A collection of video essays exploring ways colour is used in visual storytelling.

The Cinema Cartography looks at the use of colour across the work of different filmmakers:

wolfcrow asks, “Why are Films Shot in Two Colors?”:

StudioBinder expands on the colour swatches approach to studying cinematic images:

In Depth Cine outlines the elements in a film’s colour palette (production design & costume, lighting, and grade), and how cinematographers can use colour either for specific moods, or more intuitively:

Filmmakers & Colour

Cinematographer Lawrence Sher (Joker, The Hangover, Garden State) offers a dynamic explainer on Colour in Film, which is somehow both a masterclass and an intro for beginners:

Film School: Colour In Film with Lawrence Sher

Fandor looks at the use of various colour palettes across the work of a single director, Sofia Coppola:

Jorge Luengo Ruiz‘s supercut showcases one colour throughout the body of work of a single director, Pédro Almodóvar:

StudioBinder‘s stunning, comprehensive examination of Stanely Kubrick‘s use of colour is part of their series on mise en scene:

Further Viewing

New to colour? Here’s an intro to colour theory:

Film School: Colour Theory

Follow Color Palette Cinema on Instagram for daily inspiration – and check out our hand-picked highlights over here:

Film School: Color Palette Cinema

And then apply your discoveries to your own work – Learn Exposure & Colour from Your Faves in your editing software of choice:

Film School: Learn Colour & Exposure from Your Faves