Color Imagery In We By Yevgeny Zamyatin

Colors are apart of our everyday lives. They help us on dreaming, creating and increasing youthfulness. The author used colors to illustrate an importance behind objects, emotions, and characters. The various colors symbolize location, character traits and appearances.

As we all know, color is the voice for the artist 's sentiment. It makes up the appearance of a picture. Color is the decisive factor in depths of the two-dimensional plane of the artwork, making the viewer feel physically and mentally attracted, or the context of things - the phenomenon the author wants to present. Colors have been around for a long time, but there is not a common definition for colors. And perhaps humans are one of the luckiest creatures that can identify colors. Often, the recipient 's eye knows a myriad of colors and colors that always change based on the relationship between light and perspective. In art, color creates a sense of

Colors are used in literature to describe the different emotions of a character. Colorism is a type of symbolism used in literature. Death uses color symbolism in The Book Thief to describe a character's emotion because he is the narrator. Color symbolism in literature is when the author uses a color to symbolize the character's emotion; it occurs throughout The Book Thief. Red, white, and gray or silver are the colors that are used the most frequently and have the biggest meanings throughout the novel.

Colors have a large impact on society. They have the ability to affect people’s moods, appetites, and behaviors. Colors also have the ability to act as symbols. For example, the color white often acts as a symbol of innocence, and the color yellow often represents happiness. Throughout the book The Great Gatsby, multiple colors symbolize different aspects of Jay Gatsby’s life.

Lily wore a yellow dress on her wedding day to make sure she had a happy marriage. The dress shows that the sun will always be there. In further detail, “Lily wore yellow on her wedding day”(Searching For Summer, 66). The town Lily lives in does not have any sun. Lily wants to have sunshine in her life. Her wedding day is very memorable to her. The yellow dress will bring happiness to Lily and everyone around her. Therefore, the dress is resembling the part of happiness everyone wants back in their life.

For example, yellow and gold represented money and death. The color “gold” represented older money, gold currency. It has a happier connotation than yellow. Gold is authentic and traditional, unlike the newer “bills”. Examples of gold in the the novel included “With Jordan’s slender golden arm resting in mine.” (pg. 44), “I put my arm around Jordan’s golden shoulder” (pg. 77), and “we went about opening the rest of the windows downstairs, filling the house with grey-turning, gold-turning light” (pg. 144). Yellow, however, is fake gold. It is a pretense, having no value. For example, “now the orchestra is playing yellow cocktail music” (pg. 42), “we sat down at a table with the two girls in all yellow” (pg. 44), and “Did mother get powder on your old yellow hair?” (pg. 111).

While Christine is sharing her story, the color of yellow appears again. At first, it represents failure and cowardliness, but later the color symbolizes complete peace within her. As a young child she was the

Colors are an essential part of the world around us. They can convey messages, expressing that which words do not. Gentle blue tones can calm a person and bright yellows can lift the spirits. If an artist is trying to express sorrow or death he often uses blacks blues, and grays basically he uses dreary colors. Without one word, a driver approaching a red traffic light knows to stop. Colors are representative of many things. In his novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color symbolism throughout as a major device in thematic and character development. He uses colors to symbolize the many different intangible ideas in the book. Throughout the book characters, places, and objects are given "life" by colors, especially the more

It represents what outer personality that he shows others. The color yellow is similar to gold and represents old money, greediness, and social status. Gatsby surrounds himself with yellow. He believes that decorating himself and house in yellow will signify and show that he is a member of the wealthier status, however yellow, is not gold. The car that he purchases to impress Daisy is the color yellow. “Gatsby’s ostentatious car, which he buys only to impress Daisy, is yellow and the girls dressed in “twin yellow dresses” at Gatsby’s’ party are painted in stark contrast to the “golden” Jordan (Examples of the Symbolism of colors in “The Great Gatsby”).” The yellow car symbolizes Gatsby’s desire to be in a higher class whereas “golden” Jordan symbolizes how valuable she is to Nick as a person. She is as valuable as gold is to the average person. On the other hand, yellow also symbolizes destruction and death. Myrtle, married to George but having an having an affair with Tom is killed by a yellow car symbolizing

Yellow represents money and greed but it peculiarly represents death as well. The color yellow can be seen at two of the deaths in the book. The yellow Rolls-Royce owned by Gatsby that killed Myrtle, it is discernible that yellow was involved with the death of Myrtle. Another way yellow is shown through death is when Gatsby walked past the yellowing trees that were on the way to his pool before he was killed by George Wilson. “Gatsby shouldered the mattress and headed for the pool. Once he stopped and shifted it a little and the chauffeur asked him if he needed any help, but he shook his head and in a moment disappeared among the yellowing trees.” (Fitzgerald p.169). This shows the color yellow playing a role in death once again. At the parties you can tell that yellow is apparent. The “yellow cocktail music” and the “girls in yellow dresses” are too ways that show that Gatsby tries to fit in with “old money.” Yellow or gold deals with the real money, gold of course, while green would be considered new money. It is also humorous that Daisy which is a yellow flower is also the most impure character in the book.

He also connects the color yellow, on Doctor T.J. Eckleburg’s glasses, with the greed and wealth of the characters.

During the 1920’s, many people would disguise themselves through the identities of someone else. In the novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the main characters can be seen “hiding” behind the symbolism of different colors. Color affects the mood, emphasizes the importance of events in a novel, and can also interact with the personalities of the characters. The concept of color symbolism is prominent in the novel. White, yellow, blue, green, and even the color black affect the atmosphere of scenes through association with a specific mood, and also through the actions of the characters.

The Symbolism of Colors in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald uses color to convey emotion, symbolism and meaning in the novel, “The Great Gatsby.” Every color has it’s own meaning and significance. These colors help readers associate words with visualizations. Without these representations, readers would not fully understand the concept of the story.

Although Eva and Franklin’s home is minimalistic grey with pops of yellow accents, Celia’s bedroom walls have been painting yellow. Contrasting Kevin’s dark colouring, Celia boasts flaxen blond hair and a light complexion, in caring for Celia after her accident the ointment Eva uses for Celia is the same bright yellow. What is especially compelling for viewers are scenes where yellow and red, or the good times and the bad intersect. The present-day travel agency Eva applies has red chairs lined up in the waiting area, this scene is cross-cut against a flashback to Eva’s own office which was cheerfully decorated with yellow furniture and a yellow door. The archery target that Kevin practices on the bullseye is yellow, surrounded by red symbolizing that what Kevin is really aiming for is to pierce or destroy the things that matter most to Eva.

Most colors within the visible light spectrum hold specific emotions that are conveyed to individuals by artists through their pieces of art. Van Gogh carefully incorporated both vibrant and dark colors in his iconic painting Café Terrace at Night, of which span across a vast array of emotions. One of the colors that stand out when you first observe the painting is the vibrant yellow used for the exterior of the café. The color yellow is known within the art community as a cheerful and warm color, helping the café to come across as an inviting gathering place to the individuals observing the painting. Another color that Van Gogh used which quickly grabs