I think it’s funny when people explain it using examples where the author legitimately did have well-documented cultural associations with certain colors. It’d be like in 100 years someone saying “Batman’s suit is dark because he’s supposed to be mysterious and operates in the shadow” and another person responding, “have you ever thought that maybe he just had a dark suit????”

So it's used to describe people who over analyze but also people who don't read into media at all (example: the curtains are just blue, and that has no meaning)?