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What Color Do You Most Associate Each Bond Film With?

FoxRoxFoxRox
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Hello everyone! I thought of a new thread idea to see what color each member here associates each Bond film with. For me, many of the movies have a clear-cut main color I think of when I think of the movie, but some others I'm a bit more unsure of. My own list:

Dr. No: Seafoam Green, or some similar light green shade
From Russia with Love: Classic Red, perhaps slightly darker shades too
Goldfinger: Gold, or a similar shade of yellow
Thunderball: Royal Blue, or a rich blue that isn't too dark or light and really makes your eyes pop
You Only Live Twice: Sky Blue, or some other kind of light, somewhat pale blue
On Her Majesty's Secret Service: Royal Purple, or a rich purple that might lean a little darker than lighter
Diamonds Are Forever: Silver
Live and Let Die: Red-Orange, or a similar shade that resembles fire
The Man with the Golden Gun: Gold again like Goldfinger, or a brighter yellow works too
The Spy Who Loved Me: Royal Blue like Thunderball, or something maybe just a tad lighter
Moonraker: Classic Green, nothing too light or dark
For Your Eyes Only: Classic Orange, or perhaps something just a little lighter and paler
Octopussy: Very Light Purple
A View to a Kill: Ice Blue
The Living Daylights: Dijon Yellow
Licence to Kill: Dark, Grayish Blue
GoldenEye: Gold yet again, or a darker yellow, though red could also work
Tomorrow Never Dies: Chrome Gray
The World Is Not Enough: Cream
Die Another Day: Cerulean Blue, or some other kind of light-ish blue
Casino Royale: Silver
Quantum of Solace: Tan, or a very light brown of some other kind
Skyfall: A light blue shade of some sort
Spectre: Tuscany Yellow
No Time to Die: Teal

How about the rest of you? I'm curious to see similarities and differences out there!

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  • QBranchQBranch Always have an escape plan. Mine is watching James Bond films.
    Posts: 15,120
    Great idea for a thread @FoxRox, I think about this often. For me, a lot of it comes down to what colours the VHS covers were back in 1996 when discovering the films, as well as promotional colour schemes and items seen in the films.


    DN: Banana yellow, because of the poster and Bond's baggage tag - but also red + white. There's a lot of red + white here, like the Le Cercle sign, practice golf balls, Craven A cigarettes, Red Stripe bottles, zodiac playing cards.
    FRWL: Red because of communist Russia and the title logo. Also the attaché case inner lining, Istanbul brochure and the rifle's infra-red lens.
    GF: Um, ah, ooh...copper and brass?!
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    TB: Blue, but not just the dark and deep title sequence blue, but all sorts of blues, like the 1996 VHS cover, Voit scuba items, Fiona's baby blue Mustang, re-used Fontainebleau props, Domino's Gauloises cigarettes.
    YOLT: Not sure on this one. Maybe white.
    OHMSS: Definitely purple as it's royal or regal, the casino interiors, 1996 VHS cover, Penguin centenary novel.
    DAF: Not sure, maybe a pink-purple because of the VHS cover and I think the film is graded with a bit of pink or purple.
    LALD: Sky blue + a slightly dark red. Lots of blue here, from studio letterhead to train cabin signage, and plenty of red from Fillet of Soul interior to henchman polo shirt.
    TMWTGG: Somewhere between gold, brown and cream.
    TSWLM: Black with white or yellow highlights, thanks to the henchmen's outfits, Stromberg vehicles and ski pole gun.
    MR: Maybe a greyish-blue, thanks to the VHS cover. Or mustard.
    FYEO: White on red, because of the Univex helicopter, car alarm sticker, ATAC timer and disassembly instruction card.
    OP: Oranges and browns. Earthy colours.
    NSNA: Maybe a sea green or blue.
    AVTAK: Not sure, fair bit of green here though.
    TLD: Blue + black, like the poster, plus a lot of the tech was black.
    LTK: Leaf green, like the VHS cover. Bond also got amongst the greenery a bit, such as in the PTS, Hemingway house, promo pics with the two ladies either side in swimwear.
    GE: Gold + black. Also rich computer screen blue - just look how blue the Earth is when showing the satellite in orbit.
    TND: Red + black, thanks to the title logo and promo gear. When I think of TND I picture the P99 on a red background. A lot of the equipment here is black, and we have a red encoder and red lighting when Bond makes the grenade jar.
    TWINE: Blue + orange thanks to the promos, but also grey. 70% grey to be precise.
    DAD: Iceberg blue.
    CR: Casino felt green + red. A bit of aqua or turquoise in there too when Bond arrives in Nassau and walks up the steps to the One&Only club later that night.
    QOS: Sienna colours and black.
    SF: Grey, because of the grey suit Bond wears at MI6, the grey stubble, and Scotland looking rather drab. Also because of items not seen on-screen, like M's security pass, Macau hotel room ephemera and the cardboard packaging of the Macallan 10yo fine oak.
    SP: Yellow-brown and black.
    NTTD: Teal's a good call. But also, red? Blood red?...
  • SIS_HQSIS_HQ At the Vauxhall Headquarters
    Posts: 3,910
    Actually I do have Synesthesia, so I do sometimes associate things (Music, Movies, Subjects, Numbers, Letters, and even some countries) with colors:

