Miyazaki Hayao: The Meaning of Color
Learn more about Studio Ghibli and how animator Miyazaki Hayao uses color.
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Hayao Miyazaki is a Japanese animator, and filmmaker. He co-founded Studio Ghibli.
He is a masterful storyteller and uses colour in the same way an author uses words.
A colour palette sets the mood and tone in a film and gives information about characters and locations.
A colour palette is simply the choice of colours from which the artist or designer can choose.
The number of colours in the palette are limited but they are chosen carefully to work well together.
Colour has meaning. Viewers link colour to characters and places. Colours are a shortcut to understanding.
Viewers also link colours to feelings.
So, when you design with colour, think like Hayao Miyazaki.
Choose a palette that communicates your message.
He is a masterful storyteller and uses colour in the same way an author uses words.
A colour palette sets the mood and tone in a film and gives information about characters and locations.
A colour palette is simply the choice of colours from which the artist or designer can choose.
The number of colours in the palette are limited but they are chosen carefully to work well together.
Colour has meaning. Viewers link colour to characters and places. Colours are a shortcut to understanding.
Viewers also link colours to feelings.
So, when you design with colour, think like Hayao Miyazaki.
Choose a palette that communicates your message.