PALETTE ONE

This movie presents a series of earth tones when the main character, Theodore, is feeling gloomy or lonely. There are several events in which this happens, for example, in one of the first scenes of the movie. Theodore finds himself leaving work and hops on the subway to go home. With his earphones on, he seems to be in his own world. Around him are various people, yet it is suggested that he feels alone regardless. The mood is set by the lack of vibrant colors and the use of the color palette shown. The scene to the right is also a gloomy one. Theodore meets with his wife to sign divorce papers and as they start to fight, the color palette of pale colors represents their love dying for the last time.

The second color palette comes from nostalgia and momentary happiness. Theodore has a lot of memories of his wife and their life before their divorce. It is obvious that he is remeniscing their life because of the way that the color palette exposes warm colors. Colors such as ornage and yellow usually bring feelings of warmth and comfort. When Theodore is on the date in the first scene, he is experiencing momentary happiness, which can also be seen as superficial happiness. This scene has mostly yellow undertones, and can depict a sense of happiness that is not too loud or obvious. The same goes for the two scenes adjacent, the happiness that Theodore was experiencing was not overpowering, which foreshadowed that it will not last forever,