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Abstract

Humans experience collective, social and personal colors and psychology regarding colors position itself deep within it. Although the definition of color may differ depending on nation and individual, common attributes exist and the symbol of colors can be extracted through it. Movies constitute mise-en-scene and the symbol of colors can be used. Color determines the genre of the movie, creates space, portrays the image of a character, participates in narrative structure and delivers the intention of the work, such as reinforcing the theme, ultimately causing a change in the inner world of the audience. Gogh, an iconic artist of expressionism, is a figure who prioritized and researched colors and usually painted works using intense and subjective colors. Painting, which is art on flat surface which is reborn as total arts on the screen is the reason why movies based on Gogh as the main theme continue to be produced. Color, which is one of the essences of painting, functions very importantly as a factor that stimulates the vision and moves the emotion of audiences and this movie particularly demonstrated the circumstances and psychology of the character well using 2 colors (yellow and blue) strategically. In this movie, blue with a cold sense signifies the poor and tough reality as well as lonely psychology of the character and the blue with a warm sense symbolizes perseverance of reality through artistic creation and dedication. Yellow with high chroma symbolizes hope towards art and yellow with low chroma symbolizes unstable psychology and mental illness. The director showcased the positive and negative meaning of colors through mise-en-scene and color grading and allowed the audience to access the inner world of the character through special filming techniques. The movie depicts the last 3 years of Gogh and enabled the audience to understand deeply the passionate life of Gogh as he burnt the spirit of arts amidst agony.