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lmmaker is a visual artist. To be a great visual artist you need mastery

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of the color palette.

Many of the greatest Directors, Cinematographers, and Production Designers

have extensive backgrounds as visual artists themselves. Ridley Scott, for
example, cut his visual teeth as the Royal College of Art

There are many ways to use color in lm. We’re going to break the key
approaches down in this post as well as o er you a free E-book.

The ebook is an excellent tool for better understanding the use of the color in
lm, and beginning to master it.

There is a lot to cover, and a lot of cool images to look at.

So download your free ebook below, and we’ll get into it.

COLOR IN FILM

Before the lm color palette there

was...
Black and white.

For years movies were shot entirely in black and white. Powerful symbols and
contrasting ideas were created in those images.

Color tinting and versions of the two and three strip technicolor process

happened in ts and starts. But in 1939, considered a landmark year for

Hollywood for many reasons, color photography in lm truly came of age.

With the explosion of color in lm, a new approach to the movie color palette
had to be created. 

The artists who’d used light and shadow to tell stories now had far more tools at
their disposal.

It was what you might call a game changer.

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COLOR PALETTES IN FILM

What is the importance of color

palettes in lm?
Lewis Bond’s color theory video, Color In Storytelling
(https://youtu.be/aXgFcNUWqX0), posted on Channel Criswell
(https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL5kBJmBUVFLYBDiSiK1VDw/videos), is
not only a practical analysis of how movie color palettes enhance storytelling,
but also an engaging historical recap on the maturation of color in lm.

There are a lot of great resources that cover the way color in lmmaking
developed. It’s a fascinating story. 

Speaking of story...

USING COLOR IN FILM

How can color tell a story?

Color can a ect us emotionally, psychologically and even physically, often
without us becoming aware.

Check out the video below to see how lmmaker David Fincher uses color in
lm to create emotion:

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You know. 

VISUALIZE WITH MOOD BOARDS & STORYBOARDS

Your movie color palette starts here

You don’t just start picking colors for your movie color palette out of a hat.

Well… I guess you could…

What you should probably do instead is start putting together some concept art
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great way to get started, and you should really think of this as a brainstorming
session at rst.

Creating a mood board is just one of many early ideation steps in the pre-
production process. If you want to learn more about the others, this is a great pre
production process resource (https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/the-complete-
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If you’ve done some work now with mood boards, we’d recommend that you
take your movie color palette ideas and bring it into storyboard software
(https://www.studiobinder.com/shot-list-storyboard/) to bring it to life there.

You don't need to be an artist to create storyboards. If you're using software,

simply upload screenshots from other videos to help convey the mood and tone
of the shot or scene you want to communicate.

Want to convey a sickly, claustrophobic tone? Use shots from The Matrix. 

Something somber? Man of Steel. 

It can then easily be turned into a slideshow and shared.

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What’s working the way you thought it would?

What isn’t working?

What is happening that you didn’t even predict.

This is a very visual part of a visual medium.

THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT OF COLOR IN FILM

The psychology behind colors in lm

A well designed movie color palette evokes mood and sets the tone for the lm.

The three main components of a color are hue, saturation, and value.

1. Hue – the color itself.

2. Saturation – intensity of the color.

3. Value – The darkness or lightness of a color.

As Bond mentions in his color theory video, many viewers will have predictably
similar reactions to certain colors.

A strong red color has been shown to raise blood pressure, while a blue color
elicits a calming e ect. (more on this when we discuss lightsabers later on…)

Watch our video essay on Film Color Theory

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You can already see how choosing the right colors for the right spots can create
emotions your audience may not even be aware of.

In The Sixth Sense, M. Night Shyamalan uses the color red to represent fear,
dread and foreshadowing whereas in Pleasantville, Gary Ross uses red to
represent hope, love and sensuality.

Color theory norms should be understood by lmmakers, but never seen as a

limitation.

Red creates an experience in the viewer, so target its presence in your lm color
palette carefully.

Infographic: The Psychology of Color in Film

How color scheme choices e ect your audience

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BALANCED MOVIE COLOR PALETTES

What are the types of Color Schemes

used in lm?
There are a few di erent ways to achieve a balanced movie color palette. 

The complementary color scheme, monochromatic color scheme, analogous

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Movie Color Scheme Cheatsheet

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So that would in fact be a very balanced use of color in lm.

Let’s go over the types of color schemes you can employ to create a balanced
movie color palette:

MONOCHROMATIC COLOR SCHEMES

We’ll start o with the Monochromatic color scheme.

A monochromatic color scheme is when a single base “hue” is extended out

using shades, tones, and tints. Tints are achieved by adding whites, and shades
by adding black.

As you can see in this image from The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson and
his team utilized a monochromatic color scheme. Light pink gives way to deeper
purples.

The result keeps the chosen color tone intact, but it allows you to create contrast
within it.

So that all red color palette? Add some tint here and some shade there and
suddenly you have a monochromatic color scheme!

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The Matrix is another good example of a monochromatic movie color scheme.

Nearly every scene set within the world of the matrix utilizes a green color

palette. Shades of green permeate everything in the frame to create an unnatural,

“sickly” e ect.

The Matrix (1999) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/) and it's green movie color palette

Monochromatic color schemes don’t require that your lm be homogenous in its

look.

It just gives you a color hue within which to create contrast.

