Color images in The Great Gatsby are essential to the plot of the book. If there were no color images, the reader would not be able to associate a certain person or thing with a color or idea. Fitzgerald uses color so people can remember the person more than their name. The use of color images has a huge impact on the storyline. One of the main colors in The Great Gatsby is white. White represents the innocence and purity of the book. Daisy and Jordan are first shown in white. This makes it seem like the ladies are pure from the beginning of the book. Later, we realize that none of the girls are that pure. They're obviously not pure since they're both not that innocent. In the book, it is said that Jordan cheats at his golf tournaments. Along with this, Daisy tricks Tom and kills Myrtle Wilson without stopping the Rolls-Royce. Gatsby is even associated with white. When he first sees Daisy again, he is wearing a white suit. “An hour later, the front door nervously opened and Gatsby, dressed in a white flannel suit, silver shirt and gold tie, rushed inside.” (Fitzgerald p.89). But Gatsby is also very far from pure. He makes his money by being a "bootlegger", as Tom calls him. He also has an affair with Daisy who is married to Tom. He doesn't respect the fact that they are married and thinks that their relationship can go back to the same as before. Nick is also very associated with the color white and he mostly wears white clothes. When Nick goes to Gatsby's party, he thinks that by wearing white he will stand out and give the impression that he is the only honest man he knows, which he says himself. He is not of such a high social class and he was the only guest, but also because he was the only one dressed in white clothes....... middle of paper ......The Great Gatsby is about helping us, the readers, to really understand what the characters are like and how they should be represented. When he uses colors, it helps you understand a lot more, but only if you pay attention. This is something Fitzgerald put in place so the book could make more sense and address a variety of themes. This is why color symbolism is so important in The Great Gatsby. Works cited by Einem, Charlotte V. and Kathy Barske. “Symbols in The Great Gatsby.” The Great Gatsby. Np, and Web. May 13, 2014. Fitzgerald, F. Scott and Matthew J. Bruccoli. The Great Gatsby. New York, NY: Scribner, 1996. Print.Schneider, Daniel J. “Color Symbolism in The Great Gatsby.” Ebscohost. Np, 2010. “The Great Gatsby” print. - Color symbolism. Np, and Web. April 15, 2013. “Symbolism in The Great Gatsby.” Symbolism in The Great Gatsby. Np, and Web. May 14 2014.