About Schmidt colour palette
Directed by Alexander Payne · Shot by James Glennon
- #312f2edark grey · 12.2%
- #d1d0celight grey · 5.9%
- #8d908cmid grey · 5.3%
- #51504edark grey · 5%
- #344554blue · 3.8%
- #d0c7b2pale orange · 3.4%
About Schmidt, shot by James Glennon, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f2e), covering 12.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
balanced
0.165 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.176 — more saturated than 15% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.456 — brighter than 80% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the About Schmidt page →
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