COMPLEMENTARY COLOR SCHEMES

Complementary color schemes are when two colors from opposite sides of the
color wheel are used in conjunction with one another to form the color palettes.

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The e ect of this is to create a visual ‘life’ in the frame. Red and green, in the
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Complementary color palettes are at work in all these images from popular blockbusters

Contrasting drama (i.e. warm vs. cool), complementary colors live opposite each
other on the color wheel. For example, orange and blue are complementary
colors commonly used in the color palettes of many blockbuster lms. 

Dueling colors are often associated with con ict, whether internal or external.

No matter the color selection, complementary colors combine warm and cool
colors to produce a high-contrast, vibrant tension in the lm.

Orange and blue are complementary colors used in many blockbusters.

ANALOGOUS COLOR SCHEMES

Analogous color schemes utilize colors that are next to one another on the
complementary color wheel. They tend to occur in nature and create a
harmonious feeling that is pleasing to the eye.

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You can create contrast within analogous color palettes using tint and shadow

Tokyo Drifter (1966) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061101/) The movie color palette here utilizes reds
and purples

Tra c (2000) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0181865/) has a varied color palette

Good examples of neighboring colors that can create analogous color schemes
are red / violet, yellow / lime green.

Since the colors lack the contrast and tension of the complementary colors, they
instead create a kind of visual unity.

In Tra c, analogous color schemes end up creating a di erent kind of

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TRIADIC COLOR SCHEMES
A triadic color scheme is when three colors that are evenly spaced around the
complementary color wheel are used in conjunction.

One color in the triadic colors scheme is chosen to be the dominant one with
other two used in complementary fashion.

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Discordant color examples in lms

Discordance is a deliberate choice by the director to deviate from the balanced
types of color schemes and color palettes we’ve mentioned to refocus attention.

Why?

Well, for one by creating discordance you create a pretty obvious symbol.

A movie color palette could all be one way, learning towards one direction, but
then suddenly one element sticks out like a sore thumb.

For example the girl’s dress in Schindler’s List.

Not all examples of discordance in movie color palettes are so clear cut. But
when a director and design team make a choice like this, they make it for a
reason.

It's one way to create symbols with the use of color in lm.

Discordant use of color in movies can help a character, detail, or moment truly

stand out from the rest of the lm. For example, the color blue in Amelie, or the

color red in The Sixth Sense.

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create symbolism

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Schindler's List (1993) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/) used color in lm to create a powerful

symbol

As noted earlier, the girl’s dress in the otherwise black and white Schindler’s List
is a clear symbol. 

Sin City (2005) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401792/) has a playful color palette

In Sin City the sudden discordance within the color palette is a re ection of
graphic artist Frank Miller’s style. It also helps make certain elements “pop”.

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ENHANCING THE SYMBOLISM IN YOUR MOVIE COLOR PALETTE

How to use color schemes e ectively?

There are many ways to create symbolism in a lm, but using di erent types of
color schemes might be one of the most e ective.

Even if the audience isn’t entirely conscious of the symbolism coming from the
color palette (like maybe they are with discordant color schemes) they will be
a ected by it.

We’ll cover a few di erent wants to creating powerful connections between

ideas and themes through the use of your color palette here.

ASSOCIATIVE COLOR SCHEMES

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The Godfather (1972) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/)

One of the most famous associative uses of color in movies was the role of
orange in Francis Ford Coppola’s all-time classic The Godfather. Orange is
associated with death in the lm, often as a precursor to sudden and messy
violence.

Unlike the gangster lms that had come before, The Godfather approached

violence in a more brutal and ugly fashion. So it made a kind of sense that in a

world of crushed blacks and desaturated tones, a bright incongruous orange

tone would indicate the coming violence.

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Inside Out (2015) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096673/)

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Quentin Tarantino loves to play with di erent types of color schemes, and in Kill
Bill: Vol. 1 he gave his central character “the bride” her own color; bright yellow.

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The Empire Strikes Back (1980) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080684/)

The Empire Strikes Back uses associative colors both with the characters, but
also their position in the story’s main con ict.

Darth Vader is black, with a bright red lightsaber, contrasting to Luke’s lighter
earth tones and whites, along with his blue lightsaber. 

These colors combined to convey an emotional state from the character. Black
and red are violent and menacing where blue and white are cool and comforting.

Vertigo (1958) (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/)

When a recurring lm palette or color represents a character or larger theme in

the lm.

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The Walter White color palette is lighter, softer and has a use of cooler primary
color palette. Heisenberg as a much darker, yet still analogous color palette.

The transition of iconic character Luke Skywalker was less obvious, but still well
re ected in a major shift in his color palette.

Originally he was clad in lighter earth tones. This both re ected his ‘farm boy’
upbringing, but his place on the ‘light side’ of the force.

Once Luke has gone through his jedi training, and learned of his true identity as
the Dark Lord Vader’s son, Luke shows up in all black.

Luke’s transitional color scheme showed that the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree...

It both re ects the serious and adult quality the ‘kid’ is now imbued with, but
also that he has a dark streak in him, and a potentially dangerous connection to
evil.

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In the case of Up, the shift in color palette represents a change in story tone. A
happy gleeful time has given way to a dark depressing reality. The darker reality
is shown in shadow, with a bleak drab color palette.

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The best thing you can do as a lmmaker is get to know all your options, and
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