Before Sunset (2004) colour palette
Directed by Richard Linklater · Shot by Lee Daniel
- #38322edark grey · 15.4%
- #564f49dark grey · 8.5%
- #8f7a6forange · 6.5%
- #908678mid grey · 5.8%
- #a9988dorange · 5.4%
- #969089mid grey · 5.4%
Before Sunset (2004), shot by Lee Daniel, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 52 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#38322e), covering 15.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.945 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.158 — more saturated than 10% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.454 — brighter than 79% of ranked films
Measured across 52 frames. See the frames on the Before Sunset page →
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