We are surrounded by color, and colors affect us on an emotional level due to their symbolic power (part biological, like "red" meaning danger and part cultural, like "black" related to "death" in some cultures while "white" relates to "death" in other cultures.
To check out this International Symbolism chart click here.
We will try this out first in class with partners, but after that you will explore how to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of Macbeth using color symbolism.
Custom Color Palettes
Create a custom color palette with original names for colors for the following:
1. Any 2 characters in Macbeth (for example, "Banquo" and "Macbeth")
2. Any 2 scenes in Macbeth (for example, the witches' prophecy scene in the beginning and the "out out damned spot" scene)
3. Macbeth the play as a whole. (for this you might want to think about themes, such as fear, guilt, ambition, violence, abuse of power, madness)
TOOLS
The best tool is https://www.colourlovers.com/palettes/add - here you can develop a custom color palette and assign each color AND palette a unique original name as well as describe your reasoning.
Another site, which is also an app is https://coolors.co/. This one allows you to choose colors from an image! However, you will have to rename the colors in a separate doc (on your blog post is fine). There is a great tutorial, too.
If you would rather go completely non-digital, then you may ask the substitute for use of the "Paint Chip Poetry" cards. Please do not write on them and please return them to the box after you take photos of them. They have existing color names which you will need to ignore so you can create your own.
After you are done, post your palettes to your blog in a post entitled "Macbeth Custom Color Palettes". Be sure that you have justified your creative reasoning - that you explain WHY you chose that particular shade, what it represents, WHY you gave it (and the palette) that name, and support with text evidence.
text evidence?
Text evidence would be either a direct quote OR reference to and description using detail.
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