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Fifty Shades of Grey poster

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) colour palette

Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson · Shot by Seamus McGarvey

Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), shot by Seamus McGarvey, runs muted and warm, measured across 99 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312d2c), covering 10.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.538 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.206 — more saturated than 27% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.404 — brighter than 43% of ranked films

Measured across 99 frames. See the frames on the Fifty Shades of Grey page →

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