[HPforGrownups] Re: Lily's Eyes / Colour scheme in HP

[James Lawlor]

No: HPFGUIDX 106432

Sandra:
> But if anyone can add to the colour-scheme view of the books, I look
> forward to read it.

James:

Just a little observation of my own I've ment to add: Voldermort's
eyes (red) and Harry's eyes (green) are contrasting colors (opposite
on the color wheel for those who haven't taken art class in awhile),
as are some of the colors of Gryffindor and Slytherin. For that
matter, the other two colors (gold and silver, respectively), while
not opposites color-wise (to my knowledge anyway) are often seen as
opposites and representing opposite things (sun and moon, etc).

I hadn't thought of the fact that the eye colors of both Harry and
Voldemort were also the colors of their "opposing house." It will be
interesting to see if there's any meaning to that, or if it's more
what you might call a "design choice" (just for the sake of not having
all the same colors on each "side" - but if that were true, Harry
would have to have red eyes, as green and silver are definitely colors
that have to go with Slytherin and vice versa for Gryffindor - and
that would be quite strange (as red eyes are almost always seen as
being evil (example - Dracula), as far as I know).

Probably nothing terribly important, but one of those nice little
details that JKR seems to enjoy adding to her books.

On an unrelated note: What in the world does ESE (example: ESE!Lupin)
stand for? That's just about the one thing I haven't been able to
figure out, so far.

- James Lawlor
jlawlor at gmail.com