Movie colour palettes

Grave of the Fireflies poster

Grave of the Fireflies (1988) colour palette

Directed by Isao Takahata · Shot by Nobuo Koyama

Grave of the Fireflies (1988), shot by Nobuo Koyama, runs muted and warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f312f), covering 9.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.502 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.286 — more saturated than 66% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.442 — brighter than 71% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Grave of the Fireflies page →

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