Fiction Adaptation Unit- Inspirational Director Work and Editing

I have recently taken it upon myself to investigate the work of some directors which might be inspirational for when I film my Fiction Adaptation film. I did this by first looking at some stills of war movies and other kinds of war footage, and then choosing some that seemed interesting to investigate further.
One film I was particularly interested in checking out was the war film "Saving Private Ryan." I have heard a lot about this film, but unfortunately I have never had the opportunity to actually sit down and watch it. After a quick google search, I came across this search result:

Something that became immediately obvious to me was the very particular colour scheme that the director; Steven Spielberg had chosen for this film. It seems to all be very much brown and grey, which suits the idea of war perfectly due to the fact that war often incorporates such visual elements as dirt and smoke, both of which are these colours.
This was something I had considered in the past, and I did plan on using a very saturated colour palette in my film, so I haven't particularly learned anything new from this quick investigation, but it has reinforced my previous idea to use said colour scheme, as if it worked in a highly successful, critically acclaimed film like Saving Private Ryan, it should work in my film too if I pull it off correctly.