The Squid Game is undoubtedly the series of the moment and for many, the best Netflix series of the year. A thriller in which nothing goes unnoticed and is full of symbols and all kinds of elements that make fans wonder what its meaning is. Even the clothes worn by the protagonists and various characters that appear on the screen, is a source of curiosity for the fans of the series, so we now reveal to you what is the meaning of the green suits worn by the characters who participate in the games and Also, what does the pink suit and the masks worn by the staff mean.
The Squid Game: This is the meaning of the green and pink costumes that the characters wear
The Korean series leaves nothing to chance: from the geometric symbols to the scenery, everything has meaning, including the colorful jumpsuits that the contestants wear and the ruthless staff.
In the Squid Games we find a ruthless survival game: 456 players compete trying to overcome traditional Korean children’s games with the difference that, in this case, the loser dies. The games take place under the watchful eye of supervisors, who kill the losers. The contrast between the innocent world of childhood and the cruelty of the executions permeates the entire series and all of this is also very marked by the variety of colors that can even be seen in the characters’ clothing. Director Hwang Dong-hyuk explained why he chose green and white tracksuits in an interview with Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo, later picked up by Newsweek.
The costumes of the competitors in The Squid Game are a metaphor for the loss of personality : in that context they are not individuals, but numbers. The principal explained that he chose that model and that color, vaguely inspired by the sportswear of the 80s, because it reminded him of the gym uniform of his elementary school. An obviously not-too-pleasant period, given how the games in the series end.
The meaning of staff pink
Instead, the staff wears bright pink jumpsuits and masks with symbols: squares, circles, triangles. Symbols define their function and are universal. Circles and squares are, in fact, the first figures that children learn to draw and that are also repeated in the world of video games: anyone who has played at least once with a Playstation cannot help but recognize them . As for the color of the supervisors ‘jumpsuit, it was chosen to contrast with the competitors’ green jumpsuit, in order to outline a clear opposition, even chromatic.
The uniforms of the staff, said the director, are inspired by the workers’ overalls but with a bright color that is often associated with childhood, sweetness, innocence: the contrast with their dark and ruthless work increases the tension more and more. and it makes the audience more and more trapped in the very “game” that seems to pose the plot full of unknowns that are not resolved until the end.
