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Compliance (2012) colour palette

Directed by Craig Zobel · Shot by Adam Stone

Compliance (2012), shot by Adam Stone, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 61 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302f2e), covering 17.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.64 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.175 — more saturated than 15% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.405 — brighter than 43% of ranked films

Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the Compliance page →

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