Why Yellow Dominates the Horror Genre
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Why are yellow raincoats so popular in horror? What does yellow mean in horror games and movies? After this video, you’ll never look at the color yellow the same way again… or maybe you might! Maybe this warning is something you’ve always known, deep down somewhere in your subconscious.
More and more movies, shows and games use the bright yellow rain jacket to visually cue the us that SOMETHING of great, terrible import is going to happen to the poor, unfortunate soul who wears it. George Denborough from IT, Coraline Jones from the “Coraline” movie, SIX from Little Nightmares, Jonas from “Dark,” Heck, Fran from “Fran Bow” and the fairy story girl from “Resident Evil Village.” All of these wearers of-the-yellow are at the center (or, in the case of IT Georgie, the gruesome start) of something dark and mysterious and dangerous
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If the color yellow dominates the horror genre, it's no wonder why the ghosts are afraid of Pac-Man because of how terrifying he is.
imagine that you're an intangible immortal wandering spirit trapped in an endless labyrinthine purgatory, and you just so happen to cross paths with this yellow behemoth with no distinguishable features other than an enormous maw easily capable of devouring you and dissolving the remaining pure essence that exists of your very being into a gaping, empty void.
Well, well, well, if it isn’t little Alex. ;)
@@BoneDaddy69420 Damn that's *dark-* *_How did you even think of that??_*
@@Emmett_Br0wn i love pac man and video games, but i adore dark, occult, paranormal or otherwise eldritch themes even more.
It might also because of his yellow teeth… MAN, he really needs brush his teeth!
Ah yes, Little Nightmares. I, myself have a simple mind. I sees Little Nightmares, I click faster than the speed of light
I love Six. She’s so mysterious. I’m obsessed with anything and everything Little Nightmares.
Although not present in LN, LN2 has a paper boat somewhere in the Pale City that Mono can find. He can even place it in some rainwater as it floats down into a sewer drain.
When I read the title the first thing I thought about was "The king in yellow"
*chuckles nervously in yellow is my favorite color*
The Yellow Wallpaper, the King in Yellow (not that everyone hasn’t already mentioned), the general utility of the color as both bright and sickly. Every color has its positive and negative connotations that are specific to cultures.
In the second little nightmares game there is a paper boat and you see it right before you get the rain coat
I love this video! It got me thinking about the costumes in Crimson Peak, (technically a gothic romance and not a strait out horror, but does have horror elements.) the leading lady, Edith, is almost always in yellow. It helps represent how she is the “kind, pure hearted heroine” that was popular in older gothic stories. The color stands out in the harsh winter environment she moves into. I think it also shows how she has brought some warmth and light to the Thomas Sharpe character.
One of the antagonists also makes a comment about yellow butterflies, how they die when “the sun leaves them” or are eaten by “moths”.
Once again, great video! Looking forward to more 💛
I had no idea about authors using the color yellow to signify impending danger and vulnerability.
I seem to have unintentionally used this device in a horror story I wrote years ago without knowing it, so maybe it is embedded in the subconscious. Maybe it's not a coincidence that the two oldest children in the family( a pair of identical twins) liked to wear yellow sundresses.
This can be seen in non-horror media, too. The Sith in Star Wars have yellow eyes and the color yellow used to be the hero's weakness in the Green Lantern comics.
So, first off, it’s so cute how you tap Pennywise’s nose on the book cover.
Second: you are very poetic!
Third: I love yellow/purple contrasts, and this video was very inspiring to me.
If it helps, Little Nightmares 2, when you play as Mono, also features an interactable paper boat in a strangely obvious allyway.
I would love an audiobook by you! 🥺your voice is so soothing
She has a second Channel called abit late where she reads stories its really amazing I recommend her reading of the tell tale heart very highly😊
@@Pandie2828 thanks!
I don't know if anyone here has watched Utena, but this pretty much describes Nanami from that show to a T. She's both on the giving and receiving ends of a lot of misfortune and is also very innocent despite how mean and cruel she can be.
