Colors Represent a Meaning

My mother and I were having a discussion about the books. My mother had never read the books and I showed her this blog. When she asked me what do the books look like I showed her the covers. She said they looked really dark and bad. By this she meant that the colors almost represented a bad omen, something terrible and scary. I asked her why and she responded with "look a the colors you have Black, Red, and then you have Light blue and a bird" 

At first i was confused about why she would think the Hunger Games were bad then i realized that was her first impression of the books. Suzanne Collins must have chosen these specific colors for a reason. You don't chose white if you want to represent something dark and you don't chose black for something pure. Colors have a deep meaning; they represent moods and themes. Suzanne Collins wanted to give the readers a preview of how bad the themes would be in her books.

The black represents the Hunger Games not the series but the actual games. Black for reaping, reaping day when Katniss's life changed forever. The day she lost her purity view on Panem and saw the Capitol's evil ways and all its cruelness. Red for blood and war, the books color signifying the beginning of the war and the bloodshed to come. Blue not any blue, but light blue the books colors meaning hope. The war mainly took place in this book but it meant hope for all the districts that someday they would be free of the Hunger Games.

I just realized this whole color scheme and stuff, but it might be true. The first impression of a book is its cover. I know you don't have to judge a book by its cover but in the end you always do. If a book catches your eye its either because of the cover, the title, reviews or whatever you've heard about it. In the Hunger Games all the above caught my eye. I was just wondering what caught your eye when you first read the book. Do you think colors have any meaning in the books? What does each color stand for you? comments and questions?