This is why Gi-Hun takes red hair in Squid Game

Yes, sorry: I just can't get enough of Squid Game. And I've already watched it all the way through a long time ago, so now I'm just continuously talking about it. And reading about it. I'm not entirely sure if the creators intended it all this way, but if so: hats off. There are really an incredible number of Easter eggs to be found throughout the entire series. I've already explored them all, but I was left with one question: why on earth the red hair at the end?

Of course, the creators must have thought about this, because hello: it's bright red. You don't just do that. But the meaning behind it eluded me every time, and I didn't read anything about it on the internet. Until now. Yes, I have the revealing answer for you.

There should be a little introduction to this, by the way. Apparently, certain colors play an important role in Korean culture. You can also see this reflected in Squid Game: the guards are red, the participants are blue. The famous staircase is also very colorful: the Obangsaek, or the South Korean color spectrum, is used a lot. This consists of five colors: white, black, blue, yellow, and red.

These colors all have different meanings as well. Blue stands for hope, opportunities, and utopia — you can immediately recognize that in the participants — but also for being passive and flexibility, and that sounds quite familiar too, right?

And then red. That color stands for energy and authority. Of course, red is also the color of communism, which has caused a lot of unrest. These two colors stand, as in Squid Game, in stark contrast to each other. Where Gi-Hun was once flexible and obedient, he is not anymore: that's why he dyed his hair red.

And if you were to take it a step further, you could say that we could have guessed from the red hair that he wanted to track down the organization. Because his personality has changed and he is no longer the passive Gi-Hun of the past.

Mind = blown, right? Well, then I have a quick color fact for you from Squid Game. Those envelopes they play with at the beginning: also blue and red. Exactly: the one who chooses red becomes a guard and the one who chooses blue (like Gi-Hun) becomes a participant.

Is it already time for a rewatch? Yes, right?