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About Time (2013) colour palette

Directed by Richard Curtis · Shot by John Guleserian

About Time (2013), shot by John Guleserian, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 146 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33312c), covering 12.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.66 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.192 — more saturated than 21% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.487 — brighter than 91% of ranked films

Measured across 146 frames. See the frames on the About Time page →

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