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Black Swan (2010) colour palette

Directed by Darren Aronofsky · Shot by Matthew Libatique

Black Swan (2010), shot by Matthew Libatique, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33302d), covering 13.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.749 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.21 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.469 — brighter than 86% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Black Swan page →

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