What is the symbolism behind the colour change of characters while thinking?

salon_sue

In Death Note , people's eye and hair colour change when they are shown talking to themselves or thinking. Light changes to red colour, L to blue shade, Matsuda to yellow and Misa with lighter blue then L and Yotsuba Group member with purple. So what is the symbolism behind this colour pattern and what does it signify? I thought Red is for evil, blue for good but Misa also have blue colour.....so my theory fails here and what does yellow...

Originally asked by Ankit Sharma on Stack Exchange (movies) (CC BY-SA 3.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

Warning: Spoilers As said before by @JakeM, colors usually tend to have psychological meanings, but I would have to disagree with his meanings. I think its simple to explain most of the meanings. I'll leave other sources with some other information at the end. Light Yagami/Kira - Red His hair and eyes go red. Red is usually associated with Rage, Fierce, but in anime, its also associated with evil intentions . It is extremely common for villains to have red eyes. We may assure Light is the villain here, even though he does not suffer from rage. L - Blue His hair and eyes go blue. L is much more obvious than Light if you know the colors meanings. Blue is often associated with wisdom and...

Full answer by LeonX: https://movies.stackexchange.com/a/78623 (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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