COLOUR THEORY: COLOUR ANALYSIS

Johnny Cash – Cocaine Blues

RGB:24 1 255
HEX: 1801FF

RGB: 255 248 252
HEX: FFF8FC

RGB: 56 42 23
HEX:382A17

RGB: 232 89 12
HEX: E8590C

RGB: 000
HEX:000000

If I were to produce a music video for this song using my colour pallet then  to start off with, the blue would be used to signify the law and for characters it could be used to signify the relation of people to the law such as a police officer who wore blue. The white would be used to signify cocaine and anything related to cocaine such as a cocaine fuiled rage at his wife. The dark brown colour would be used to signify dirt both literally and metaphorically as he see’s himself as that by the end of the song. The orange would be used to signify a section of the song saying how he was caught down near mexico, this could have the terrain and surroundings all in an orange haze as well as later in the song it could mean whisky which is also mentioned and finally black would be used to signify death and the death of the wife he killed.

Marley Davidson - Stars Where I Come From!

RGB: 141 184 255
HEX: 8DB8FF

RGB: 255 248 252
HEX: FFF8FC

RGB: 232 36 165
HEX: E824A5

RGB: 000
HEX: 000000

RGB: 59 196 56
HEX: 3BC438

If I were to create a music video for stars where I come from then I would first use the light blue to signify the sky above and what the character is flying through which leads onto the white which could both represent the clouds in the light blue sky as well as the stars in the black night sky which is what the black represents. The Green would represent the lush green grasslands below in which his lover resides which finally goes to the pink which represents generic love.


I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.

Nick Cave

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