I happen to like the image on the '49 Leaf, but I can certainly understand not liking it. I have the same general objection to the '49 Leaf and '52 Topps sets; they're the result of thinking you can take perfectly good black and white images and make them more appealing to little kids by suffusing them with garish colors. In most cases I find it really detracts from the overall quality of the images, and in many cases (Leaf Jackie excepted) they're just plain hideous. You reliably find much better-looking color cards from the issues that use proper illustrations (1950-52 Bowman and 1953, 1955, and 1956 Topps -- and T206 for that matter).
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