Costume Design - Oedipus

Tireseas- blue
Blue is usually the color representing water. One can see their reflection in the water. The color blue can represent the truth. Tireseas sees the truth even though he is blind.

Creon- orange
Orange symbolizes energy. Creon is energetic and argues a lot with Oedipus.


Oedipus- black
Black represents mystery and fear. Oedipus didn't know what his past was like and was fearful that it would be bad.

Jocasta- red
Red represents love. Jocasta loves Oedipus as a husband and after realizing he is her son she tried stopping him from going and finding out the truth because she knew it would hurt him too much.

Messenger- yellow
Yellow represents joy and optimism. The messenger told Oedipus what he thought was good news about his Kings death.

Shepard- pink
Pink symbolizes youth and babies. The shepard set Oedipus' ankles free and took him to a family which took him in as their son.