Dark Skies (2013) colour palette
Directed by Scott Stewart · Shot by David Boyd
- #302e2adark grey · 14.2%
- #525049dark grey · 8.7%
- #0e0e0dnear black · 8.4%
- #d2d1cclight grey · 5.5%
- #4f4739orange · 4.4%
- #727067mid grey · 4%
Dark Skies (2013), shot by David Boyd, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 55 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e2a), covering 14.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.693 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.16 — more saturated than 11% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.422 — brighter than 55% of ranked films
Measured across 55 frames. See the frames on the Dark Skies page →
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