Before Midnight (2013) colour palette

Directed by Richard Linklater · Shot by Christos Voudouris

#30312fdark grey · 11.6%
#51534cdark grey · 8%
#d7d6cflight grey · 7.6%
#d2ccb7pale yellow · 5.3%
#acb0a9light grey · 4.9%
#70756emid grey · 3.6%

Before Midnight (2013), shot by Christos Voudouris, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 45 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30312f), covering 11.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.531 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.171 — more saturated than 13% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.488 — brighter than 91% of ranked films

Measured across 45 frames. See the frames on the Before Midnight page →

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