Colour Debate

This is the orange and purple version. I like how the colours complement eachother, and they stand out nicely against the black background. The orange is also a wild looking colour, but can be interpreted as positive or negative - it's the colour of the sun, which invokes good feeling, but also is the colour of the amber traffic light that signals there could be danger. This would (hopefully) make the audience unsure how to feel about it, and could almost lead them into a false sense of security.

From the very beginning the door was ALWAYS orange, but it took me a while to make Chimi purple. I ended up going with complementary colours (not very original, but I didn't want them to clash). I did try out many, many different colour ideas, but they all looked horrendous (apart from the skin-like, peachy colour).

This is still my personal favourite palette, but I had to take on board some of the comments people made. Some people preferred this, but others said that they did clash, and that they were all too bright and competing for the audience's eye. I suppose Chimi could also look like an alien, which I didn't want, that is why I tried the orange door with Chimi a skin colour...

He does look better in skin, but now the colours of the door are too similar to him, and it washes out a bit. He also looks human, rather than like an alien, which means that he is naked... there are no "distinguishing features", but some people might find that a bit awkward.

HOWEVER, with him being naked, he is vulnerable, and that is good, because this door is screwing him around and he has no idea where he is or how he got there.

So, then I thought about changing the colour of the door, and I tried some more colours for Chimi. I randomly coloured him blue, just to see the effect (purple complements the yellow on the door, and blue complements orange), but he looked too cold and didn't look right against the black. But, I tried the blue on the door with the yellow, and Chimi as skin, and came up with this new palette, the bane of my life...

And so, here it is. It does look nice, but I'm still not entirely convinced. I guess I have a problem with moving on, and like a dog with a bone, because i still prefer the orange door.

I want the door to be orange, and I want Chimi to be skin, but I just don't feel it when they are together. I think I'm going to have to do a line test and see them in the different palettes, just to see how it would work when they (or Chimi at least) move.

Someone suggested having the door change colour, but I think that might be a bit much, and it might not be clear that it was the same door, and there is no real reason for it to change colour.

Gar! I am so annoyed with this now!!