Let's start today with something a little unconventional. For those of you who either do not wear makeup or have not been exposed to customizable Inglot Palettes, they are a thing of beauty. While the intended purpose is a freedom-based slate to create color combinations for eyeshadow looks, I thought it would be interesting to create sets based on the color schemes of some of my favorite movies.
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest has a hard palette to nail down because as the decades and aspect ratios change, so does the color scheme. I chose the most prominent era, which features dark jewel tones and one outlier: the pastel pink of Mendl's pastry boxes.
American Beauty
American Beauty is a genius movie for many reasons (example one: the title alone offers more than meets the eye), but the color scheme is brilliance: nearly every scene features a red, white, and blue color scheme as pictured here with Carolyn and her roses.
Harold and Maude
Even without seeing the movie, a quick glance at the colors in this palette gives you a hint of what decade we're dealing with. There's nothing more 70's-charming than earth tones blurring by, set to a playlist of Cat Steven's music.
Her
There's a reason you won't find any blue in Her: cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema worked to meticulously eliminate that color from the movie. The absence of such a fundamental color helps unify the film in an original way.
There Will Be Blood
Admittedly, most of the scenes in There Will Be Blood are comprised of varying shades of grey and brown, but that doesn't make for a very interesting palette. To add a little color, I included yellow (from the oil fire and lights) and blue (from the sky and ocean where Daniel and his "brother" go swimming).