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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 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e2b), covering 14.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.541 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.171 — more saturated than 13% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.397 — brighter than 39% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Adaptation page →

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