On a similar note: Maenami has explicitly said that the episode that inspired him to one day key animate everything on his own was Tetsuya Takeuchi's work in Honey and Clover #07. Will this inspire people to go watch the show? Probably not, but it should

And he sure did...(don't tell him it's most probably not a guest)

Friends are bullying me ruthlessly for being bad at self-promotion so: if you enjoy sakugabooru, the articles & interviews we publish/translate, or events like these yearly awards (that are damn costly to run!) you can support us at www.patreon.com/Sakugabooru

But of course the compositing also has its valuable contribution to the show's aesthetic, mainly through the lighting which is coherent with the color palette. Combined with all the other stuff I mentioned above, this makes the beautiful and carefully constructed aesthetic of this show!

Highlights and irotore (colored lines) also make use of the show's main colors to support the aesthetic. This also avoids over reliance on the compositing to define the color of the scene, which is a common problem in modern anime.

If you look at the backgrounds, you can find "brushes" of the three main colors: blue, purple and yellow, even in t he interiors. This helps keep a tight aesthetic sense even in scenes that are not really dominated by a certain color. But if you look close enough you'll find them.

In episode 11, when a ghost torments Byakuya, green is used which is a color foreign to the show's palette and it properly conveys that something is off. When Mira comes over to help, the appartment is dyed in his blue color thus making Byakuya feel safe and being able to sleep.

There are neat uses of this color palette. For example with Formalhaut: his color is yellow, also a Byakuya color. Mira sees him initially as a danger to his relationship with Byakuya, but Formalhaut later shows that he supports them, thus dying the following scene of the pair with his yellow color.

Now that we found colors to the main characters, what I interpret from this is that the whole show's aesthetic is tightly built upon these colors, more specifically, Byakuya's. You see it in the other characters but also the backgrounds and the lighting, which makes for a cohesive aesthetic

The other magical girl, Hibana, is basically the opposite of Byakuya with her violent personality. Her dress is a dark blue/purple. She also has three colors, which are basically more intense variations of Byakuya's blue, purple and yellow.

Mira's color is very straightforward: an intense blue. His fire magic indicates it as well as other scenes focusing on him alone. In the very first scene of the series, he is attacking the city and his color dyes the city and Byakuya

Nevertheless I think we can easily find her color palette by looking at her magical girl transformation. Three colors stand out: very light versions of blue, purple and yellow. Putting one of those into an online color recognizer shows that they make a triad.