Cloud Atlas (2012) colour palette
Directed by Lilly Wachowski · Shot by Frank Griebe
- #2c2c2adark grey · 13.4%
- #121211near black · 7.7%
- #4f4d4cdark grey · 5.1%
- #48392edeep orange · 3.7%
- #8b6c51orange · 3.1%
- #aaafb3light grey · 2.3%
Cloud Atlas (2012), shot by Frank Griebe, runs muted and warm, measured across 70 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2c2c2a), covering 13.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.365 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.279 — more saturated than 63% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.382 — brighter than 29% of ranked films
Measured across 70 frames. See the frames on the Cloud Atlas page →
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