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Always Shine poster

Always Shine (2016) colour palette

Directed by Sophia Takal · Shot by Mark Schwartzbard

Always Shine (2016), shot by Mark Schwartzbard, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 59 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f2f), covering 12.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.616 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.192 — more saturated than 22% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.423 — brighter than 56% of ranked films

Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the Always Shine page →

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