I need to go get myself a yellow coat so I can be a horror protagonist.
Same
This video reminds me of a line and a video where Alice and Coraline had a rap battle and it was animated and there was one line in the Alice’s turn
And she said” because we all know what happens to little kiddies in the yellow raincoats “
I still need to watch the rest of this video but now that you mention it One of the people who died in Friday the 13th part 1 also wore a bright yellow rain jacket
The color Yellow being an aspect of horror, signifying impending doom and whatnot may have been something that was understood as far back as 1961, which was the year we got a look at the Green Lantern villain Sinestro who is the creator of the Sinestro/Yellow Ring corps, each Color of the rings represent an emotion (except White and Black) and the Yellow Ring represents Fear in the DC universe, just thought it was interesting
I did a college paper on how the color yellow reflects insanity by connecting 3 different sources to prove this theory. You completely correct in this theory!
I feel like you'd have a very interesting analysis and commentary on Fran bow! Great video btw!
I'm surprised you didn't mention the title, stories, and characters in Robert Chambers' book: "The King in Yellow." Or in the "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Gillman.
Me: *quietly crossing out yellow from my wardrobe palette.*
you know iconography wise, what is it with shipping the color blue with the color green? it's like stan level pairing, granted on my own bias I just really like red and blue together, same for green with yellow, I also enjoy pairing the RGB color model with the CYM color model, (green with magenta, red with cyan, &blue with yellow occasionally)
Was thinking of using a yellow raincoat for a slasher villain I just came up with.
Very good video. - Interestingly the first edition of Dracula had a yellow cover with red lettering.
I think one reason that yellow is so used in horror is because since horror is usually full of black,blue, and purple that yellow seems unnatural in the world going back to what she said IRL it’s usually used for caution so although it’s very unnatural it’s also at the same time natural making the horror even scarier
Fun fact! The teacup full of blood in the miniseries was originally full of poop in the book. And the old lady keeps drinking it. Honestly if you're squeamish about literally anything, maybe don't read the book. It's pretty dark.
Would you like to make a video about how many yellow is used in the Five Nights at Freddy's franchise? After your video I was like: "damn! There is so many yellow and I never noticed that THIS was making me feel so uneasy!" *pure chills* also great job on your videos 👍 I really enjoy them and your pretty voice.
Yellow is a bit of an unsettling color for me after reading the story The Yellow Wallpaper for school 😆A woman trapped inside a room surrounded by yellow wallpaper and seeing things
I would love to see an analysis like this for other colors.
My friend has a yellow coat… ELIZA!!!
Hastur is out there. That's it. The King in Yellow is out there
Notice that hospitals put their staff in blues, greens, and greys -- but avoid yellow and red. Blues and greens also pervade bedroom decor; yellow isn't generally thought of as "restful," (contrasted with its use in stimulating kitchens and dinnerware.) Mrs. Dalloway isn't traditional horror, but her struggle with mental illness does feature sickly yellow wallpaper.
The pretend safety blanket note reminded me of buttercups;
a bright yellow flower that well very pretty & sometimes associated with youth or summer is extremely poisonous if consumed.
Yellow is a warning sign in nature with things like bees and wasps, it might also be apart of the final girl trope, a lot of the classic final girls are blonde against primary blue, green or red killers
I love the fact that the DC nerd in me remembers the Yellow lanterns represent fear
While you're right that there isn't really a paper boat in Little Nightmares, there IS a paper boat in Little Nightmares II.
Another example: "The King in Yellow", Robert W. Chambers.
In looking over some of the comments I'm glad to see people having mentioned that it's used in nature not just to grab your attention but by yellow animals advertising their venomous and/or toxic nature. I'm disappointed I saw no one mention the King in Yellow, though v.v
I’ve always been afraid of yellow and I’m going into this video to get my theories confirmed
Huh. I wonder if I knew much of this subconsciously? I've never put my kid in much yellow - let alone bought them a bright yellow rain slicker!
