Being John Malkovich (1999) colour palette
Directed by Spike Jonze · Shot by Lance Acord
- #2e2e2ddark grey · 18.1%
- #121111near black · 12.1%
- #504e4ddark grey · 9.8%
- #938975orange · 3.8%
- #74716dmid grey · 3.2%
- #88796dmid grey · 3.2%
Being John Malkovich (1999), shot by Lance Acord, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2e2d), covering 18.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.403 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.162 — more saturated than 11% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.339 — brighter than 8% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Being John Malkovich page →
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