DISCLAIMER: This definitely contains spoilers.
I didn't understand the hype years ago when the show aired for the first time. I remember coming out of my room at nighttime and seeing my parents intently watching this one show, that had absolutely no appeal to me.
Recently, after a lack of success in finding a worthwhile show on Netflix, I caved. And it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Now, two years later, I finally understand the hype.
Not only is the show ridiculously dramatic and entertaining, it is beyond intelligently written.
I am no "film buff" to say the least, but I do have the ability of recognizing a film or show exceeding normal production.
Everything about Breaking Bad was intricately pieced together. From the actual chemistry, and the making of crystal methamphetamine, all the way down to the clothes worn by certain characters, each piece of the show had a deliberate purpose.
With my level of stubbornness, it was a few weeks before I eventually told my parents that I started watching their favorite show. "Uh-oh." was my dad's immediate response. He knew of its addicting power (get the pun?).
While watching, I began picking up on some of the wardrobe tendencies of certain characters. For example, the color of the clothes a character was wearing was oftentimes the same, just presented in a different shade. So, I did some research.
The way that the creators of the show use colors, in my opinion, is beyond genius. Colors are used to symbolize, portray feelings, display qualities that the characters possess and sometimes foreshadow future events.
In Breaking Bad color of the characters' clothing often reflects the mood, or emotions, that he or she is feeling during the specific episode.
Color also represents a character's motives, and the internal or external battle that is taking place.
Here is an expert's view, mixed with many of my own, on the chemistry of color in Breaking Bad.
Red: anger, fury, frustration...and most importantly, blood.
With the amount of killing and bloodshed throughout the series, it is only expected that the two main characters (Walt and Jesse) wear red. In the iconic scene where Walt tells Skyler "I am the danger." he is wearing red, symbolizing the aggression and violence he possesses.
Orange: fighting, violence, comicality.
Hank Schrader, DEA agent and brother-in-law of meth cook Walt, is most commonly wearing orange. As a member of the DEA, Hank often finds himself in harsh situations of violence, in which he provides comic relief by cracking jokes and making light of his trials.
Yellow: positivity, optimism, joy
Yellow, in the most literal aspect, represents the common color of Methamphetamine. It is the color that is most commonly worn by the men who directly "cook" and deal the meth: Walt, Jesse and Gustavo Fring. Yellow is also a color of caution; when a character discovers something important, he or she is often wearing yellow.
Green: money, desire, greed, envy
Remember the green apron? In the pilot episode of the series, the first time we meet Walter he is dressed solely in a green apron. His desire for money, as well as desire to provide for his family, is immediately noted.
Blue: loyalty, stability
Even though she is perhaps the worst character in the series, Skyler White does display loyalty to her husband, Walter. The blue/blue-green colored shirts Skyler unfailingly wears represent her loyalty to Walter. Despite the fact that divorce was her idea, Skyler refuses to go through with it, in order to protect Walter from authorities if he were to be arrested.
Purple: sensitivity, royalty, nobility.
Sister-in-law of the great "Heisenberg", Marie Schrader is the one of the most noble of the characters. With absolutely no direct connection to the drug dealing, Marie wears the direct opposite of the colors Walter wears.
Pink: joviality, youth, immaturity.
Jesse PINKman, the epitome of youth. He's young, learning, and he makes mistakes. So much of the show involves Walt cleaning up the messes that the reckless, carefree Jesse Pinkman has made.
Black: power, evil, anything bad.
As Walt dons his black hat and glasses, transforming into his alter-ego Heisenberg, his evil, power and secrecy come out.
Although film and tv shows are one way to use color, novels such as "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane utilize color in the form of print.
One of the earliest, most well known films which utilized symbolism by color is the 1939 film: The Wizard of Oz. From the ruby slippers to the yellow-brick road, the Emerald City to the Wicked Witch of the West, the film is packed with deeper meanings beyond the color.
By picking up on patterns throughout the show, viewers are then able to infer what is going to happen next.
The chemistry of color was perhaps the most brilliant method utilized throughout the duration of the series.





