Huh.
As always, a VERY enjoyable - and thought-provoking listen/ watch! Keep it up!!🎉🎉❤
The King in Yellow's influence is vast
2:15 damn this whole time my dumb brain thought your name was “abit frank” 😂 i didn’t realize i was supposed to read it as “a bit frank” 😮
yellow: my favorite color
horror: my favorite generé
coincidence: I think not
I don't know if Pastoureau has already been translated into English, but his field of research is the history of colours and their cultural uses in western Europe. If you liked this video, you might like his books!
Me: *watches the video*
*looks at my show*
Oh no I’m wearing yellow.
I genuinely think that IT singlehandedly popularized the yellow raincoat and paperboat combo for horror
Just like in the six sense. The director used red to symbolize something paranormal is about to happen.
Nice explanation direct and to the point.👌 😻
You know that yellow is also known to represent jealousy or some type of corruption so its kinda of putting in a sense.
But you mostly got it spot on. :3
“Have you seen the Yellow Sign?”
I love your narration. It's very soothing and would be perfect for audiobooks 🙂
I still saw yellow like a moon 🌙
**Me wearing a yellow shirt**
**Watches video**
Me: 👁️👄👁️
Both yellow and red in media can mean anything, but in horror movies, well get ready to get out the safety blankets folks. Because only one of the characters wearing these colors are getting out a live. 😰
Enjoyed this; thought provoking. Thank you.
I love the way you explain things, oh my god
I love your voice, its so perfect. You found your calling as a RUclipsr because s lot of the best lf them have really nice voices.
Another example is Susie from the lovely bones :0
(Commenting before watching)
I'm guessing you're going to reference the King in Yellow from the Lovecraft Mythos... What was his name Haster the god of Madness.... of course pretty much all of the outer gods represent Madness.
Have you seen the yellow sign?
Yellow? The color of fear? The reason it's so often prominently featured in horror?
Well who the hell knows the answer to THAT!?
There is this creepy mobile game called Baby in Yellow. Makes sense now. 🤔
Yellow: vibrant, innocent, reckless, noticable, and easy target. So far the words that come to mind when I thought of yellow.
It also is partly used as a sign of greed in some books
@@1krauterquark88 interesting
@@syrusangi8743 one example would be "the visit" or " Besuch der alten Dame"( in German)
The most evident reason yellow is a threat color is yellow snow.
Me: yellow minded..
I heard somewhere that yellow tends to usually be the first color people notice from a distance (Hence why McDonald's uses it in their logo); It quickly catches the eye and can make something a focus of attention easily. That's probably at least part of the explanation.
And also when yellow is darkened it’s a much more unnerving color. Unlike most other colors that have look relatively good when just darkened, yellow becomes a odd dingy color that I would be surprised if anyone said they actually liked that color.
To go back to how much this color is noticeable, designers have also found out it was the one which clashes the more on black, even more than white.
Isn't that red? Since it has the longest wavelength
@@nm9688 it's slightly too dark to be as readable as yellow; on the other side, the contrast with white seems to be too high to be that comfortable for the eyes. Then, I think it's a mix of readability/comfort + contrast. If road signs or a character shone too brightly, it would be impossible to understand them, I guess.
the simpsons
Probably the same reason why you would play happy music during a sad moment in a movie
@re mi Soundtrack dissonance. I had to search it up but I found it.
**cough** shazam opening scene **cough**
A very childish soundtrack played over a scene of bloodshed
Title: "Why Yellow Dominates the Horror Genre"
Me: "Holy sh*t! It does!"
Cousin: ...subtly points out the RED background
And what about black? Most horror movies have black in them.
Red and black are obvious when most think about horror. Whenever I see yellow, it instantly attracts my eye against a dark pallet
Red, black, and yellow.
Red is blood. Red is passion. Red is rage. (At least, it is in the West.)
