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What was the significance of pink?

posted 9 years ago by JebusJones
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I'm usually pretty good at figuring this sort of stuff out, but for the life of me I couldn't figure out why so many things were pink.

[–] Cinobite17 9 years ago

Pink not so much. His mum wore pink, maybe that's it. I'm only half way through but blue and orange (or tones there of) play a MASSIVE and clearly deliberate part

Incidentally, next to the fridge is a photo of fionas body and the head is missing

[–] realitycomments 9 years ago

At the place where he worked workers wore pink jump suits and pink was the logo / company color.

I loved it

[–] Cinobite17 9 years ago

I've watched it twice now, I'm obsessing over the orange and blue.
The pink, it would appear, is related to things he has an emotional interest in, his mum and the first 2 people he kill wear pink and he loves them all. The fat woman doesnt wear pink and he kills her out of habit / neccessity he doesnt have any emotional attachment to her

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Cinobite

[–] TRICKorDEVICE 9 years ago

Can you all explain the orange and the blue?

Thanks!

[–] Cinobite17 9 years ago

And I mean EVERYTHING is blue and orange, from the office. The bathroom. Apartment, to his clothes, a blanket, pens, literally everything

[–] Naeblis5 9 years ago

Just a thought, but orange is a bright happy colour while blue is synonymous with sorrow.

I suppose it could be a reference to manic depression? He did seem to manifest something of a tendency towards both highs and lows.

[–] mlaiuppa 8 years ago

I think all of the colors are aspects of his illness.

When he isn't taking his pills, all of the colors are pure and bright, the pinks, blues, oranges, the whites are whiter, etc. And everything is clean. There are other colors, like the red of the David's bar sign and the purple butterfly. Fiona's dress is pure white and hardly shows any signs of blood. There are brightly colored butterflies, the overalls and pallet trucks at the factory are that bright pink.

But when he takes the pills reality sets in and things are as they appear. His room is dark, stained, dingy, the head in the fridge has a puddle of blood under it (which wouldn't happen as dead bodies don't bleed).

His room with all of the hoarding is apparent when he's on his meds or drunk, but his place is neat and clean when he's off them.

I don't think any particular color means anything. There is just a sharp contract between the bright colors and the cleanliness of his illness and the dingy, dirty state of reality.

[–] mlaiuppa 8 years ago

It seemed to be a company color.

That particular shade reminded me of Pepto Bismol. He wasn't a cannibal so not sure how that would work.