Proportion

How much of a colour is present is as important as which colours are used. I noticed throughout the entirety of 'Shutter Island' directed by Martin Scorsese was full of wonderful composition with great thought towards the colour proportions. I chose this shot because it seems perfectly balanced. The looming green darkness on the left is broken only by two detectives in white suits who accent the darkness. They are trying to get to the lighthouse, which is made to seem even more distant by it being completely off of the island with its dark shape amongst the harsh white of the oceans reflection. The colours and values have been placed to show a sense of belonging and exclusion. The lighthouse and the detective's clothes are the same base colour as the lighthouse, and so it is always clear that this is their destination as it not only represents their goal, but they are tied together with the colour palette.

Wall-e utilizes similar principals here in the shot of Wall-e's love interest Eve exploring his belongings. The dreary tertiary darkness of wall-e's home is broken bypoints of warm yellow and purple light dappled in different areas. This movie has an ongoing theme of a light at the end of the tunnel, and gloomy places with friendly faces, so the use of colour is tailored to further emphasize these. With literal points of light, the room is softly lit, as Eve's back takes on the subtle mauve-blue from behind, whilst here digital aqua blue eyes clash with the softer subtler surrounding colours. This emphasizes the fact that she does not call this lace home and she does not fit in with either the analogue gadgets on the shelves, or the colour palette.

The work of concept artist Alex Mandra is always carefully considered, and composed to best sense of dynamism possible. This image is from a collection of his personal work, and is very sweet on the eyes. The threatening red beam from the soldiers gun, is also mimicked in the darkness on the back of the robot facing him, perhaps defending the figure below. This leads the audience to believe that amongst the mossy green ruins around them, these two elements have clashing points of light that indicate they are of a threat to the individuals below. There is actually very little red to compliment the green, and it is seemingly used to highlight only threatening elements: The blood bursting from the figure on the left, the red beam coming from the elevated soldiers gun, and the red warning light on the back of the robot one can only assume was created to doll out some form of beating or swift execution.