Babel (2006) colour palette
Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu · Shot by Rodrigo Prieto
- #2c3030dark grey · 13.7%
- #4e5350dark grey · 8.3%
- #8c9290mid grey · 6.3%
- #d1d2cflight grey · 6%
- #aab1aflight grey · 5.4%
- #6f746fmid grey · 4.1%
Babel (2006), shot by Rodrigo Prieto, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are cyan and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2c3030), covering 13.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
balanced
-0.001 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.136 — more saturated than 7% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.452 — brighter than 78% of ranked films
Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Babel page →
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