The color palette of 10 famous pieces of pop culture

I’m not sure if I’ve been staring at my computer screen too long or if I’m actually fascinated with how color shapes the experience we have with things.

Either way, I’ve been transfixed by the idea of stripping things down to perhaps their purest form: the color palette and seeing what kind of impact (if any) the palette has on its own.

Enough words, I’ll let the images do the talking:

1. Slumdog Millionaire as a series of colors

Slumdog Millionaire as a series of colors
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2. Starry Night as a collection of colored dots

Starry Night as a collection of colored dots

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3. The color palettes of famous artists over time

Color palettes of famous artists

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4. A look at Vogue magazine cover colors

Vogue magazine covers

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5. The color palettes of Wes Anderson films

Wes Anderson film color palettes

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6. The city of Paris … in colors

Paris in color

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7. Famous video games as colors

Video game color palettes

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8. DC versus Marvel, a comparison of comic colors

DC versus Marvel comic colors

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9. The collective color palette of most Hollywood blockbusters, according to one guy

Hollywood's color palette

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10. Van Gogh’s actual color palette

Van Gogh's actual color palette

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