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Black Site (2022) colour palette

Directed by Sophia Banks · Shot by Donald McAlpine

Black Site (2022), shot by Donald McAlpine, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 177 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2d2e2f), covering 19.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

-0.064 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.151 — more saturated than 9% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.375 — brighter than 23% of ranked films

Measured across 177 frames. See the frames on the Black Site page →

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