In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love

Wong Kar-wai2000

A luxuriant palette of jewel tones and ambers—color as sensual architecture for repressed desire.

Color Palette

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Wong's film bathes scenes in deep reds, ambers and emeralds; the palette is both sumptuous and constraining, mirroring the characters' emotional repression and longing.