The Hues in Carmy's mind
I noticed the different colors in Carmy's mind during his panic attack. I wanted to explore that based on color theory in film. Hopefully, you will notice the difference colors in Carmy's memory since it's very muted and hard to tell at times..
Yellow
Yellow can represent happiness, obsession insecurity, egoism, and madness.
Looking back at the original hues in episode 6, it has more of an orange tint (orange represents memories and nostalgia.) In Carmy's memory, however, his family represents madness and illness.
Pink
Claire has more of a yellow green hue in the original episodes 2x05. But in Carmys mind her hue is pink. Pinks represent romance, innocence, childlike romance, and playfulness (notice the gif above and the yellow bleeding into the pink)
Carmy could be forcing himself to see Claire in a romantic light, but such an attempt to see her this way fails to bring him peace.
Blue
Blues can represent peace, fulfillment, confidence, trust, and unions on the positive. But it's darker shades can also evoke isolation, coldness, and sadness.
I see this as Carmy trying to see Claire in a feeling similar to Sydney. There's a reoccurring color with Syd and Carmy of reds and blues. The light blue represents how Carmy sees Syd - her hue matches carmy in the present as he catches his breath. She's the only memory that's in the now. She brings a sense of peace to the audience and Carmy.
This is a short analysis! There's a post by @moments-on-film1 of sydneys red and blue scarves. Another post I want to mention is by @cosmic-light-fics we discussed the painting and they had brilliant commentary on the reds and blues in the painting in episode 2x08 and 2x10.
As a bonus on color theory, this also represents the red and blues in Carmy & Syd's world.
The first gif gives a soft blue hue. Check out the red and blue fence.
What does red represent? Red represents fire, passion, aggression, heat, & love. Remember blue can represent peace, fulfillment, union, coldness, isolation, and sadness. Carmy and Syd were in a darker blue hue for the end of the second season.
Could this mean that Carmy not only sees Sydney in a peaceful way but also has a passion and fire for Sydney? The darker blues for season 2 give ominous foreshadowing for Syd and Carmy.
More on colors in The Bear and general color theories:
Color Psychology
Color theory in film
Sydney's scarves @moments-on-film
The painting @cosmic-light-fics
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Semantic (Color) Error
Sang Woo and Jae Young are color-coded boys in love.
So what are their colors?
If you thought red and blue, you'd be WRONG!
The opening credits and scenes declare what they are:
Their colors are blue and green.
Sang Woo is a blue boy. He is confident, stable, and intelligent.
Jae Young is a green guy. He is lively, hopeful, and easygoing.
He even draws Sang Woo in his color on the wanted posters.
The only reason Jae Young wears red is to bother Sang Woo.
Jae Young borrows most of the red items from his friends.
He begins wearing red when looking for Sang Woo before he is aware Sang Woo hates the color *the "SINNER" jacket*
When they first meet, they both wear black, but Jae Young is backed up by his fake red. *the "DIE BITCH" jacket*
Black tends to be their neutral color.
When they're hiding out in the clothes, they are neutral in black with their colors behind them until the red light comes on, referring to Jae Young's fake red that bothers Sang Woo.
Exchanging colors
While at the bar, Jae Young is upset at Sang Woo for ignoring him, so he plays darts with his fake red and Sang Woo's blue.
He rescues Sang Woo, and they have a tender moment. The next day, Sang Woo tries on red.
And Jae Young picks up blue even though there is a red outfit he could wear.
But Sang Woo doesn't like this (because he has the fake red), and retreats into a dark blue while Jae Young remains neutral black. *see the barrier that divides them demonstrated by the wall behind them: Sang Woo in the darker color (wants to remain in the dark about his feelings) and Jae Young in the lighter color (because he is aware of his feelings)*
However, Sang Woo can't truly let Jae Young go and continues to use Jae Young's fake red when he usually uses black. *remember Jae Young placed a red pen on Sang Woo's shelf after the bar incident*
Sang Woo realizes he made a mistake and goes to see Jae Young at the restaurant. He is still in his blue, but now he is surrounded by Jae Young's real color, green.
Jae Young rejects him, but Sang Woo tries again, this time fully understanding how important Jae Young is, so he wears Jae Young's green to reflect that.
After this, Jae Young incorporates Sang Woo's blue into his wardrobe.
The two become closer, and eventually kiss.
Each is highlighted by the other's color: Sang Woo in Jae Young's green, and Jae Young in Sang Woo's blue.
But, per usual, Sang Woo is confused and goes to Jae Young's studio in Jae Young's fake red while Jae Young is in neutral black.
Jae Young makes Sang Woo realize what he has been feeling (no fake red anymore, but pure green). EDIT: @grapejuicegay spotted that when Sang Woo agrees to the two-week trial period, he does so in a blue and green thumbs up sweater.
Sang Woo decides to be honest in the same shirt he wore the first time he yelled at Jae Young and showed him emotion - the merged green and blue flannel shirt.
After that, Sang Woo is in love and in Jae Young's green
Until Jae Young tells Sang Woo he got accepted into an oversees program, then both boys are struggling with their feelings and retreat back to their colors *Sang Woo's beloved blue bike*
But all ends well, and they merge their colors and love together with a hint of fake red (blue bedding with green pillows)
And the Semantic (Color) Error was fixed!
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