A History of Violence (2005) colour palette
Directed by David Cronenberg · Shot by Peter Suschitzky
The main colours of A History of Violence (2005) are green (#474b38) and yellow (#aaaa91), over a near-black base: a warm, heavily desaturated palette, measured across the film's frames.
- #2e322edark grey · 16.1%
- #141513near black · 10.5%
- #50564edark grey · 9.5%
- #474b38green · 4.6%
- #8a8b75mid grey · 4.6%
- #aaaa91yellow · 3.3%
A History of Violence (2005), shot by Peter Suschitzky, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 61 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are yellow and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e322e), covering 16.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.394 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.165 — more saturated than 12% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.346 — brighter than 9% of ranked films
Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the A History of Violence page →
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