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A Ghost Story (2017) colour palette

Directed by David Lowery · Shot by Andrew Droz Palermo

A Ghost Story (2017), shot by Andrew Droz Palermo, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f2f), covering 12.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.264 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.173 — more saturated than 14% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.429 — brighter than 61% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the A Ghost Story page →

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