Oh my gosh, THIS THREAD. Â Character colors are super important to me, and I am a giant nerd and have considered this quite a bit. Â As an artist, I also find it really interesting when characters continually have color themes, especially if there's meaning behind them. Â I've definitely considered this for Xavarian, so here's my little ramble about what his colors are:
Black and Gold. Â (capitalized for importance)
Red is a close third that goes with the other two, but wouldn't ever be without the other two. Â
Also dark blues, silver, and white are more along 'family color' lines, but black and gold are very specific to the character.
In explanation to what they actually mean, though, I'll stick with the primary three for Xavarian here.
* Black, to him, is representative of a sort of mystery. Â The Unknown. Â An indiscernable void that one will always find themselves closer to when trying to combine all the other colors together, but can never actually attain in its truest sense. Â However, it absorbs light and heat, and holds energy; it's a place for power and retains all. Â I'm unsure if it has the same social themes in Eorzea, but it is often associated with 'somthing bad', death, and an ending. Â It makes people uneasy, or suspicious, because it's something they've not yet encountered; a color for hiding something. Â However, Xavarian finds comfort in the color given his home in darkness, and sees it not merely as an ending, but as the start of all things. The truest part of the cycle, one that a person will either embrace or avoid, yet will always come back to where everything that one can't discern, or hasn't yet learned, resides. Â
Xavarian covers most of himself in Black, or in a close dark equivalent if possible, and finds this fitting for any number of reasons. Â It also makes him rather proud of his dark skin and hair.
* Gold, on the other hand, is like Knowledge.  Bright, desirable, valuable, something that draws the eye in its brilliance and contrast, and something Xavarian tries to intricately weave through the darkness of Black in ways that might slowly grow more elaborate.  Gold itself is coveted, and as society has made it so, it gives way to new things if traded.  As a color, it's an illumination, a sparkle in the darkness, something that can  be discerned, and something that would draw someone near.  Xavarian feels the direction of all life is to gain Knowledge; in experience, in interacting with things they haven't had before, everyone wants to know what it's like to have something they don't yet have.  They seek something new, and in all cases, what is new will give them more Knowledge.  The Knowledge Xavarian holds and seeks is always wound and put together in the most winding and intricate of ways.
Xavarian will usually either wear, design, or be drawn to things with elaborate gold accents, especially if they abound on something dark.
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* Red, to Xavarian, is like desire. Â A powerful driving, and almost stabilizing force, that might run through unseen (like blood) or runs quite clear in the open, drawing notice from the bright, vibrant color it is. Â Crimson is particularly Xavarian's 'choice red', but he views it as something of instinct, something elemental, denoting what drives someone to keep moving forward. Â If Gold is what's coveted, Red is the action of coveting. Â Xavarian himself has marks covering his eyes in red, because through everything else, he will see and pursue what he is after. Â To him it is less something sexual, and not so much anger, but is the 'spark', the perpetuating force in all of those strong feelings.
Xavarian himself will occasionally wear things with splashes of red, and a number of his tattoos (the most notable being around his eyes) are bright red.
I'll stop there, because this is getting lengthy, but I am such a nerd about these things. Â All of these are interesting to read. Â *u*
Black and Gold. Â (capitalized for importance)
Red is a close third that goes with the other two, but wouldn't ever be without the other two. Â
Also dark blues, silver, and white are more along 'family color' lines, but black and gold are very specific to the character.
In explanation to what they actually mean, though, I'll stick with the primary three for Xavarian here.
* Black, to him, is representative of a sort of mystery. Â The Unknown. Â An indiscernable void that one will always find themselves closer to when trying to combine all the other colors together, but can never actually attain in its truest sense. Â However, it absorbs light and heat, and holds energy; it's a place for power and retains all. Â I'm unsure if it has the same social themes in Eorzea, but it is often associated with 'somthing bad', death, and an ending. Â It makes people uneasy, or suspicious, because it's something they've not yet encountered; a color for hiding something. Â However, Xavarian finds comfort in the color given his home in darkness, and sees it not merely as an ending, but as the start of all things. The truest part of the cycle, one that a person will either embrace or avoid, yet will always come back to where everything that one can't discern, or hasn't yet learned, resides. Â
Xavarian covers most of himself in Black, or in a close dark equivalent if possible, and finds this fitting for any number of reasons. Â It also makes him rather proud of his dark skin and hair.
* Gold, on the other hand, is like Knowledge.  Bright, desirable, valuable, something that draws the eye in its brilliance and contrast, and something Xavarian tries to intricately weave through the darkness of Black in ways that might slowly grow more elaborate.  Gold itself is coveted, and as society has made it so, it gives way to new things if traded.  As a color, it's an illumination, a sparkle in the darkness, something that can  be discerned, and something that would draw someone near.  Xavarian feels the direction of all life is to gain Knowledge; in experience, in interacting with things they haven't had before, everyone wants to know what it's like to have something they don't yet have.  They seek something new, and in all cases, what is new will give them more Knowledge.  The Knowledge Xavarian holds and seeks is always wound and put together in the most winding and intricate of ways.
Xavarian will usually either wear, design, or be drawn to things with elaborate gold accents, especially if they abound on something dark.
And finallyÂ
* Red, to Xavarian, is like desire. Â A powerful driving, and almost stabilizing force, that might run through unseen (like blood) or runs quite clear in the open, drawing notice from the bright, vibrant color it is. Â Crimson is particularly Xavarian's 'choice red', but he views it as something of instinct, something elemental, denoting what drives someone to keep moving forward. Â If Gold is what's coveted, Red is the action of coveting. Â Xavarian himself has marks covering his eyes in red, because through everything else, he will see and pursue what he is after. Â To him it is less something sexual, and not so much anger, but is the 'spark', the perpetuating force in all of those strong feelings.
Xavarian himself will occasionally wear things with splashes of red, and a number of his tattoos (the most notable being around his eyes) are bright red.
I'll stop there, because this is getting lengthy, but I am such a nerd about these things. Â All of these are interesting to read. Â *u*