How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) colour palette
Directed by Ron Howard · Shot by Donald Peterman
- #2e2e2edark grey · 8.3%
- #f2f1f1near white · 5.2%
- #0f110ddeep green · 5.2%
- #4a532fgreen · 3.7%
- #d6d6d3light grey · 3.4%
- #35502bdeep green · 2.8%
How The Grinch Stole Christmas (2000), shot by Donald Peterman, runs natural and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2e2e), covering 8.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.66 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.364 — more saturated than 87% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.435 — brighter than 66% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the How The Grinch Stole Christmas page →
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