Yellow Submarine

Strongly saturated, often complimentary colors were regularly used with occasional achromatic palettes in the background to make the colors stand out even more. There was an obvious difference in the colors and graphics used to match the mood of the songs; obvious to the point of being predictable.  So with an upbeat song the fish were a cacophony of colors with fins beating at a frantic pace. With Eleanor Rigby and all the lonely people the visuals were much more simplistic and neutral or achromatic. In between was ‘When I’m 64’, with images that were again simplistic to match the slower beat, but since the song is actually goofy the graphics were again colorful. Just imagine how much more interesting it would have been to have the frantic fish exploding in color to the tune of Eleanor Rigby.  And therein lies the rub.