Contraband (2012) colour palette
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur · Shot by Barry Ackroyd
- #31302cdark grey · 17.1%
- #121210near black · 11.6%
- #53524cdark grey · 8.5%
- #d3d2cblight grey · 5.1%
- #f8f9f6pale green · 3.8%
- #8f8874mid grey · 3.6%
Contraband (2012), shot by Barry Ackroyd, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 198 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31302c), covering 17.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.614 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.154 — more saturated than 10% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.39 — brighter than 34% of ranked films
Measured across 198 frames. See the frames on the Contraband page →
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