An Elephant Sitting Still (2018) colour palette
Directed by Hu Bo · Shot by Fan Chao
- #2b2d2fdark grey · 20%
- #4c4f50dark grey · 12.1%
- #8a8d8dmid grey · 8.6%
- #afb2b3light grey · 8.6%
- #121315near black · 7.9%
- #717272mid grey · 7.1%
An Elephant Sitting Still (2018), shot by Fan Chao, runs heavily desaturated and cool, measured across 28 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2b2d2f), covering 20% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
cool
-0.267 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.084 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.383 — brighter than 28% of ranked films
Measured across 28 frames. See the frames on the An Elephant Sitting Still page →
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