Atonement (2007) colour palette

Directed by Joe Wright · Shot by Seamus McGarvey

#31302cdark grey · 8.6%
#11110fnear black · 5.7%
#56564edark grey · 5.1%
#d3d3cdlight grey · 4.1%
#706955orange · 4.1%
#ece8d4pale yellow · 3.5%

Atonement (2007), shot by Seamus McGarvey, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 74 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31302c), covering 8.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.645 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.223 — more saturated than 36% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.45 — brighter than 77% of ranked films

Measured across 74 frames. See the frames on the Atonement page →

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