A Radical Life (2022) colour palette

Directed by Ricki Stern · Shot by Nelson Hume

#302f2ddark grey · 10.4%
#d3d1cblight grey · 8.3%
#53504bdark grey · 8.1%
#fbfbfbnear white · 6.8%
#0b0b0bnear black · 6.4%
#a8a8a6light grey · 3.6%

A Radical Life (2022), shot by Nelson Hume, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 94 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302f2d), covering 10.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.517 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.176 — more saturated than 15% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.511 — brighter than 96% of ranked films

Measured across 94 frames. See the frames on the A Radical Life page →

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