Mookie Riffic

Sabrina is a very funny love story staring Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond. It is the story of the Chauffeur’s daughter that leaves for Paris, and what happens when she gets back. In the movie there are several distinct ways that colors are used, to indicate people, and moods.

There are several groups of people, and individuals, in Sabrina that have distinctive colors assigned to them. One such person is Maude, the matriarch of the Larrabee family. Maude is consistently shown in dark blue and purple clothes during the first portion of the movie. You can also notice a bit of gold worked into her wardrobe. After Maude finds out what Linus decides to do with Sabrina, she wears red. Even though her color changes, it is consistently a bold color. Maude is always wearing something that makes her stand out. Another character where this is evident in is David, David is carefree since he lives off his brother and mother, and so he often has blue on, either because he is wearing Jeans or a t-shirt.

In the very beginning of the movie, there is a scene that shows Sabrina’s bedroom. Her room is very pink, this indicates that she is very childish, and it foreshadows that she is going to grow up a lot later on. In addition, when Sabrina is walking through the Larrabee mansion, all the wood is dark and very classy. As if the owners had no limit to their budget. The dark wood made the viewer feel that they were in a very rich home, and that everything was calm, almost as if nothing bad could happen.

Through out the course of Sabrina, colors influence moods and how the viewer reacts to certain things. The usage of colors is very subtle and wisely used.