Color Palettes From Famous Movies Show How Colors Set The Tone Of A Film

Movies In Color is an intriguing project by LA-based designer Roxy Radulescu. She derives light, medium and dark color palettes from movie stills and merges them into a 21-color spectrum.

The idea came to Roxy while watching Skyfall (2012) when she was intrigued by the cinematography of the film. After creating a color palette for the movie she decided to start a blog, which now comprises of a whopping 388 movie stills from the past 75 years. Here are some famous ones.

Gravity (2013)

Gravity – Color Palette — Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

The Wolf Of Wall Street – Color Palette — Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

American Hustle (2013)

American Hustle – Color Palette — Cinematography: Linus Sandgren | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Argo (2012)

Argo – Color Palette — Cinematography: Rodrigo Prieto | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Django Unchained (2012)

Django Unchained – Color Palette — Cinematography: Robert Richardson | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Life of Pi (2012)

Life of Pi - Color Palette — Cinematography: Claudio Miranda | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Inception (2010)

Inception - Color Palette — Cinematography: Wally Pfister | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

The Dark Knight (2008)

The Dark Knight – Color Palette — Cinematography: Wally Pfister | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

The Departed (2006)

The Departed – Color Palette — Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

The Aviator (2004)

The Aviator – Color Palette — Cinematography: Robert Richardson | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Finding Nemo (2003)

Finding Nemo – Color Palette — Directors: Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Kill Bill: Vol.1 (2003)

Kill Bill – Color Palette — Cinematography: Robert Richardson | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Black Hawk Down (2001)

Black Hawk Down – Color Palette — Cinematography: Slawomir Idziak | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

Ocean's Eleven - Color Palette — Cinematography: Steven Soderbergh | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Gladiator (2000)

Gladiator – Color Palette — Cinematography: John Mathieson | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

American Beauty (1999)

American Beauty – Color Palette — Cinematography: Conrad L. Hall | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Good Will Hunting (1997)

Good Will Hunting – Color Palette — Cinematography: Jean-Yves Escoffier | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Se7en (1995)

Se7en – Color Palette — Cinematography: Darius Khondji | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Forrest Gump (1994)

Forrest Gump – Color Palette — Cinematography: Don Burgess | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Pulp Fiction – Color Palette — Cinematography: Andrej Sekula | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Jurassic Park (1993)

Jurassic Park – Color Palette — Cinematography: Dean Cundey | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Schindler’s List (1993)

Schindler's List – Color Palette — Cinematography: Janusz Kaminski | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Ghostbusters (1984)

Ghostbusters – Color Palette — Cinematography: László Kovács | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Scarface (1983)

Scarface – Color Palette — Cinematography: John A. Alonzo | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

ET – Color Palette — Cinematography: Allen Daviau | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark – Color Palette — Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind – Color Palette — Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Taxi Driver (1976)

Taxi Driver – Color Palette — Cinematography: Michael Chapman | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Jaws (1975)

Jaws - Color Palette — Cinematography: Bill Butler | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

The Godfather (1972)

The Godfather – Color Palette — Cinematography: Gordon Willis | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey – Color Palette — Cinematography: Geoffrey Unsworth | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Lawrence of Arabia – Color Palette — Cinematography: Freddie Young | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

Gone With The Wind (1939)

Gone With The Wind – Color Palette — Cinematography: Ernest Haller | Image credit: Roxy Radulescu

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