#and yes I somehow made it soumako related haha

[mochiri]

Free! And color theory

The colors in Free! are always so lovely to look at. Every character has a very specific color assigned to them. But you also see some really interesting color combinations. You have the primary colors:

And if you start to mix the primary colors, you get our other swimmers:

And as I thought about it more, I was trying to think how Sousuke's competitive drive was shown since he really only wears red when he wears his samezuka jacket. Then I realized he's always drinking a can of coke (connecting to Rin, his thirst for the competition world). which also made me make the connection between Makoto, the ocean, and Haru.

(check this post out if you want to see how makoto and sousuke are parallel characters)

This one blows my mind here because I was thinking about Ikuya's color palette... And wow it's the final relay team in the final stroke...