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Barbarian (2022) colour palette

Directed by Zach Cregger · Shot by Zach Kuperstein

The main colours of Barbarian (2022) are deep red (#251715), orange (#514838) and deep orange (#2b2418), over a near-black base: a strongly warm, muted palette, measured across the film's frames.

Barbarian (2022), shot by Zach Kuperstein, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 54 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32302c), covering 10.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.67 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.274 — more saturated than 60% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.369 — brighter than 19% of ranked films

Measured across 54 frames. See the frames on the Barbarian page →

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