Clothing and Color in 'Smallville'
Oct. 19th, 2002 07:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
butterflyThe three main characters - Clark, Lex, and Lana - all have color palettes. Pete also seems to have an affinity for the color yellow, which seems significant when you consider that it's the only primary color not associated with Clark and that Pete now knows Clark's secret. I believe that the actors (Tom Welling, that I know of) have said that Clark's palette is Blue/Red, Lex's is Purple/Black, and Lana's is White/Pastels.
In Duplicity, we see Clark wear Pete's color after Pete goes missing, while Pete wears blue in every scene but his first and last with Clark.
In Red, as Clark shifts totally out of blue and mostly out of red, we see pretty much everyone else in the episode wearing those colors.
Pete starts out in yellow and shifts to red, then to blue. Lana starts out in white, moves through light blue, then to a truer blue in the Talon, then to a mottled blue in the bar, then to pink with Chloe and lavender for her final scene with Clark. Lex wears blue in his first two scenes, and then grey thereafter. Chloe starts out with her normal weird stuff, shifts to pink, then to red/black. Jonathon starts out in a blue plaid, changes to a pure blue shirt after Clark pushes him, then moves to blue/green plaid over blue the day he and Pete confront Clark, then to red plaid when it's over. Martha starts out in pink and shifts to red during Clark's weird behavior, then ends up in black at the end.
In most scenes, at least someone is wearing blue/red. Clark starts out in blue over red - no help needed there. The next day, he's in green and his dad and mom are in blue (plaid) and (light) red. At school, Pete is in red and Lana's in blue. The scene with Lex nearly breaks the pattern by having only blue clothing, but red shines on the guys though the stained glass windows. At the bar, Lana is in blue and Jesse is in red. When Clark is leaving the farm, Martha is in red and Jonathon is in blue. In his scene with Lex, Clark is wearing dark red and Lex is wearing grey, this time pushing the pattern to breaking, which, I, personally, find fascinating. In his confrontation with Pete and Jonathon, Clark is still in the dark red, but now he's surrounded on two sides by blue. Then, in the scene with his parents, Clark is in blue, Jonathon in red. In the final scene with Lana, Clark wears blue and Lana is back to her pastels.
In Duplicity, we see Clark wear Pete's color after Pete goes missing, while Pete wears blue in every scene but his first and last with Clark.
In Red, as Clark shifts totally out of blue and mostly out of red, we see pretty much everyone else in the episode wearing those colors.
Pete starts out in yellow and shifts to red, then to blue. Lana starts out in white, moves through light blue, then to a truer blue in the Talon, then to a mottled blue in the bar, then to pink with Chloe and lavender for her final scene with Clark. Lex wears blue in his first two scenes, and then grey thereafter. Chloe starts out with her normal weird stuff, shifts to pink, then to red/black. Jonathon starts out in a blue plaid, changes to a pure blue shirt after Clark pushes him, then moves to blue/green plaid over blue the day he and Pete confront Clark, then to red plaid when it's over. Martha starts out in pink and shifts to red during Clark's weird behavior, then ends up in black at the end.
In most scenes, at least someone is wearing blue/red. Clark starts out in blue over red - no help needed there. The next day, he's in green and his dad and mom are in blue (plaid) and (light) red. At school, Pete is in red and Lana's in blue. The scene with Lex nearly breaks the pattern by having only blue clothing, but red shines on the guys though the stained glass windows. At the bar, Lana is in blue and Jesse is in red. When Clark is leaving the farm, Martha is in red and Jonathon is in blue. In his scene with Lex, Clark is wearing dark red and Lex is wearing grey, this time pushing the pattern to breaking, which, I, personally, find fascinating. In his confrontation with Pete and Jonathon, Clark is still in the dark red, but now he's surrounded on two sides by blue. Then, in the scene with his parents, Clark is in blue, Jonathon in red. In the final scene with Lana, Clark wears blue and Lana is back to her pastels.