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Ad Astra (2019) colour palette

Directed by James Gray · Shot by Hoyte van Hoytema

Ad Astra (2019), shot by Hoyte van Hoytema, runs natural and warm, measured across 209 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30302e), covering 9.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.415 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.31 — more saturated than 74% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.418 — brighter than 53% of ranked films

Measured across 209 frames. See the frames on the Ad Astra page →

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