Local color

Under Local color (about: those local colouring) one understands seeming, characteristic and atmosphere, which distinguish a place, an area or a landscape.

Often partly become thereby conceptions solidified consulted, in order to illustrate a scene in a literary work or a film. Characteristics of the scene are represented in such a way that they have a recognizing effect. This can by objects of interest (, etc..), special ceremonies (, , etc..) or also dialects (, , Bairisch etc..) to be caused.

Thus becomes for example in many in playing films that shown, schmissige accordion music brought in and Baguettes buying Basque cap carrier represented. Among medium practical men one calls in particular acoustic "local color" .