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If I Stay (2014) colour palette

Directed by R. J. Cutler · Shot by John de Borman

If I Stay (2014), shot by John de Borman, runs muted and warm, measured across 136 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31302c), covering 13.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.448 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.193 — more saturated than 22% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.44 — brighter than 70% of ranked films

Measured across 136 frames. See the frames on the If I Stay page →

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