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Before I Go to Sleep poster

Before I Go to Sleep (2014) colour palette

Directed by Rowan Joffé · Shot by Ben Davis

Before I Go to Sleep (2014), shot by Ben Davis, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 222 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31312d), covering 15.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.499 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.143 — more saturated than 8% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.45 — brighter than 76% of ranked films

Measured across 222 frames. See the frames on the Before I Go to Sleep page →

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