How Colors Influence Film Narratives and Spaces

The Wizard of Oz (director Victor Fleming, cinematography Harold Rosson, 1939). Print ScreenColors evoke specific feelings; therefore, they are used to elicit particular effects on the surface they appear on or in the minds of observers contemplating them. In architecture, color plays a fundamental role in defining shape. Materials in their natural state already possess inherent coloration, which is perceived in a specific manner. However, when dyed, the observer's perception is altered, giving