Significance Of Color In The Great Gatsby

In The Great Gatsby you will see a lot of references to colors. Some of the colors include green,white and yellow. All the colors have special meaning behind them. The novel, The Great Gatsby , is like a mystery behind a painters palette. F.Scott Fitzgerald uses the color green to represent hope throughout The Great Gatsby. “Involuntarily I glanced seaward - and distinguished nothing except a single green light, minute and far way, that might have been the end of a dock.” In this quote the color green is being symbolized as hope for Daisy and Gatsby. The color green is often symbolized with money or hope. The author uses the color white as an example of innocence and purity throughout the novel. “ An hour later the front door opened nervously,
and Gatsby, in a white flannel suit, silver shirt, and gold colored tie, hurried in.” In this quote the color white is being symbolized as innocence and purity. Gatsby is innocent because all he wants is for Daisy to love him like she did five years ago. The color white is often being referred to innocence and purity. In The Great Gatsby yellow is mostly associated with new money but is also commonly associated with decay. “Once he stopped and shifted it a little, and the chauffeur asked him if he needed help, but he shook his head and in a moment disappeared among the yellowing trees.” In this quote the color yellow is being symbolized as decay. For instance, in the fall when the leaves change colors they are slowly dying, just like the relationship between Daisy and Gatsby. In conclusion as you read The Great Gatsby you will notice all the different meanings for all the different colors that F.Scott Fitzgerald put in the novel. You should now understand the meanings behind all the colors. Life is still a mystery and no one will understand the meanings that lives behind it. Life is very colorful with many different meanings and so is the person that uses those analogies.