Abortion: Stories Women Tell (2016) colour palette

Directed by Tracy Droz Tragos · Shot by Kamau Bilal

#32302fdark grey · 14.4%
#f6f5f4near white · 10.4%
#d2d1d0light grey · 7.2%
#aaaba7light grey · 5.6%
#8e9090mid grey · 4.4%
#50514edark grey · 4.4%

Abortion: Stories Women Tell (2016), shot by Kamau Bilal, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 50 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32302f), covering 14.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.542 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.171 — more saturated than 13% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.512 — brighter than 96% of ranked films

Measured across 50 frames. See the frames on the Abortion: Stories Women Tell page →

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