Gilead’s color taxonomy: Book vs. Show

Hi all! I'm kind of fixated on a certain detail of Gilead's color discipline since seeing the trailers for The Testaments and then the first episode; it seems to me emblematic of a shift in the world that Atwood created.

In the novel, the color discipline is used by the Gilead regime to restrict or assert its claim over the experience of time and the natural rhythm. This concept goes beyond class designations. The elite families' daughters wear pink for summer and plum for winter during their childhood/adolescence. Then, at the point of becoming eligible for marriage (menstruation), they will wear a color referred to as "spring green" in summer and "dark green accents" in winter.

But looking at the trailer, first episode, and the general "Prestige TV" aesthetic, it feels like this complex system has been streamlined into a much simpler, age-based countdown:

• Pink = Childhood
• Plum = Adolescence
• A heavy, dark green = Pre-marital stage

You might think the preference for dark green is about the seasons, but younger girls still wear pink.

Do you think that the platform (Hulu/Disney+) is reducing the impact of Atwood's deep biopolitical elements to provide audiences with a less intimidating/easier way to interpret the story visually? Does that spring green look more like a dark drama's aesthetic in relation to what you have displayed on the shelf?

Then you have the Pearl Girls, who are the regime's "sales representatives" to the outside world; therefore, they wear shimmering silver-gray robes and are adorned with pearls. However, the show has the Pearl Girls in the same light-stone colored dresses (possibly light grey/cream). Is this incredibly pale-looking representation making it seem as though Gilead can own everything about the four seasons, or am I just overthinking what I have seen?

Please share your opinion!