A Christmas Mystery (2022) colour palette

Directed by Alex Ranarivelo · Shot by Reuben Steinberg

#2e2e2ddark grey · 18.7%
#504e4adark grey · 14.3%
#75716fmid grey · 6.1%
#111010near black · 4.3%
#d0d0cdlight grey · 4.3%
#897a6emid grey · 3.9%

A Christmas Mystery (2022), shot by Reuben Steinberg, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 46 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2e2d), covering 18.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.424 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.127 — more saturated than 6% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.398 — brighter than 38% of ranked films

Measured across 46 frames. See the frames on the A Christmas Mystery page →

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