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21 Grams (2003) colour palette

Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu · Shot by Rodrigo Prieto

21 Grams (2003), shot by Rodrigo Prieto, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 58 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30302d), covering 14.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.346 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.16 — more saturated than 11% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.443 — brighter than 73% of ranked films

Measured across 58 frames. See the frames on the 21 Grams page →

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