framethrowerSign up for free

Movie colour palettes

Down Terrace poster

Down Terrace (2009) colour palette

Directed by Ben Wheatley · Shot by Laurie Rose

Down Terrace (2009), shot by Laurie Rose, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33322f), covering 14.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.394 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.14 — more saturated than 7% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.483 — brighter than 90% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Down Terrace page →

Films that grade like this

Nearest by warmth, saturation and luminance across 1,568 ranked films — measured, not matched on genre.

Search the frames behind Down Terrace

Every colour here comes from a real frame. Search by colour, lighting, lens and mood — $2 of credits free, no card.

These measurements are published under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to FrameThrower. That covers the measurements only — the frames they were derived from are not ours to license, and rights remain with their owners.