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    The artist Hanneman uses a triangular composition with prominent diagonal lines to direct the viewer's attention to Mary Stuart's head while also displaying the social status of this Dutch noble.The viewer’s eyes are immediately drawn to the face and eyes of Princess Mary Stuart. Stuart’s body is arranged in a stable pyramidal composition with her face as the focal point and two diagonals on both sides of body. A strong diagonal line is created by her right sloping shoulder starting from her right

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    with strong emotion which may also contribute to the emotional and plot development in the film. As for the film The Hero, it collected Zhang Yimou's almost all of the favorite colors which is also the most good at, including the red, blue, yellow, white, green, black. He applies all kinds of color to an extreme and the characters of clothing color are not only contribute to the formation of strong visual impact but also to the distinguish between the plot

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    views the person. Esch describes Manny, her past lover but the man she still fantasizes about, as being golden, and Skeetah’s dog China as bright white and silver. Manny is golden because to her, he is perfect, even after the wrong he has done to her. The color gold is often associated with wealth. China's association with white and silver is very similar. White is considered pure and raw. That is exactly what China represents, along with strength. Esch is very similar to China and connects her story

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    convey a message to the audience. For example, in E.T The Extra-Terrestrialthe red glowing heart of E.T is used to let the viewers know that E.T is alive and is healthy. Also, the dark grey colors that are used in the setting when E.T. is dead and the white color E.T turns is used to signify that he is dead. Another color symbol relevant to E.T.’s health is the color of the daffodils, when E.T is healthy the flowers are upright, bright and yellow. However, when E.T.’s health deteriorates the flower’s

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    The Shirley Cards are color reference cards used to calibrate skin tones, shadows and light during the printing process for still photography. The cards started to appear around the 1950’s and early on, the cards typically depicted a Caucasian woman who was dressed in brightly colored clothes. Very few of these cards featured males. Additionally, the name given to the cards are based off the original model. The reasoning only Caucasian women were depicted on the color reference cards was based on

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    slumber show Henry’s internal struggle to acclimate to civilian life. This leads to the emanate death of the Golden Son. The symbolism attributed to colors and its connection to actions or events is, for the most part, straightforward, black and white. Positive means a happy face. Negative means a sad face. However, when considering The Medicine Wheel, Native American Culture stands apart – “red represents the dawn of new life as well as the spiritual life – one of the four qualities of the balanced

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    Color In The Book Thief

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    Color is a huge part of how people view different emotions and feelings. For an example, when people see the color black, they may feel darkness and loneliness. Using color as a description in books can really help the reader better understand what the author is trying to get across. Color can mean so much more than shades and tints, it can show true meaning and emotion. Its proven that warm colors generate thoughts of happiness, energy, and optimism. Cooler colors can be more soothing and calming

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    Color is a puzzle, once all the pieces to coincide with one another, the hidden message is revealed. The importance of color is essential as a simple color can represent an emotion or symbol related to the story. Writer, Lois Lowry in her novel, “Gathering Blue”, demonstrate the value of color being incorporated into our daily lives by providing a heartwarming story of how each person represents a color needed to bring the whole community together. Lowry’s purpose was to show that colors can identify

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    Red is an important color in the Republic of Gilead because it is the color worn by the handmaids. The color choice of red is very symbolic of their purpose. The simplest explanation is that the color represents fertility because it resembles the blood of a menstrual cycle. The whole purpose of a handmaid is to become pregnant and have a child, so fertility is extremely important. However, deeper thinking will come to provide a dual representation for the handmaid red. In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The

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    Hazel's Monologue

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    The first costume I choose was the recreate Hazel’s dress when they were at Amsterdam and Augustus and Hazel were going to go eat. The outfit wasn't really described, only giving me a vague description of her dress and colours. I drew out what I thought she looked like and the details of Hazel’s style. I drew Hazel with a periwinkle dress, having dark purple and dark violet flower accents/belt wrapping around her. I imagine her style to be simple and minimalistic. I paired the dress with a short

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