Ballast (2008) colour palette

Directed by Lance Hammer · Shot by Lol Crawley

#2a3134dark grey · 8.4%
#090e12deep blue · 7.1%
#344850cyan · 5.8%
#a8b0aflight grey · 4.8%
#192730deep blue · 4.8%
#2d3a49deep blue · 4.5%

Ballast (2008), shot by Lol Crawley, runs muted and cool, measured across 62 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2a3134), covering 8.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

cool

-0.488 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.273 — more saturated than 60% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.393 — brighter than 34% of ranked films

Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the Ballast page →

Films that grade like this

Nearest by warmth, saturation and luminance across 1,568 ranked films — measured, not matched on genre.

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2011 · Mike Cahill

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2016 · Tim Burton

Dead Silence

2007 · James Wan

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