5 Movies That Use the Color Blue in Completely Different Ways (opens in new tab)

Most cinema viewers have, at the very least, a basic understanding of color psychology. If you ask a cineaste what blue represents, after joking that it’s the warmest color, they’ll probably tell you that it symbolizes sadness. This is quite true. Blue has symbolized sadness for a long time. There’s a reason why the musical genre is called “the blues,” after all. And why New Order didn’t sing about a “Purple Monday.” Why Eiffel 65 wasn’t “yellow, da-ba-dee-da-ba-di.” However, there are only s...