''The Color of Passion'' (Original title in Spanish: ''El color de la pasión'') is a Mexican

telenovela A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word combines ''tele'' (for "television") and ''novela'' (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include '' teleserye'' ...

produced by

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for

Televisa Grupo Televisa is a Mexican multimedia mass media company. A major Latin American mass media corporation, it often presents itself as the largest producer of Spanish-language content. In April 2021, Televisa and Univision Communications announce ...

. The telenovela is written by Cuauhtémoc Blanco, who wrote the telenovelas '' Mi pecado'', ''

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'', and ''

El manantial ''El Manantial'' (English: ''The Spring'') is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carla Estrada for Televisa in 2001. On Monday, October 1, 2001, Canal de las Estrellas started broadcasting ''El Manantial'' weekdays at 9:00pm, replacing ''Sin pec ...

''. The plot revolves around Rebeca (

Michelle Renaud Michelle Renaud (born Michelle Renaud Ruesga; September 9, 1988) is a Mexican actress. Early life Renaud debut was as a child in 1992 telenovela ''Ángeles sin paraíso''. In 2004 returned to the telenovela ''Rebelde'', she played "Michelle Pi ...

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), a woman who always hated her sister Adriana (

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) for having everything including the man whom Rebeca loved. Rebeca murders her sister to end up with the man and becomes the step mother/aunt of her sister's daughter Lucía. ( Esmeralda Pimentel). Nora (

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) (Lucia's half sister and daughter of Rebeca) resents Lucia for the same reasons Rebeca hated Adriana, as history repeats itself. The series stars Erick Elias as Marcelo, Esmeralda Pimentel as Lucía,

as Rebeca,

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as Alonso,

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as Magdalena and

as Adriana.

Plot summary

First stage

Adriana Murillo de Gaxiola (

) is married to Alonso Gaxiola (

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), owner of a Talavera factory in Puebla. Magdalena (Ana Isabel Torre) and Rebeca (

), sisters of Adriana, live with her sister and husband due to them being orphans. Alonso and Adriana have a solid and happy marriage, but are unaware of Rebeca's true envious nature, which she masks by being a "sweet angel". This facade does not fool Magdalena, who suspects Rebeca's true nature. Rebeca has always been secretly in love with Alonso, and therefore harbors envious feelings towards her sister; that feeling becomes hatred upon learning that Adriana will soon become a mother. Rebeca's wicked nature extends to her sister Magdalena, who was responsible that Magdalena was left at the altar. Because of this, Magdalena develops depression and is helpless in uncovering Rebeca's secret. Soon, Adriana discovers all of Rebeca's secrets and kicks her out of their house. However, they get into an argument which ends with the balcony railing snapping and causing Adriana to fall from the second floor, hitting her head on the glass table below. Tragically, Adriana loses her life, but miraculously her daughter survives and is named Lucía, after Adriana's mother.

Second stage

It's been 24 years since the tragic accident. Rebeca (

) and Alonso (

) are married and are the parents of their daughter, Nora (

), an unbalanced, envious and selfish girl, who has always felt less than her sister and wants everything she has. In addition Rebeca, more than an aunt, has been a mother for Lucía ( Esmeralda Pimentel), although secretly hates her as she considers Lucía to be the living proof of the great love that there once was between her sister Adriana and Alonso. This frustration leads Rebeca to have thousands of lovers, one of them is Féderico Valdivia Fuentes (

Alfonso Dosal Manuel Alfonso Castro Dosal (born March 13, 1985), known professionally as Alfonso Dosal, is a Mexican actor. Early life and career Dosal was born in Mexico City on March 13, 1985. In his childhood he lived eight years in Querétaro and the ...

), a man much younger than her, and who is so obsessed with Rebeca so much that commits suicide in front of her when she breaks up with him. Lucía is a young, noble and sweet girl of good feelings that is about to marry Rodrigo Zúñiga (Mariano Palacios), her boyfriend of most of her life. However, she finds out her sister, Nora, is sleeping with Rodrigo after he leaves Lucia planted in the altar. This causes Lucía to fall into a brief depression. Féderico's brother, Marcelo Escalante Fuentes, ( Erick Elías) arrives in Puebla to take revenge on the woman who lead to his brother's death, but is surprised to learn that the woman he seeks, Adriana Murillo, died 24 years ago. This leads him to delve into the Gaxiola-Murillo family and there he meets Lucía, who he falls in love with, not knowing she is the niece of Rebeca, the woman he seeks and for which his half-brother committed suicide, but things will not be so easy for Marcelo since Lucía does not want to know anything about love after the trauma she experienced on her wedding day. He gets Lucía to fall in love with him and for reasons of destiny they are separated again but will fight to be together forever and overcome each obstacle (especially those imposed by Nora and Rebeca) to consolidate their love.

