In the season 2 episode " Grilled ," there's a quick moment in whicj we learn Walter doesn't like orange juice. His distaste for "orange" juice can be traced to the fact that when people wear orange around Walter, his at risk of being caught for his crimes. Think about what Hank Schrader Dean Norris wears throughout much of the first season.
He can often be found wearing orange shirts, and this is due to the fact that he's on the trail of Heisenberg, getting closer to discovering the kingpin's true identity with each episode. Another prominent time orange comes into play is in the episode " Box Cutter.
But before he lunges at Victor, we as the audience don't know what Gus has in store. He chooses not to, but when you see orange on screen, it's a safe bet something crazy is about to occur.
There are several ways to interpret blue throughout Breaking Bad. Most notably, blue is the color of the signature meth Walter and Jesse create. The explanation for why the meth is blue is due to the process through which it was made, resulting in meth of the highest purity anyone has ever seen.
Being pure or loyal is often exhibited in characters who wear blue, particularly Skyler. In the beginning of the series, as well as in flashbacks later on, we see Skyler wearing blue before Walter began making meth, or when she was unaware of his new enterprise. Walt Jr. RJ Mitte also wears a fair amount of blue, and he remains blissfully unaware of what his father is doing throughout much of the show.
Unfortunately, said loyalty tends to result in sadness. As the series progresses, Skyler wears less and less blue. Jane wears blue denim when she dies in her sleep, and when it comes time for her father to pick a dress for her burial, her father selects a blue one. Of course, you can't talk about colors in Breaking Bad without bringing up how much Marie Schrader Betsy Brandt loved purple.
The shading is typically associated with royalty, and if we apply that idea to Marie, then we understand how much she wants the finer things in life. It's possible Marie wore and surrounded herself with a ton of purple because she wanted to project to others an air of wealth and well-being.
That desire for wealth got her into plenty of trouble when she went through her shoplifting phase, taking important items that landed her in hot water more than once. It's interesting to look at purple in relation to Marie's wardrobe. Other characters evolve in colors throughout the show.
Walter begins by wearing beige and gradually evolves into reds and blacks. Although Marie can be seen wearing yellow and other colors from time to time, purple is always there somehow. The character's name is Walter "White" for a reason. The White family is your average, innocent American family when the series first begins. They have money problems, as evidenced by the fact Walter has to work a second job, but they can still afford a house and cars.
When Walter first begins cooking meth, he has a green apron to symbolize change , but he also wears starkly white underwear. It shows that Walter is still a good person despite entering into this new life. Whether it was blouses, sweaters, or outerwear, Marie had a stocked closet of purple garments. That wasn't enough, however, since she also made sure most of her home furnishings matched her favorite color of clothes, including items in her kitchen.
Hank was clearly aware of his wife's fondness for purple because he often got her gifts in the specific shade. Whereas Walt began wearing more black when he transformed into Heisenberg , Skyler was known for wearing blue. Since purple is next to blue on the color wheel, it was no surprise that it was chosen for Marie. That said, Gilligan also connected Marie's arc to the deeper meaning behind the color purple. When asked about Marie's favorite color, Gilligan explained that purple is traditionally linked to royalty and notions of nobility, power, and luxury.
It was no secret that Marie put herself up on a pedestal. While ignoring her own problems, she had a habit of acting like she lived a happier life than others, especially when she compared herself to Skyler. Purple is also used to represent pride, loyalty, and wisdom, which were all traits linked to Marie despite her flaws. Last but not least, purple can be used to symbolize self-deception or being misled. Marie was constantly being misled by Skyler and Walt when it came to the latter's activity in the meth drug trade.
The closer he gets to Gus, and the stronger his ties to blue meth, the more blue shows up in his barcode. Blue, of course, is the color of the meth that Walt can produce—no one can really manage to replicate his formula—and Skyler and Walt seem to be progressively surrounded by blue from lighting to costumes as they get deeper into the world of making money from his meth production.
For example: the flash-forwards in Season 2 are shot in black and white, with the exception of the damaged pink teddy bear, which foreshadows impending disaster. As it happens, Walt watches the plane crash at the end of Season 2 while wearing a bright magenta sweater.
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