2. Light vs. Dark Conflict = light vs. dark Positive colors= light and vivid Gatsby’s shirts: coral, apple-green, lavender, orange. Represents innocent character Light & brightness façade covering reality of life in Egg

3. White Represents airiness, buoyancy & levitation Bit surreal characters White daisy= Gatsby’s memory of her White stands in contrast with yellow: Life what we see and true life within Dream vs. reality Two corrupt characters wearing white: Jordan & Daisy

4. Yellow & Gold Represent money and girl who Daisy TRULY is: materialistic Yellow & Red tied together represent VIOLENCE

5. Blue Blue= promise & dreams that Gatsby has taken for reality Blue gardens seem to promise ultimate bliss Blue happiness of dreams sullied by yellow T.J. Eckleburg’s BLUE eyes surrounded by yellow spectacles Dreams vs. monetary goals/desires

6. Red Red = gaudy reality of life the wealthy live Red represents dream which Nick is enhanced by the world of wealthy Roses represent dream as well: Daisy represents a rose, a dream, but ugliness of reality awaits him destroying image

7. Green Mix of yellow and blue: tragedy commingling with dream and reality Gatsby seeks blue and is blinded by yellow— money is irrelevant White or blue enchants him