A brief guide to the colors of Severance

Week to week, season to season, Severance viewers rabidly comb over plot revelations, character dialogue, and even the smallest of set props as they try to piece together the show’s central mysteries. One of the show’s most consistent but subtle messages about characters and conflict comes in how Severance uses color. Like everything Severance, it seems to be calculated; across clothing and set decoration — and even elements of the show’s animated intro, like a...