Movie colour palettes

Blue Valentine poster

Blue Valentine (2010) colour palette

Directed by Derek Cianfrance · Shot by Andrij Parekh

Blue Valentine (2010), shot by Andrij Parekh, runs muted and balanced, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302f2d), covering 9.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.154 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.28 — more saturated than 63% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.472 — brighter than 86% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Blue Valentine page →

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