A Clockwork Orange uses black and white imagery to strip back and accentuate the focus of the orange. Black connotes mystery and thus fear and the unknown, this idea links heavily to the themes within the book. The psychology of black is also linked with power and elegance; which Alex definitely has a lot of. Conversely, orange is seen to prevent one from sinking into grief or disappointment, and so brings positivism. The title refers to a person who “has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil”. The point of using orange with only black and white juxtaposes the representations the colours hold, and accentuates the orange visually.
The 1984 colour scheme was consistent with the existing covers, sort of mirroring worn out primary colours, to suggest the age and year of its context. The analogous colours format he shading in the background, and the triadic colour scheme enable a vibrant composition, even though there are more pale and unsaturated versions of the colour hues.
For the Crucible cover, the choice of green was down to its strong association with witches, based on the visual representation of the wicked witch of the west. It also ties in nicely with the aesthetic of the original Penguin crime series, of which the Marber grid was born off. The faint red splatters connote danger (blood) and the choice to use a less saturated red was to compliment the more vibrant green used.
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