In everyday life, colors are expressed in many different ways. Color has a much deeper meaning in all types of literature, and each color has become the prime example of representing illusion and depth. In our eyes, blue represents trust, water and paradise; green, growth and harmony; yellow, energy and happiness; red, passion and love. But in the novel Beloved the colors speak for themselves. It contains more than enough symbolism in the plot. The impact that colors have in the novel Beloved is a mystery but at the same time contains great depth. Two of the dominant colors that stand out in the novel are black and white. The time period of this novel takes place during the time of slavery and slavery takes all the color. Looking for color quotes, Morrison not only uses many colors that are part of the rainbow including red, green, white, blue, yellow and pink as strong symbols, but with the mystique of describing colors without using words relating to colours. When Morrison describes Halle smearing “creamy butter” on her face, we can hear and see the tone of yellow used. We can visualize the harsh gray of Paul D's “iron spike,” the deep black of the blackberries, the pure white of the falling snow, and the vivid orange of the fire licking Sixo's skin. We can vividly see all these images presented in the kind of form that Morrison gives them and since the painting that Morrison makes with his red velvet of Amy, for example, is a painting of hope and a better future, so too is the "red heart" by Paul D represents sensation and passion. In general, red seems to connote fatality and the nature of human existence. However, in Beloved, the red images simultaneously refer to life and death, from here to not here. The red roses that line the road to the carnival serve as the carnival's arrival in town and herald the beginning of Sethe, Denver, and Paul D's new life together. The "red" rooster signifies Paul D's manly life, but it is a virility that Paul D himself was denied. Sethe's memory is filled with the red of her daughter's blood and the pink of her tombstone, both purchased at great cost..