@BathysphereHat also, maybe your narrator doesn't know what the words cerulean or periwinkle mean. It's just blue. Blue-ish. Kinda blue. Kind of a weird blue.
@evan Right! And sometimes it's not so much symbolism as it is vibes. Sometimes it's "Hm, I feel like this character would have blue curtains, because they remind me of my grandmother, who loved blue decor" or whatever.
Like no, there's no secret, universal code to what colours mean in art and literature (although that doesn't mean colour can't be significant). But there are other things that can have meaning. Hell, colour choices can have meaning. It's just not "Red is violence, blue is sadness, yellow is ambiguity" or whatever.
I feel like "the curtains are just blue" is a weird summary of the argument that seemingly mundane choices in fiction carry no meaning, because it's taking like the most dogshit kind of symbolism and acting like that's what all symbolism is like.
@Antonio1959 pochi ricordano Bersani e le lenzuolate di leggi a favore dei consumatori TUTTI, di qualunque partito.... preferiscono astenersi e prenderla nel mulo!
@BathysphereHat also, maybe your narrator doesn't know what the words cerulean or periwinkle mean. It's just blue. Blue-ish. Kinda blue. Kind of a weird blue.
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