    DN - Yellowish Brown
    FRWL - Dark Green
    GF - Gold/Yellow
    TB - Light Green (or Green Blue)
    YOLT - Red
    OHMSS - Blue
    DAF - Red
    LALD - Brown
    TMWTGG - Tan
    TSWLM - White
    MR - Black or Violet
    FYEO - Sky Blue
    OP - Orange
    AVTAK - Red or White
    TLD - Green
    LTK - Black
    GE - Yellowish Orange
    TND - Silver (sometimes Dark Gold)
    TWINE - Red Orange
    DAD - Blue
    CR - Yellow
    QoS - Green and Yellow
    SF - Turquoise (Bluish Green)
    SP - Yellow or White
    NTTD - White



  • TorgeirtrapTorgeirtrap
    edited May 30 Posts: 17,956
    Interesting topic! Working as a designer, I'm very much used to working with colours, so this is a fun exercise. I decided to take inspiration from interior colours, using the paint colours from Farrow & Ball as my "Bond palette". Not sure about all of these, but it gives a general idea of which colours I associate with each film.

    It might not be the most colourful movie of the series, but DAF is probably the film I have the strongest colour association with – or rather a specific palette in mind. For me, that film is all about greyish and brownish colours, dark wood or brown furniture as well as chrome.

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    DN - Minster Green
    FRWL - Cola
    GF - Dutch Orange
    TB - Drawing Room Blue
    YOLT - Naperon
    OHMSS - Romesco
    DAF - Cornforth White
    LALD - Broccoli Brown
    TMWTGG - Duster
    TSWLM - Dinnerware
    MR - Babouche
    FYEO - Fowler Pink
    OP - Orangery
    AVTAK - Dauphin
    TLD - Dibber
    LTK - Middleton Pink
    GE - Reduced Green
    TND - Copenhagen Roof
    TWINE - Wainscot
    DAD - Cromarty
    CR - Drab
    QoS - Stony Ground
    SF - Vitty Green
    SP - Sherbert Lemon
    NTTD - Hazy
  • ToTheRightToTheRight
    edited May 31 Posts: 16,521
    CR54- Monochrome and buff.
    DN- Ocean blue and baby blue
    FRWL- Gray and red.
    GF- Gold and black
    TB- Ocean blue and orange
    CR67-Bright orange
    YOLT- Gray and Apricot Puce
    OHMSS- Royal purple and snow white
    DAF- Silver and pink
    LALD- Red like Tee-Hee's blazer.
    TMWTGG- Sand and gold
    TSWLM- Navy blue and Sand
    MR- Pitch Black and Space Needle white
    FYEO Pine green and rock gray
    OP- Red like Roger's shirt.
    NSNA- Olive green and black
    AVTAK- Scarlet red
    TLD- Beige and black
    LTK - Silver and red
    GE - Black and orange
    TND- Gray and brown
    TWINE- Sand and gray
    DAD- Ice blue
    CR- Whatever color Daniel's shirt is during the crane sequence
    QoS- Sand and brown
    SF- Turquoise
    SP-Sepia
    NTTD- Blue/gray.
  • Last_Rat_StandingLast_Rat_Standing Long Neck Ice Cold Beer Never Broke My Heart
    Posts: 4,714
    Spectre. Pee Pee Yellow

    The rest: TBD
  • DragonpolDragonpol https://thebondologistblog.blogspot.com
    Posts: 18,742
    I can't say it's something I've ever given a lot of thought to so I draw a blank.
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    edited June 1 Posts: 7,544
    Love colours, so I'll join in! Must be said though I am influenced by the side colours each film received for the 2002 special edition releases.

    Disregarding that for a moment, or at least trying to, I'll try to avoid shades of any kind (even though I must admit my favourite colour is typically a shade of blue: celeste / sky blue) :

    DN - brown
    FRWL - red
    GF - yellow
    TB - blue
    YOLT - orange
    CR67 - purple
    OHMSS- white
    DAF - brown
    LALD - red
    TMWTGG - yellow
    TSWLM - blue
    MR - black
    FYEO - blue
    OP - purple
    NSNA - red
    AVTAK - grey
    TLD - yellow
    LTK - blue
    GE - black
    TND - grey
    TWINE - blue
    DAD - white
    CR - green
    QOS - brown
    SF - grey
    SP - yellow
    NTTD - pink
  • RichardTheBruceRichardTheBruce I'm motivated by my Duty.
    edited June 1 Posts: 14,471
    DN - Hooks Yellow. (artist Mitchell Hooks, that was a good callout earlier for the poster)
    FRWL - Turquoise.
    GF - Gold.
    TB - Caribbean Blue.
    YOLT - Volcano Gray.
    OHMSS - Snow White.
    DAF - Diamond Blue.

