Entry 18: Character in Painting

The two people are sitting and probably both thinking. They might have been talking and now the conversation has slid into an awkward silence. The woman seems a bit uneasy from scratching her neck, and the man is sitting in a more comfortable position while staring at his hands. The foreground is taken up by the man. The woman is between the foreground and background. The background is divided by two colors: yellow on the left and lavender on the right. The most prominent details are the man in the front and the face of the woman.
The woman has blond hair and blue eyes. She wears a yellow shirt, blue jeans, and a ring on her left hand. She is looking backwards, kind of averting her eyes from the man. The man has brown hair and dark eyes. He wears a purple suit jacket, a yellowish white shirt, and jeans. The way he puts the fingers of his hands together and stares at it makes him seem nervous. The facial expressions and body language are the most striking. It takes a few more seconds to notice their appearances and colors.
The two prominent colors used in this painting are yellow and purple. The left side is mostly yellow and the right side is purple. The woman has blond hair, yellow shirt, and is set before a yellow background. The man on the other hand is in a lavender background and wears purple. Yellow usually means hope or happiness, and yellow ribbons are used to welcome loved ones returning home from far away. This might suggest that the woman remains hopeful in the conflict she and the man are involved in. Purple symbolizes nobility and mystery. Light purple is more sensitive and delicate. The man in purple might be described as sensitive, and he seems to be in a trance of unrevealed thoughts, appealing to the mysterious mood purple gives.