If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) colour palette
Directed by Barry Jenkins · Shot by James Laxton
- #322d28dark grey · 7.7%
- #493728deep orange · 6.5%
- #14120edeep orange · 5.8%
- #271911deep orange · 4.6%
- #2c2419deep orange · 3.8%
- #ab926forange · 3.5%
If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), shot by James Laxton, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 52 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322d28), covering 7.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.729 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.288 — more saturated than 66% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.393 — brighter than 34% of ranked films
Measured across 52 frames. See the frames on the If Beale Street Could Talk page →
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