Interiors
SETTING THE TONE
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Annabelle Hunt, Colour Consultant, Bridport Timber and Framing
olour has an enormous psychological effect on all of us, sometimes in an obvious way but often in subtle ways we don’t even notice. Some colours are distinctly associated with a particular historical period, evoking a definite sense of time or place. Just as with movie soundtracks, cinematographers manipulate colour as a way of setting the mood of a film in an almost subliminal way. It can be used to create 76 | Bridport Times | July 2019
harmony or tension, establishing a tone or a theme. There is an online project called Cinema Palettes where the colour palettes of some of the most iconic films have been picked from a single image and arranged into groups of ten shades. This way of using an image as the basis for a colour scheme allows you to see how colours work together without the need for a mood board. Whether you love sumptuous period dramas or prefer