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Carol (2015) colour palette

Directed by Todd Haynes · Shot by Edward Lachman

Carol (2015), shot by Edward Lachman, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32312a), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.659 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.271 — more saturated than 59% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.365 — brighter than 18% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Carol page →

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