Colors in The Great Gatsby. Somewhere Over the Rainbow The green light isn't the only symbolic color in Great Gatsby.
Fitzgerald uses color like a preschooler let loose with tempera paints—only a little more meaningfully. Let's break it down: Yellow and Gold: Money, Money, Money. Oh, and Death. First off, we've got yellows and golds, which we're thinking has something to do with…gold (in the cash money sense). But yellow is different. White: Innocence and Femininity. While we're looking at cars, notice that Daisy's car (back before she was married) was white. Everyone likes to say that white in The Great Gatsby means innocence, probably because (1) that's easy to say and (2) everyone else is saying it. Blue: This One's Up For Grabs Then there's the color blue, which we think represents Gatsby's illusions -- his deeply romantic dreams of unreality.
Grey and a General Lack of Color: Lifelessness (no surprise there) Green: Life, Vitality, The Future, Exploration Last one. Literary analysis: Color symbolism in The Great Gatsby - In the boundless expanse of this world. Analysis: The Great Gatsby. The Use of Colors in The Great Gatsby. Reading a World of Colors. Last issue I gave you a simplified version of what one researcher had to say about the relationship between color and personality.
The idea was that color affects humans psychologically and physiologically (mind and body), and preferences for one color over another could clue us into that person’s current emotional state. In which case, there’s reason to believe the color schemes you choose communicate a lot about you and your business, and speak favorably to certain personality types, who may (or may not!) Be the bulk of your target audience. A good friend, Hal Alpiar, wrote back to say, “Right on with this topic, Grok, but a follow-up is demanded.
How about some practical examples?” Step outside that chalk-dust Ivory Tower and encounter the implied associations in the colorful world we get nose-to-nose with every day? Colors also have a commercial context – colors can encourage folks to tap into particular moods, influence a purchase, affect point of purchase behaviors. The Rainbow 1. Symbolism: Colors. Index. Color Meanings - Palettes and Symbolism and Colours That Go Together. Updated October 28, 2015.
Color symbolism is the use of color to represent traditional, cultural, or religious ideas, concepts, or feelings or to evoke physical reactions. Jump right to one of the colors or color groups I cover in detail or scroll past the color list for more general discussion of color meanings and how color works. This page and all its individual color symbolism pages have been copied in whole or in part many times over by others. On these About.com pages you will find my original, frequently updated, and ever-expanding and detailed look at the symbolism and suggested use of the many colors of our world, no matter how you want to use those colors. continue reading below our video Loaded: 0% Progress: 0% Choosing colors based on symbolism can apply to everything from clothing to wall paint to home furnishings.
In desktop publishing and design choosing color based on its symbolism applies to print and electronic projects from logos to Web site backgrounds. {Color Meaning, Symbolism and Psychology} Symbolism of Color: Using Color for Meaning.