    LALD - Solitaire White.
    TMWTGG - Thai Red.
    TSWLM - Snowsuit Yellow.
    MR - Moonlight Blue.
    FYEO - Olive.
    OP - Circus Yellow.
    AVTAK - International Orange..

    TLD - Morrocan Sands.
    LTK - Caribbean Blue.

    GE - Rosso Corso Red.
    TND - Viet Red.
    TWINE - Turquoise
    DAD - Diamond Blue.

    CR - Casino Red.
    QOS - Tosca.
    SF - Turquoise.
    SP - Morrocan Sands.
    NTTD - Teal. (Another good suggestion earlier)

    B26 - Gold.
  • AnotherZorinStoogeAnotherZorinStooge Bramhall (Irish)
    Posts: 410
    die another day I associate with brown
  • GoldenGunGoldenGun Per ora e per il momento che verrà
    Posts: 7,544
    AnotherZorinStooge wrote: »
    die another day I associate with brown

    Only one colour association?
  • TroyTroy
    Posts: 362
    Fascinating thread.

    I’ve always noticed the gold and brown hues of Goldfinger, the yellow/sand hues of Spectre, and to a lesser extent the grey of Skyfall.

    But never consciously noticed any other films with specific colours - unless you count the bright sun / Carribean hues of DN and Thunderball contrasting with grey London
  • slide_99slide_99 USA
    edited June 2 Posts: 784
    DN- light blue for Bond's outfit and the Jamaican setting
    FRWL- grey, probably due to the train, Hagia Sophia interior, and aqueduct
    GF- blue due to the hotel interior, the uniforms Goldinger's army, and all the sky shots in the movie
    TB- blue for obvious reasons
    YOLT- orange-red for the sunset shots, the volcano, and being set in the land of the Rising Sun
    OHMSS- white for the snow setting
    DAF- grey simply for the many grey sets, and also Charles Grey
    LALD- yellow... not sure why
    TMWGG- tan for Bond's safari suit, the sand on Scaramanga's island, and the overall warm look
    TSWLM- turquoise for the Mediterranean setting
    MR- light grey for the Star Wars-like sets and Bond's chrome-like suit
    FYEO- brown for the earthy cinematography and less-modern settings
    OP- same
    AVTAK- red for the Golden Gate bridge sequence
    TLD- tan for Bond's suit and desert setting(s)
    LTK- green for all the money in the film, plus the (inaccurate) special edition DVD cover with the rainforest
    GE- grey for the cold, industrial settings
    TLD- silver for the sleek, ultramodern, tech-y look
    TWINE- orange for the earthy settings and candlelight
    DAD- bright blue for both the Cuban and Arctic settings
    CR- gold for the regal look of the casino, also due to the color correction
    QOS- white because that color really pop, especially in the hotel scenes
    SF- tan for reasons similar to TLD
    SP- brown-yellow because that's how it looks
    NTTD- purple for the sunset look
  • SeveSeve The island of Lemoy
    edited June 3 Posts: 555
    Torgeirtrap wrote: »
    It might not be the most colourful movie of the series, but DAF is probably the film I have the strongest colour association with – or rather a specific palette in mind. For me, that film is all about greyish and brownish colours, dark wood or brown furniture as well as chrome.

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    Lol that's exactly what I was thinking when I decided to have a look at this thread

    Brown for DAF!

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  • SeveSeve The island of Lemoy
    Posts: 555
    AnotherZorinStooge wrote: »
    die another day I associate with brown

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  • echoecho 007 in New York
    edited June 3 Posts: 6,742
    Love this thread idea. I have to give it more thought but I definitely know I associate OHMSS with green because that was the font color of the Signet paperback I first read.

    A bit further afield but as a kid of the '80s I definitely remember the bold colors of both the Flemings and the Gardners.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/JamesBond/comments/1729nj0/john_gardner_007_novels_as_basis_for_movie_plot/
  • FoxRoxFoxRox
    Posts: 12,710
    Thank you for the compliments and participation so far everyone! Looking forward to more responses!
  • zebrafishzebrafish <°)))< in Octopussy's garden in the shade
    edited June 3 Posts: 4,427
    If one aligns the dominant color from each scene chronologically, an interesting color palette graphic emerges (these are for sale). I guess modern films have put more thought into the color palettes and gone for more interesting color tones.

    A fun thing to do is to try to guess which Bond movie these are from. The first is a Craig era film:
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    Compare that to one of the Moore era:
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    And here is a Connery one:
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    Can you guess them?

    Answers:
    SF
    TMWTGG
    TB

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