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First Man (2018) colour palette

Directed by Damien Chazelle · Shot by Linus Sandgren

First Man (2018), shot by Linus Sandgren, runs muted and warm, measured across 117 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0e0e0e), covering 12.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.27 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.198 — more saturated than 24% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.431 — brighter than 63% of ranked films

Measured across 117 frames. See the frames on the First Man page →

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