One very obvious metaphor implanted within the novel, is, “there is no bad luck in the world but whitefolks” (105). The conflict between the whites and blacks is the definition of slavery, so in this sense, color can represent and symbolize conflict and tension between the two races. Even Sethe says that there isn’t any good inside white people. However, in part 2 of the novel, Baby Suggs gives up on life, all she wants to do is think about color because colors are safe. She tells Stamp Paid that only colors are harmless. "Blue. That don't hurt nobody. Yellow neither" (208). While she is dying, all she thinks about are colors and she has Sethe bring them in to her. Colors are alive, but they are not false like people or