They were added so the characters' hands would appear more visible against their bodies.
The answer to this riddle is gloves. You put your empty hands into a pair of gloves.
Mickey Mouse, like many cartoons of the old school such as Felix the Cat ( older than Mickey for some years) and oddly by accident the first TV cartoon( Felix) was originally made in black and white newspaper cartoon and later animated cartoons. as you know, cartooning is a labor-intensive process, and would go down somewhat smoother and faster in black and white- maximum contrast by the way than color. that is the best explanation. The other major pre-disney Animal cartoon, only a year, older is Bugs Bunny, by Warner Brothers- l927- That"s all folks. By the way Mel Blanc was a voicer and not a cartoonist.
Baseball gloves do protect your hands with blisters, this is why many baseball players wear the gloves for long games in order to protect their hands.
You give them a thermometer so that they can check the temperature of your hands. Then they see that your hands are cold, that you need gloves, and therefore they will give you gloves.
Leather gloves will keep your hands warmer and are more durable than cotton.
So that the gloves go on and come off easily. Their hands sweat inside the gloves overtime.
Vinyl or Neoprene Gloves.
He was black and white.<--- yes, but there is more than that. at first he did not have his famous white gloves. he only obtained them so that you could tell his hands from his body.
Of course not. They just get your hands sweaty.
The gloves with cuffs were there to help protect their hands. Cowboys worked hard with their hands, which caused leather burn. When riding horse, the gloves helped protect the hands from tearing and the burn from the straps.
gloves
Vinyl or Neoprene Gloves.