Cast

Main

* Erick Elias as Marcelo Escalante * Esmeralda Pimentel as Lucía Gaxiola Murillo *

as Rebeca Murillo de Gaxiola *

as Alonso Gaxiola *

as Magdalena Murillo *

as Adriana Murillo de Gaxiola

Secondary

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as Milagros Fuentes *

Arcelia Ramírez Arcelia Ramírez (born 7 December 1967) is a Mexican actress. She has appeared in more than 50 films and television shows since 1985. She starred in the film ''Such Is Life (2000 film), Such Is Life'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard ...

as Sara *

as Nora Gaxiola Murillo * Mariano Palacios as Rodrigo Zúñiga * Moisés Arizmendi as Amador Zúñiga * Montserrat Marañon as Brígida Zuñiga *

Pablo Valentín (17 October 1972), known professionally as ''Pablo Valentín'' is a theater, film and television actor best known for his role as Pedro in ''Vecinos''. Early life Born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, Valentín has appeared in telenovelas such ...

as Mario * Marcia Coutiño as Ligia * Marcela Morett as Norma * Andrés Almeida as Padre Samuel * Natalia Guerrero as Daniela Suárez * Eduardo España as Lalo * Arturo Vázquez as Vinicio * Gloria Izaguirre as Tere * Mauricio Abularach as Sergio * Edsa Ramírez as Gloria * Ilse Ikeda as Lety * Maribel Lancioni as Lorena *

Patricia Reyes Spíndola Patricia Verónica Núñez Reyes Spíndola (born 11 July 1953) is a Mexican actress, director, and producer. She has received four Ariel Awards, two for Best Actress ('' Los Motivos de Luz'' in 1985 and ''The Queen of the Night'' in 1994), and ...

as Trinidad * Luis Couturier as Nazario * Angelina Peláez as Rafaela

Recurring

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as Ricardo Márquez *

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as Román Andrade * Harold Azuara as Benito Rosales *

Roberto Blandón Roberto Blandon (born Roberto Blandon Jolly; March 8, 1961 in Mexico City) is a television actor in Mexico who starred in soap operas in that country in 1989, including the role of Henry in the soap opera "Mi segunda madre" producer Juan Osorio ...

as Alfredo Suárez * Erwin Veytia as Juárez *

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as Aída * Luis Fernando Peña as Ruperto

Guest

as Féderico Valdivia Fuentes *

as Young Rebeca Murillo * Ana Isabel Torre as Young Magdalena Murillo *

as Young Alonso Gaxiola * Rodrigo Massa as Young Amador Zúñiga * Fernanda Arozqueta as Young Brígida de Zúñiga * Claudio Roca as Young Mario Hernández * Ramón Valera as Young Ricardo Márquez * Nuria Gil as Young Clara Rosales

Production

The telenovela began its production in Puebla on February 4, 2014. For the beginning only the following actors were present: Erick Elías, Esmeralda Pimentel, Eduardo España,

and

Development

For the development of the telenovela producers decided to set the novel in a province of

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, to show the entire world the beautiful landscapes and localities of

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, since Puebla is considered a small Mexican Hollywood.

Reception

The telenovela premiered on March 17, 2014 replacing ''

De que te quiero, te quiero ''De que te quiero, te quiero'' (stylized as "''De Q Te quiero, Te quiero''" in its logo; English Title: ''Head Over Heels'' (previously known as Espuma de Venus and Solamente una vez) is a Mexican telenovela produced by Lucero Suárez for Televi ...

''. During the premiere, ''The Color of Passion'' had recorded 15.5 rating points. On August 31, 2014, it surpassed 22.8 rating points in the final. In the

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, it premiered on September 6, 2016 with 1.9 million viewers.

Episodes

Series Overview

Season 1 (2014)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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