Me wearing yellow: * Paranoid looking around my room for the monster *
You didn't mention impotrant thing: many venomus animals is yellow: frogs, snakes, wasps etc. Yellow is natures sign to **** off.
my first thought
I guess that's why Six wears a yellow raincoat.
6:10 i gotchu bud
It's funny how the video uses the phrase "yellow jacket" numerous times, and yet it doesn't mention the wasp.
then again all nature uses all viberant colors to tell things to frick off
Another interesting movie fact about yellow. In the movie ‘Jaws’, whenever the colour yellow appears on screen, the shark shows up
I once had a discussion with illustrators and book sellers on various illustrations, and we also talked about yellow: it’s a warning colour because it’s irritating, it puts a certain strain on our eye. And it looks like gold, but isn’t as warm or shiny, which is why it was the go-to colour for evil in medieval paintings.
Yes, this! It's something to do with how the eye perceives color. The rods and cones of the eye process things using red and green wavelengths of light (hence why red/green colorblindness is most common), and yellow is basically a precise 50/50 mix of the two, which means it creates greater strain on the eyes to perceive it, as both rods and cones are fully active. It's a color that basically can be painful to look at for long periods of time, which makes it make more sense as a color of warning or a signal to feel concern/fear.
I also imagine that--on the idea of it being an apt color for evil in medieval art--that it might also have something to do with the idea of yellow as a sickly color. Yellow is a color of infection, of puss, of jaundice, of rot and decay. It's the color of something stained by age, be it bone, paper, or fabric. It's quite easy for yellow to become unpleasant to look at, in ways that the other colors of the spectrum just don't quite seem to...except for green. Green also has connotations of sickness, of decay and mold, and it is a color that is tied to yellow, so it again makes sense.
One of my art professors once mentioned that a study was done regarding the color, and found that babies with yellow-painted rooms, or an excess of yellow in their rooms were often inclined to be fussier than babies with rooms in other colors, as it causes continual strain on their developing vision. So, it appears only natural that it is a color that at once can attract attention for being bright and striking, while at the same time putting us off as visually straining and arresting.
Yellow is irritating, I just skip using it and never noticed or ever thought of yellow being used as a symbol of anything. It just seems like a annoying color. I’m surprised it’s used in horror at all. Especially since it’s so bright.
In nature, bright colors usually mean danger. For instance, carnivorous flowers always have bright, enticing colors to attract their victims. Same way Pennywise used bright colorful balloons to attract children to their deaths in the sewers.
oh cool
You could've said the Hundreds of Poisonous Animals many of which are Yellow
@@nuklearkhaos115 that’s also true. Yellow doesn’t necessarily signify weakness.
In my country yellow represent dead people when someone died we always put yellow flag near the people house who died
Btw the country I meant is indonesia
Yellow is scary, because if you are wearing yellow, there's no were to hide. The monster will see you. You should've wore camouflage.
Or at least ditch the yellow rain coat if you have something that fits the environment better underneath like maybe a black or gray t-shirt
Sure there is, just hide in the yellow duh
Road safety just got yeeted out the window
If you are the rock you have nothing to worry about because he is invis hacking
@@Fishiejk I'd have nothing to worrie about, because all the monsters would be able to smell what I got cooking.
One of the things I love about little nightmares is how noticeable Six is in her raincoat
You have no idea how often I can lose the character on screen if they’re dressed in colours to match the background and it has killed me on multiple occasions I didn’t have that problem in little nightmares as my eyes were instinctively drawn to the yellow
True XD (referring to Mono and Runaway Kid xD)
Funny how before Six gets her raincoat she has dark clothes and blends in with the dark, in a way this sort of shows that her innocence is destroyed by a world of nightmares and is evidently cruel. Mono also wears dark clothes and a baggie, this time to hide… well himself despite his natural impulse to do good, until his innocence is crushed at the end of LN2.
@@Dookieman1975 wow. Now that is detail!
