we all know that colors have many meanings in mythology and history. in every period of humanity, colors have been used within the framework of luck, abundance, fertility and religious beliefs. psychology, on the other hand, provided various information on the fact that colors reflect people's characters.
when i thought about potn a bit, i noticed that each character is drawn within a certain color frame. so are these colors related to their characters? or gives clues about the unknown aspects of the character?
i have reviewed the chapters and i want to share my opinion
jihwa is drawn with orange-yellow, min green and its tones, nakyum is pink, Mr. Kim is brown, and yoon seungho is drawn with a few certain colors throughout the 77 chapters
i don't think it is a color that would suit nakyum's quiet, gentle, non-violent, slightly feminine character more. pink
the son of the head kisaeng, grew up in kiseang home, made and sold erotic paintings, and was to live on the streets. the tragic events in the past did not harden his soft character, on the contrary, they made him a trustworthy person. pink means innocence, trust. it is the hardest color to find in nature. the childlike and immature attitude of pink shows itself in the character of nakyum.
while kisaeng was growing up in his home as a beautiful and talented boy, his noonas showed love and spoiled him. but nakyum also has a sensual, romantic side that she hides from everyone. and the seeds of lust hidden in pink will sprout thanks to someone. aside from his erotic paintings, his hot skin contact with yoon seungho brought his sensual side to the fore even more.
what emerges from the combination of yoon seungho's black with baek nakyum's pink is eroticism and seduction.
yoon seungho, dark colors
Seungho's violent and sarsistic character is definitely reflected in the hanboks he wears as well. Although we have seen it in various colors such as blue, purple and black, most of these colors are in dark or pale tones. commensurate with the emotions the character feels.
it is a mixed color that emerged with the combination of the primary colors purple, blue and red. purple is ambiguous as it is a combination of two colors besides nobility. when i look at the chs where seungho is drawn with purple hanboks, we see that he has behaviors and looks that can be interpreted as emotional uncertainty or more than one emotion(ch 77-34). while wearing a purple hanbok, yoon seungho looks confident bu he is emotionally confused and stuck.
this color is the color of death, despair, fear and mourning. during the joseon dynasty, black represented dignity and formality. black also represents power, nobility and authority.
black is the peak color of any dark emotion. seungho's black hanboks represent his refusal to listen to nakyum in 65-66 chs, he is so mad, and offended that he firmly believes that nakyum is running away. and his feelings are too dark to describe. biggest disappointment for him. 67-68. In the chs, after nakyum's trauma and min's revealing the criminal, it is completely representative of the tragedy. he made a mistake and unfairly tortured the person he wanted belong himself. yhe black of his violent character is all aiming at jihwa and bringing death to him.
the injustice he committed against nakyum makes him tremble to the bone, regret covers his whole soul. even though he's scared to death that nakyum will leave him, he puts an expression on own face that he doesn't need him.
seungho's peak of dark emotions, black
blue hanboks are seungho's favorite hanboks. However, the colors of these hanboks are either dull blue or dark tones. for this reason, we cannot see the vitality represented by blue in seungho. the dull blue he wears represents introversion, depression and knots in his soul.
there is a crumbs of hope in this tone. while nakyum was locked in the hut, yoon seungho asked him for a little explanation as to why he had run away. and if the nakyum had told him the truth, he would have believed him. his last shred of hope "im sorry, my lord." run out with.
his dark blue and darker hanbok represent the depth and stability of his soul, the control of his unwanted emotion, his tight-lipped. while navy blue hanboks make him seem calm and sure of what he wants, it actually represents his suppression of emotions. in the chs 52-53-54. Seungho's feelings for nakyum are deep. "special? what nonsense." although he seemed to have kept his complex emotions under control by saying this, he later saw nakyum in pain and his feelings for this lowborn resurfaced violently. seungho in blue hanbok is two-faced. because he suppresses his emotions and is pessimistic.
ch 47, seungho actually reaches the peak of pleasure as he embrace nakyum from back. he can't answer nakyum's question because he can't even admit to himself what makes him so special yet, suppresses his emotions.
ch 54, what makes nakyum so special to seungho is min saying it to seungho's face and seungho suppressing his feelings again.
his hanboks, where two pale blues are intertwined, he is hopeful and compassionate about his feelings. he does not hesitate to take responsibility for his actions. his facial expression is cold, his soul full of concern towards his lover. he is understanding towards nakyum and sweetly teases nakyum with his sarcastic character. although these hanboks represent his affection, he has a hard time expressing it, so he prefers to make tease.
these mixed colors may also represent that the seungkyum couple may be in harmony from now on.
gray, the characteristic color of inhun, fits perfectly with the concepts that gray represents. this color definitely represents intelligence, dignity, serenity, knowledge, maturity, conservatism, old age and boringness for inhun. inhun's neutral but often manipulative feelings almost complete her in this color. in addition to his mature soul, he expected the people around him to behave maturely for his age, and he always gave them advice.
it's his conservatism that he scolds nakyum for erotic pictures and forbids him to draw such disgusting things. when nakyum talks about yoon seungho's violent character, his scolding him is again due to his conservatism. inhun's gray is accommodating and controlled. so he accepted his help even though he hated yoon seungho
while gray hanbok-wearing inhun has a calming and soothing side to nakyum's childhood, gray is always ambiguous.
seungho who wore gray hanbok in season 3, wants to take inhun's place in nakyum's heart. He states that he will be patient while waiting for nakyum and giving him the peace that inhun gives to nakyum.
orange is the color of the sun. indicates that the best period of spring is experienced in nature. therefore, it is the representative of warmth, vitality and joy. jihwa's orange hanboks are a suitable color for his healthy, cheerful and enthusiastic character.
just like his character, his emotions, (especially jealousy) is as vivid and striking as orange. The reflection of his feelings and thoughts on his face and actions very quickly can turn him into a live target, sometimes a victim who looks like a criminal
green is the main color of nature. In addition to the good concepts it evokes, green has an unknown dark side. fierce jealousy. green-eyed monster envy. 'green' and 'pale' were alternate meanings of the same Greek word. In the seventh century BC, the poet Sappho used the word 'green' to describe the skin of a sick lover.
i can't say that I have any idea what kind of character min has yet. so i can't seem to write too much about it. but again, i associated it with being completely camouflaged. green is the right color to be used to camouflage in nature and not be noticed. i just want to say this as my own personal opinion; i think min is using jihwa's broken feelings for a certain purpose. the idea of nakyum being kidnapped and killed first came from min but all poison arrows point to jihwa. it reminds me of camouflage. like i said, it's just my personal opinion.
it is brown soil and it is the point where all the objects on the earth stand. It provides balance and confidence to objects. When we look at yoon seungho's background, the person he trusts most in the household, mr. Kim.
“are you not my servant, mr. kim?” this sentence is not just a question that seungho asks because he sees him as a servant, it represents trust for him and asks him the reason for this betrayal
seungho is a young man now, mr. kim is still around him and trying to reassure him, trying to make up for his past mistakes. likewise, for nakyum, he is the person who cares most him, in seungho's residence and represents trust and fatherhood.(i couldn't use images due to media limit)
after thinking for a moment about whether colors have an effect on characters, whether they reflect a character's personality, even fictional, i decided to do it. I took a look at something about the mythology of colors (especially korean history-mythology) it could be all my utopia, just an idea.
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