Color Imagery Analysis of Kim Ki-duk’s Hwal

Abstract

Regarding the study of color, Johannes Itten argues in The Art of Color that color aesthetics can be studied from three aspects: impression, expression and structure. That is from the three aspects of vision, emotional expression and color symbolism. Imagery with diff erent colors has also become an important means for fi lm directors to convey the main idea and spiritual concept, and to express the value and emotion of the fi lm. This paper analyzes the color characteristics of Hwal, mainly from the representative colors and imagery, and uses this to explore the metaphorical and symbolic meaning behind its colors.