Movie colour palettes

It Follows poster

It Follows (2015) colour palette

Directed by David Robert Mitchell · Shot by Mike Gioulakis

It Follows (2015), shot by Mike Gioulakis, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2e2e), covering 12% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.255 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.256 — more saturated than 52% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.403 — brighter than 42% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the It Follows page →

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