Holy shi-
Oh my god, I just realised.
I realised the design reason for Once-ler’s original outfit.
He wears white and grey (blue-ish grey, but it’s not really that blue), and even his hair is black. He’s near monochrome except for his gloves, which stand out incredibly bright on his white-grey-black palette. But it’s not just to give his gloves visual attention-
I think he was designed that way because the truffula forest is so colourful, the best way to make him stand out against it was to be devoid of colour. Nearly all of his character establishment happens in a sea of bright blue, green, pink and yellow and orange. The valley pushes colours over the top, so the only contrast is for him to be stark bare white, black, and a bit inbetween.
And when the valley’s barren, he switches to his flashy emerald and gold suit. Now he’s over the top. The distinction of vibrancy meant he wasn’t allowed to wear those colours until he bled them out of nature first.
There was only room enough for one vivid, brilliant swatch of green in this movie and he ripped it off the backgrounds to drape over his own shoulders. He absorbed the colour right out of everything else - through his hands, the part that signifies his actions, covered in green right from the start and showing his intent from the beginning.
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This was a dtiys contest entry on Instagram but I decided to post it here too! 🌺
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