Very true if I'm not a neon rainbow my charter is gone 😂
Limbo lmfao
A normal person: strange I never noticed
Me: the Sinestro Corp controls the horror industry!
Aw, man! It makes sense now that you mention it.
Wait…. Oh god it makes sense
I was scrolling for a Sinestro comment and I was not disappointed.
Can I get some context for this please?
@@alexschofield8085 Sinestro, former Green Lanterb and leader of the Sinestro lantern corp, is one of the scariest mofos in DC. He wears yellow and the Sinestro Corps is made up of some scary mofos. Predator, Xenomorphs and I think even Pennywise and Freddy Kreuger have cameos as members of the corps in comics.
Sinestro is widely feared and respected because he almost completely mastered the Green Lantern ring, does not fear much of anything anymore and damn near domesticated Parallax(the living embodiment of fear). Keep in mind, Parallax possessed and hoed several justice league level threats, including Green Lantern. And Sinestro treats it like a pet.
You can't not fear him.
I’ve always wanted you to talk about Little Nightmares.
Same
I always just assumed that yellow tied back to "A canary in a coal mine!". Ie; since the industrial era an indication that something pretty and innocent will probably die and all the implications of the character being a canary could tie back to.
Awesome point!
ooo love thisss
Holy mother! An excellent point!
I should've scrolled down and read this before I commented. Same hat!
@@nightmarecake4265 Not sure if you're actually asking or if you're quoting someone, but FWIW, canaries were taken into mines because a common danger was pockets of natural gas that could suffocate miners or explode if ignited - canaries have tiny lungs so they suffocate quickly in the presence of natural gas- if you see your canary's dead, GTFO of there
We all know what happens to kids in yellow raincoats....
you'll float too
That's why my raincoat is navy blue. I'll blend in to the night sky and the creepy gutter clown won't notice me
I- I'm 13-
My raincoat is yellow-
@@Dragon_Liege then better be careful
@@lazer_kat_4673 good choice ^^
But hey, that's just a theory! Abitfrank theory! Thanks for watching
I NEED a collab with these two
Matpat that you?
You forgot the, "AAANNNDDD CUT!"
OMG best comment
A few more good examples of yellow being associated with horror is that yellow is also the colour of fear in the Green Lantern canon, and within the Cthulhu mythos the melevalant and most directly meddlesome of the old ones is Hastur the Unspeakable who is often referred to as the King In Yellow.
Just recently finished a CoC game with him as the main antagonist. Half of the group had manias that made us want to summon him. Thankfully the other half managed to stop him from fully appearing.
True. I looked up some images of Cthulhu, and the eyes were orange, which uses yellow. And what other series has an emphasis on eye color? FNaF! In the games, the whites of the eyes are a yellowish silver whenever they're glowing. I didn't know why that, per example, whenever Freddy played Carmen's Overture (at least during the first game as far as I remember), his eyes would flicker that yellowish silver, and, of all things, that was the thing that was the most stressful thing imo from the game.
The king in yellow is really interesting within itself.
I think yellow can also be seen as sickly and disturbing. Yellow rotting leaves, the yellow skin of a person suffering from some disease. Yellow can be vibrant or sickly at the same time. When it comes to descriptions of physical characteristics I think that this also plays a part.
Fantastic video!
But I think that Little Nightmares does show paper-toy symbolism, just not as boats. Little Nightmares features paper planes, dumped in the clutter of some scenes. Six can interact with the paper planes, lifting and throwing them. A paper plane, because it's crafted by a school-kid, cues childhood in the same way a paper boat does.
Paper boats are also found scattered
I’m a simple woman. I see little nightmares I click
I found another little nightmares fan
@@brittanyheaton4342 indeed you have
I think part of the reason is that Yellow really is ONLY a bright color. Like every other color can be varying saturation and values and still be easily read as that color, but not yellow. When yellow is made darker (outside of when it's used to shade yellow) it often loses being read as yellow. Yellow is stuck as a light, bright color as opposed to every other base color. Also, horror is always about corrupting safety and Innocence which yellow is associated with both.
