Dune (2021) colour palette
Directed by Denis Villeneuve · Shot by Greig Fraser
- #2f2f2ddark grey · 15.7%
- #504f4cdark grey · 10.1%
- #131212near black · 9.2%
- #72726dmid grey · 3.6%
- #887b6cmid grey · 3.2%
- #90908bmid grey · 2.9%
Dune (2021), shot by Greig Fraser, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 228 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f2d), covering 15.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.753 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.174 — more saturated than 14% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.39 — brighter than 34% of ranked films
Measured across 228 frames. See the frames on the Dune page →
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