The symbolism of yellow in the movie
In the theory of color, yellow is considered the color of happiness, peace and security. It is warm and sunny color. The symbolism of yellow color is unusually contradictory. On the one hand it is the gentle glow of the sun, on the other hand is the withering autumn leaf. The withering, disease become dark symbols of yellow. Of course, each of us will experience unique and quite subjective sensations of color, however, in most cases, the authors can play with colors in such a way as to cause true emotions.
Security. Carelessness. Serenity.
Let's turn to the serial «Very strange cases». Yellow, almost honey, shade in the second season appears in moments when speech is about the house full of security. Even in some way, convenience and comfort. Yellow highlights exactly those places where the characters of the series are not threatened, or moments when the threat recedes.
At such minutes they can deal with their daily affairs, not forgetting to investigate the circumstances surrounding events. For example, Sheriff Hoper turns his house into a refuge for the Eleventh. Together with the transformation of the room, the colors begin to change: faded and more unpleasant halftones are replaced by a rich warm and cozy saturated yellow. At the same time, the rest of the world outside the door of the house continues to remain cold and very hostile, which of course is reflected in the color scheme.
The another example from this serial is the search for a house. When the Eleventh escapes from the sheriff, a yellow truck drives her home, while she puts all the valuable things into her bag in yellow. Again, in these scenes, yellow symbolizes security, letting us know that at the moment the heroine is not in danger. This color will be constantly used throughout the serial to visually embody security. Approximately the same solutions were applied in such films as «The Incomparable Mr. Fox» and «The Voice of a Monster.»
And if in the first yellow was used to give the warm, lamp atmosphere to the film as a whole, but in the case of «The Voice of the Monster», yellow is security.
The dark side of yellow
The yellow color has another effect is the creating of a hostile and repulsive impression. In the scenes from the laboratory, the yellow is shown dimmer, creating a rather unpleasant atmosphere. But again, at the moment of transition to another dimension, warm yellow (security) was replaced by cold blue (danger) and all this within the same scene!
