Most of Portland Studios was at the midnight opening of WALL-E last night and I for one was blown away. Once again Pixar has demonstrated that near perfection in art, technology and storytelling is an achievable goal. There are so many great aspects of this film but I'll just highlight one that stood out to me: the color scheme.

Pixar's color schemes are always amazing. They find the perfect balance between pleasing and realistic, subtle yet emotional. WALL-E's palette is no different. Below I've create what I feel is a representative of the movies color mood:

You can download this color scheme on Adobe Kuler here

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