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A History of Violence (2005) colour palette

Directed by David Cronenberg · Shot by Peter Suschitzky

A History of Violence (2005), shot by Peter Suschitzky, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e322e), covering 16% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.296 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.167 — more saturated than 12% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.336 — brighter than 7% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the A History of Violence page →

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