When authors use local color, what are they doing? they use the dialect of the common people. they focus on characters, customs, and language common to a particular region. they incorporate historical events from a particular region in their writing. they write about things that happened out west.

They focus on characters, customs, and language common to a particular region.

When an author uses local color, he/she is using characters, customs, and language common to a particular region. The characters may be considered stereotypical, but they can help to create a specific image. This can help create setting and also add to the plot. In the movie Brave, the writers use a variety of color. The language spoken by the characters has a Scottish accent, the food and activities the characters partake in a typical customs. The will-o'-the-wisps (blue lights) are also important characters in Scottish culture.