Ever since Disney ’s originalAladdinmovie debuted in 1992 , theGeniehas always been blue . The Genie in the Broadway melodious have on a royal profane costume , and atrailerfor the 2019 live - action remake shows a blue , shirtless Will Smith playing the part of the Genie . While Disney has been know to change things up when it redo classic movies likeBeauty and the BeastorThe Jungle Book , the Genie ’s hue is one country where they ’re apparently sticking with what worked the last time around .
AsSmithsonianexplains , the reason for that is both symbolic and stylistic . Eric Goldberg , who oversaw the Genie’sanimationfor the originalAladdin , say themovie ’s color pallette was intentional . Specific colouring material were used to fetch elusive messages about what the characters were like , before viewers had the chance to get to know them .
“ The bolshy and the darkness are the bad peoples ’ coloring material , ” Goldberg toldSmithsonian . “ The bluing and the turquoise and the aquas are the honest masses ’ colors . ” If you go back and rewatch the movie , you ’ll see that Jafar wear fateful and red , while Aladdin and Jasmine are dressed in cooler shades of grim , purple , and white .
Production designer Richard Vander Wende , who developed the movie ’s color script , say the downhearted hue has even recondite symbolisation bond to it . “ sure blues in Persian miniatures and tiled mosques stand out brilliantly in the circumstance of the sun - bleach desert , their suggestion of pee and sky connoting life , freedom , and hope in such a harsh environment , " he say .
Disney animators and designers often habituate color to play up the traits and attributes of different character . A colouring wheel created byVenngageshows the colors various Disney characters are associated with , as well as the trait those colors purportedly stand for . For better or bad , crimson - raiment fiber like Jafar , Mr. Incredible , and the Queen of Hearts prompt us of enduringness , energy , determination , and rage , according to Venngage ’s analysis . dismal , on the other manus , stands for confidence , loyalty , and confidence .
So even if peoplearen’t thrilledwith Will Smith ’s off - putting chromaticity , it would seem the symbolism run too deep to do by with it now .
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