Yellow has also been used to represent madness and disease, as well as apparently causing anxiety in humans, even infants, after prolonged exposure. (Also, IT lore dives would be great!)
the king in yellow
I just remembered “The King in Yellow” from a Lovecraftian novel.
The movie “The Village” also had the characters wearing yellow cloaks when hiding from these mysteries monsters from the forest.
The video game “Little Nightmares” has the protagonist wearing a yellow raincoat too.
The horror video game “Death Stranding” uses gold and yellow in a lot of the key items that are important to the story.
It’s also been scientifically proven that divers and surfers should avoid wearing yellow wet suits because they attract sharks more than the color red.
Also kids just look adorable in yellow rain gear! Where I live it rains pretty much every day so my kids and I wear our rain coats and boots almost every day of the year so I spend a decent amount of money on rain gear and I've only ever bought yellow rain coats for my kids because it's just too cute
I agree but watch you step just in case😄
What about dog/cats?
Also, it makes them much easier to spot outside, especially if it gets foggy. I've been considering getting myself a yellow car, because my observational skills aren't very good. It would be easy to find it in a crowded parking hall.
Me, an Advertising Arts graduate who enjoys when people know how filmmakers use colors queues to mess with viewers: This video.... This sparks joy.
This sparks joy: *your comment*
This does not spark joy: *the color yellow*
My personal headcanon(?) is that yellow is pretty visible, making the protagonist/victim an easier target
Yellow and scary? It's primal. Eyes in the night. They almost always reflect yellow. A flare of light in the darkness that signifies danger.
I always thought it was because blood looks better on yellow. sure you can see blood on white, but all you see is a red stain and not really the glossy ness of the blood.but on yellow, blood shines more and stands out, and even when the blood has dried you can still see the glow of a light burgundy that you can never miss
I find yellow to be a very interesting color. Though it is usually associated with innocence, warmth, and caution, from why I briefly studied in color theory in psychology, people who live in yellow houses usually are very angry and very mentally ill overall. I've also noticed that with two of my friends who lived in yellow houses.
Moral of the story: if you're in fiction, avoid yellow. If you're going to rent or buy a house or are choosing a color to paint your house, avoid yellow.
Do you think the colour yellow caused the anger or do you think that because of their anger they looked for a comforting colour in hopes that it would help?
@@sw8228 that's actually a great question, and sadly not one I can 100% answer. I think it was kinda one of each. One friend came from an already messed up home, and moved into a new house that was yellow, and her family fell apart there.
My uncle had a yellow house that he was renting out to people, and each family that moved in seemed super cool and friendly, but all 4 families divorced and separated in that house within 2 years.
Yellow is such a strange color
@@riakun so you shoukd wear yellow to assert dominance. Got it
@@sw8228 As I recall from color theory in art, it's believed that yellow can increase stress due to the fact that yellow is a color that's actually physically stressful for our eyes to perceive. Rods and cones use red and green wavelengths, different amounts of rods or cones firing off to create different blends that will make the other colors. Yellow is a 50/50 mix of the two, so yellow means that all the rods and all the cones are firing at once, and being worked, which causes eyestrain over time, and all the resulting discomfort of that. This stress on the body can therefore translate to stress on the mind, and this can potentially result in emotional distress that can be vented as anger.
This means that it could in fact be the color that caused the anger, without the person being aware that it was the source. After all, who thinks of a _color_ as being the source of their growing anger/frustration? So, the color stays, and keeps being a strain, which keeps cycling back to build anger and frustration, and so on. At least one study mentioned by one of my art professors said that it's actually a bad idea to paint an infant's room even a pastel shade of yellow, as it is incredibly stressful to their developing vision, and can result in a baby who is more fussy and agitated than one kept in a room with a less visually straining color.
