Color

Color is vitally important in art and design. It has a wide variety of ways in that it effects video games as well.  No video game would be successful without the correct colors chosen to reflect its design. Three color types that can be observed are with cool colors, warm colors, and triadic colors. 

Cool Colors

Cool colors are defined as colors on the color wheel that are closer in hue to blue. These cool colors are associated with specific emotional feelings. In the picture below a deep blue pervades the scene of Yuna crying in this emotional scene in Final Fantasy 10. Blue is a color often associated with the feeling of sadness, which is why this cool color intensifies her impending self-sacrifice. 

Emanuele. "Macalania Revisited | Boy Kisses Girl under the Moonlight." Electric Blue Skies RSS. N.p., 6 May 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. http://www.electricblueskies.com/portfolio/final-fantasy-x/macalania-revisited-boy-kisses-girl-under-the-moonlight/

Warm Colors

Warm colors are composed of the colors around red on the color wheel. Axel, from Kingdom Hearts 2, is seen below surrounded by the warm colors present in the sunset behind him. These colors are associated with this heart-warming scene of friendship and give the viewer a sense of happiness that the characters in the story felt at this time. 

Joey. "Tetsuya Nomura Interview HD Screenshots! - News - Kingdom Hearts Insider." Tetsuya Nomura Interview HD Screenshots! - News - Kingdom Hearts Insider. N.p., 4 Oct. 2012. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. http://www.khinsider.com/news/Tetsuya-Nomura-Interview-HD-Screenshots-3097

Triadic Colors

Triadic colors are colors on the color wheel that are separated by three colors. There are different sets of triadic colors in the triadic color scheme and one of those sets are made of blue, red, and yellow. An example of this set of colors is Mr. Drippy, the fairy from Ni no Kuni. His body is made of blue and yellow, while his lantern/nose is made of red and yellow.

Williams, Ed. "Ni No Kuni: Wrath Of The White Witch." The 405. N.p., 30 Jan. 2013. Web. 27 Feb. 2013. http://thefourohfive.com/review/article/ni-no-kuni-wrath-of-the-white-witch