creator John Byrne, when he made the costumes a "negative" version of their originals. There's even a comment in one issue (which I can't find offhand) where a waitress chides Johnny for getting the colors wrong on his cosplay, noting that "The Fantastic Four's uniform is blue, not black." To which Johnny, flaming on his finger, corrects her, "For the record, I did get the colors right." Later colorists, though, would shift the dark blue back to the original almost-straight-cyan and it always looked like garbage in my opinion. That was expressly not the intent of Byrne's color shift and I don't think the cyan/white combination simply does not work.
In light of the new promo image, clearly showing the costumes, I've tried to appease myself by digitally color-shifting the costumes to something more reasonable. I still like the dark blue/white combo, but I get how it doesn't fit the 1960s vibe they're trying to go with this movie. But I'm not sure they didn't opt for the cyan/black combination which I think is far superior to the cyan/white version. But, here, take a look for yourself and let me know which color combination you think works best...
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