Children Of Men (2006) colour palette
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · Shot by Emmanuel Lubezki
- #2d312ddark grey · 18.5%
- #4f534cdark grey · 10.5%
- #131411near black · 5.5%
- #73776fmid grey · 5.2%
- #8d8975mid grey · 4.9%
- #aba898mid grey · 4%
Children Of Men (2006), shot by Emmanuel Lubezki, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2d312d), covering 18.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.638 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.163 — more saturated than 12% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.385 — brighter than 31% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Children Of Men page →
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