Movie colour palettes

Adaptation poster

Adaptation (2002) colour palette

Directed by Spike Jonze · Shot by Lance Acord

Adaptation (2002), shot by Lance Acord, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302f2b), covering 13.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.53 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.172 — more saturated than 14% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.4 — brighter than 39% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Adaptation page →

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