Color, is it important?

      Color is a powerful thing to use in art. It often sets a mood of a scene or a moment. But too much color is a bad thing. In the Pixar supercut we were given to watch, you have the ability to see just how important color is to animation. Although bad to saturate every single scene in color, the scenes that are completely one color set the mood you need.
        Warm colors are often used for big emotions. The orange and red in the garbage crusher scene from Toy Story 3 and in the lava scene from The Incredibles gives you a feeling of fear, and shows the high tension that resides in those scenes. Red can also be used for love, like the scene in Finding Nemo where you look over all the eggs. Red could even be used for a sense of hope, like in Ratatouille where Remy stands in front of the large red doors. Yellow is often used for a feeling of new beginnings, like the house in Up. Or the feeling of nostalgia in Toy Story 3 when Lots-O thinks back to the time he had with the girl who previously owned him.
        Cool colors tend to belong to simple scenes, or scenes that strike a cord of an extreme emotion like jealously or perhaps fear. Green owns the scene in Monsters University when they've reached the scaring games final, and the group stands worried and slightly jealous because they fear they won't win the scaring simulator. Blue is used for both sadness and calm in Finding Nemo. Marlin's scene of the aftermath of the barracuda, when only one egg remains, brings up a sad, and kind of worried mood. But later in the movie when Dory and Marlin are with the turtles, the blue is used as a calming device. Violet gives you an excited feeling in Finding Nemo, as Marlin and Dory race through the jelly fish. It is also used for excitement during the Monsters University frat/sorority party.
        Pixar is a great example for using colors, because their movies are usually very in depth and eye-catching. They know how to use colors to compliment a scene and to set a mood, and the video shows just how that works for them.

        So, is color important? I vote yes. This video gave me a slew of emotions I never realized I was feeling at the moment of watching those scenes, because I never realized just how in depth Pixar goes with its colors. Color is vastly important for story telling. Mood and scene setting is important, and the concept of color plays a huge role in the ability to do just that.