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American Honey (2016) colour palette

Directed by Andrea Arnold · Shot by Robbie Ryan

American Honey (2016), shot by Robbie Ryan, runs natural and warm, measured across 61 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#34322d), covering 6.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.408 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.386 — more saturated than 89% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.414 — brighter than 50% of ranked films

Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the American Honey page →

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