@@Mokiefraggle that's really interesting, its cool how colours can have literal effects on us
For Little Nightmares, while the Maw itself isn't a paper boat, paper boats still appear in the first game and it's sequel. In the sequel itself, there is a paper boat near a sewer drain in the City. And near that boat there is a ghostly figure of a child.
The ghostly figure is one of the glitchy remains you can collect to see an alternate ending
My guess: I'm so scared I gotta go to the bathroom.
Or: Brightness can be deceptive.
Bathrooms are scary too do you have a death wish!!😮😧
@@Pandie2828 And if you see writing on the mirror then run!
@@runningoncylinders3829 absolutely but it might be to late...
@@Pandie2828 Good point. Better avoid the BR altogether in a horror situation and man up by just using the pants.
@@runningoncylinders3829 ewww…
I’d rather go in a bush
9:13 Also [Slight Spoiler] in Little Nightmares II, when Six regains her raincoat, before they go to the next section, they pass a paper boat near a sewer grate (reference to "It")
Hmmm this makes sense. Yellow kind of appears in M. Night Shamalan's The Village as a "safe" color while red is the evil color, yet people wearing yellow are not safe to the dark evil stalking them throughout the movie.
Wow, I'm not the only one who thought about that movie immediately.
So in horror films, books, the guy or girl wearing yellow is like the red shirt guy in old Star Trek episodes! He is dead meat and there is nothing he or anyone else could do about it. If I were him I'd change the color to blue with another character, or barrow an extra blue shirt from him. That way when the unthinkable happens I would have a change to blend into the background and escape.
@@hackman669 Yeah pretty much it seems
A Glamorous fact about oneself: yellow is my favorite color, and *almost* always has been, and a fun fact about yellow in general: it's one of the world's least liked colors along with orange!
Orange and yellow are my favorites!
You can't leave out the yellow that's mentioned in other books like Frankenstein, (Yellow eyes and skin) even if it's not technically a horror as we describe it now. Otherwise, I completely agree 😂
Can you do a video on green and why is associated with evil
Red compliments Green which is cool because we often see red with the good guys.
Green or Blue generally suits their main rival or enemy.
@@runningoncylinders3829 I've always loved how red=good guy but green=guy when those colors are used as the opposite
We are always shown red as wrong and green as ok
Green dye used to be a silent killer in the early 1900's. They used a substance with high levels of arsenic, and exposure to it proved to be deadly. Yet, because it was nice to look at, it was everywhere: clothes, furniture, walls, curtains, etc.
So yeah, green soon became the color of poison and venom after people discovered how deadly it was.
@@Besm2711 plus counter-ads against absinthe; plus its weak place in Christian religions that pushed believers to give it to their enemies during medieval times; plus lots of reptiles and amphibians; plus undrinkable and poisonous water (think about swamps), ... the list goes on and on!
@@Melanie-Elisabeth yes! The dreaded green fairy, and the snake that pushes to sin! Green has been treated very roughly, being the color of nature... It is sad.
I think in the case of Pennywise's outfit, the use of yellow could be deceptive, playing on associations with innocence and safety. But another idea I had was the use of the color was a way to build tension quickly and create a creepy feeling, since yellow can signify innocence and safety, but also caution, and so it could also signify an ambiguous situation.
There's an entire genre of horror called yellow, in Italian, Giallo.
And a horror movie from the 70's, Alice, Sweet Alice about a girl who may or may not be a murderer wearing a yellow raincoat.
Yellow is important in Silent Hill 3.
A short, disturbing story called the Yellow Wallpaper.
And of course, there's the Lovecraftian King In Yellow.
I'd definitely love if you cover IT more.
I read that “giallo” comes from the cheap yellow pages of lurid pulp novels. “Pulp” comes from the same place for us, the pages of cheap paperbacks where you can see wood pulp.
We can also note yellow lighting in horror films that include office spaces. Yellow lighting is so foreboding
The reason I'm not friggin terrified like I usually am is because her voice is so soothing that it keeps me calm