This photo. Tell me what you see.

[Cinka]

Hi all. I've been attempting to reverse engineer the color in this still from Reservoir Dogs. I think I've gotten pretty close, but after looking at it all day, I want to know what another pair of eyes sees in regarding to color casting, shadow colors, fade, and what your thoughts would be on replicating this in Lightroom.

http://nonamemovieblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/rd-white.jpg

I'm really excited to see what you all think. Thanks!!

 

[Ysarex]

I see a photo with a strong magenta color cast.

Joe

 

[Designer]

.. looking at it all day, ... replicating this in Lightroom.

All day? Really?

I wonder why you would like to replicate it in Lightroom. IMO, it was simple to shoot, so why would anyone want to replicate it instead of shooting like it?

 

[480sparky]

I see a photo. How well you've replicated it, I cannot tell.

 

[KmH]

Reverse engineer>

Start with a back lit subject shot without fill light such that the subject is under exposed at least 1.5 stops.
Have your camera white balance set to direct sunlight so the color in the scene has a distinct magenta color cast since the image is mostly made using shade.

Lightroom is a poor application for trying to replicate the color, because LR lacks the tools you need.
Use Photoshop's Color Balance, Channel Mixer, and/or Hue Saturation Adjustment layers.

However, in the LR Develop module, as you move your cursor around in a photo the RGB percentages are displayed under the Histogram display.
RGB % values I got from his nose right under the bridge of his sunglasses as R - 36.4%, G - 30.5 %, B - 31.4 %.

The magenta color cast is confirmed from the Red and Blue values being higher than the Green value.
Red and blue light mixed together make magenta.
Blue and green light mixed together make cyan.
Red and green light mixed together make yellow.

RGB color model - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia