First Cow (2019) colour palette
Directed by Kelly Reichardt · Shot by Christopher Blauvelt
- #2f312adark grey · 16.8%
- #171715near black · 10.5%
- #515347dark grey · 9.5%
- #504a35yellow · 8.4%
- #72654dorange · 7.4%
- #27251adeep yellow · 6.3%
First Cow (2019), shot by Christopher Blauvelt, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 19 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f312a), covering 16.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits very dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.627 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.165 — more saturated than 12% of ranked films
Luminance
very dark
0.277 — brighter than 0% of ranked films
Measured across 19 frames. See the frames on the First Cow page →
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