Movie colour palettes

Before I Wake poster

Before I Wake (2016) colour palette

Directed by Mike Flanagan · Shot by Michael Fimognari

Before I Wake (2016), shot by Michael Fimognari, runs muted and warm, measured across 62 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2f2b), covering 15.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.373 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.191 — more saturated than 21% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.33 — brighter than 4% of ranked films

Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the Before I Wake page →

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