okay, hear me out. but at what point did you realized that the colors in the cover has a deeper meaning?

(thread)

at first part, you can see that there's a hint of pink and blue sky. it is a nod to the song Cruel Summer which has the lyrics.

"It's new, shape of your body
It's blue, the feeling I've got"

this is furtherly supported by the following track, Lover (3)

"my hearts been borrowed and yours has been blue"

I Think He Knows (6)

"Lyrical smile
indigo eyes"

Miss Americana and the Heartbreak Prince (7)

"It's so sad
we paint the town blue"

Paper Rings (8)

"I'm with you even
if it makes me blue"

Blue often symbolizes serenity, stability, inspiration, or wisdom.
Too much blue can create feelings of melancholy, negativity, sadness, self-righteousness, and self-centeredness. Too little blue brings about qualities of suspicion, depression, stubbornness and timidity.

The blue in IFTYE represents serenity
Cruel Summer represents melancholy
Lover represents serenity
The Man represents self-righteousness
The Archer represents melancholy
ITHK represents inspiration
Miss Americana is negativity
Paper Rings is stability

But as we go along the cover, the blue color starts to fade and was replaced by the majority of pink.

Track 9, Cornelia Street is derived from the rose "Cornelia" which is color PINK.

Afterglow is an exception, as you look closely on the cover there is a small hint of blue on the middle part or the blue hair of Taylor.

"I blew things out of proportion,
now you're blue"

Afterglow represents sadness.

It's Nice to Have a Friend (17)

"Light pink sky up on the roof"

The color pink is the color of universal love of oneself and of others. It represents friendship, affection, harmony, inner peace, and approachability. Pink is the official color for little girls and represents sugar and spice and everything nice. It's the sweet side of color red

Notice that most of the song starting from the Cornelia Street has this kind of theme or mood.

CS represents affection
DBATC is about finding inner peace
London Boy represents approachability
SYGB represents compassion
False God represents affection
YNTCD represents harmony

Afterglow represents inner peace
ME! represents universal love of oneself
INTHAF represents friendship

NOW, DAYLIGHT FULLY EXPLAINED THE LAST PART OF THE COVER COLOR. Look closely, you can see a RED and GOLDEN strip of light.

And obviously, those two color were mentioned on the bridge part.

"I once believed love
would be burning RED
but it's GOLDEN like daylight"

Red is commonly associated with heat, activity, passion, anger, love, and joy.

This is a great nod to her album, RED.

The color gold is associated with illumination, love, compassion, courage, passion, magic, and wisdom. Gold is a precious metal that is associated with wealth, grandeur, and prosperity, as well as sparkle, glitz, and glamour.T

That description alone describes the mood of Daylight and encapsulates the feeling of freedom at last after the storm.

That's it, I realized that the album cover is not a mere design, but holds a lot of deeper meaning. Good day and stay safe always.