The Color Theory of Elden Ring | Elden Ring Lore

We loved making this, both for the dive into Elden Ring, and for the thoughts it gave us on our nature. What colours do you relate to most?

Just realized, the Glintstone bedrock beneath Raya Lucaria has been tainted by scarlet rot; much like the Crystallians in the Haligtree. This has cause its hue to turn a dark mix of blue and purple; purple, the color of gravity. The color that sinks.

THIS is what I want in analysis. Concrete “lore” is one thing but subjective artistic themes are just another world. This absolutely bangs

To quote Robert Frost: "Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay."

I replayed ds3 for the first time in a few years. I was shocked at how stark and bleak the colors and visuals are compared to the hyper saturated lands between. This is such a great commentary on why

This community is beautiful. Vaati still does his lore stuff, but he’s focused more on becoming the best game footage director out there. The deep dive lore weaving torch has been passed to Hawkshaw.

Jesus Christ. Other lore hunters may piece together the stories we see fragments of, but you show the subtle ones, the ones that the rest of us don't see. Truly amazing work.

"Anyone, even if you feel your colors are Tarnished, can transcend to Gold." These words will stay with me, near to my heart.

I’m 45 minutes in and this is the most well written, researched, explained, and thought out videos on Elden ring I have ever seen. Deserves at least a milli views Beautiful work

Miyazaki is a huge Magic: the Gathering fan, so it is little surprise that color having immense emotional and symbolic meaning appears here. Interestingly, multicolored cards in Magic have golden backgrounds--practically the same meaning you came to about gold in this video. Furthermore, the more muddled hybrid mama cards who's cost can be paid in any mix of colors, rather than set proportions of each color, are devoid of gold entirely.

I can only admire From's sofisticated and intertwined storytelling design. Also, the eyes and interest one must have to think, grasp, articulate and SHARE in video format, all its nuanced meaning. Not in the "explanation" sense, but spoken and visually presented meaning. Trully amazing, this is special.

I cannot believe this. This is a milestone of lore theory and philosophy. Simply outstanding.

Staggering depth of analysis, visuals and thoughtful editing. If only humans could perceive more colours so the video could've been longer. Though if it never stopped we wouldn't have that touching ending. Bloody well done.

at 1:08:00 just thought about the red lantern mentioned by Helphen's Steeple, and the red glow emitted by the Tibia Mariner when he calls forth the dead. Red is vitality, vigor, warmth and life. The dead must surely crave the warm flame of life.

I am absolutely speechless at the amount of thought, time and effort put into this video. It is absolutely glorious and inspiring. I've never thought that ER would contain such subtlety. No complement would do this video justice, so I'll just say one word - awesome.

Damn it's been a year and I still remember how beautiful Elden Ring was, not just through pure graphics, but through the art design. Now with all the attention to color, it feels like a work of art, as if the whole world was painted.

So i'm a big fan of Martin’s work, and just for some context: He often mentions eye color. There is a God worshipped in Braavos whose priests only wear white and black, and their god is a many faced god, and all the gods are, they believe, their god in different guises. George R R Martin also said in an interview: "Fire is love, fire is passion, fire is sexual ardor and all of these things”… This video really made me respect how much Martin did for the foundation of the world in Elden. He’s obsessed with color. The seven gods of his books..seven colors.. Martin also said he’s been inspired by Robert Frost's poem, which i think speaks for itself: Nature’s first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf’s a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing gold can stay. Thankyou for this video!

I know you touched upon the relation of Gold with (madness inducing) Yellow a little. The colour yellow has long been associated with mania, sickliness, and the choleric temperament. But, interestingly enough, it is also the colour of safety, reliability, and industry. Especially when paired with black, from the industrious bee-hive to the warning signs and construction. This is a personal observation, but for a while now, I've felt that safety and madness are inseparably linked. In modern societies, we have come to abhor danger. We have come to say "stay safe" in almost the same way that older peoples would instinctively say "God bless". I feel like an overindulgence in safety results in an increased tendency to mania. When one lives entirely seperate from danger, their mental state is ill-equiped to handle disorder when it arises. Or, alternatively, one might become increasingly manic, in a desperate need to experience chaos.

Hawkshaw and The Tarnished Archeologist have been my 2 favorite Elden Ring content creators... The editing and music selection in the transition to Blue was art.

This video is phenomenal. Really gets the cogs turning. Godfrey/ Hourah Loux is such a complicated and interesting character, aside from being an awesome boss as well. Always a joy seeing the background details and From's subtlety in framing or defining his story, a story which is represented in his soundtrack as well. Earned a sub and lifelong fan