It's Complicated (2009) colour palette

Directed by Nancy Meyers · Shot by John Toll

#322e2bdark grey · 13.9%
#f8f6f2pale orange · 8.5%
#544d49dark grey · 6.8%
#d6d1c9pale orange · 5%
#151413near black · 3.9%
#d5c6b2pale orange · 3.5%

It's Complicated (2009), shot by John Toll, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 124 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322e2b), covering 13.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.817 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.196 — more saturated than 23% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.502 — brighter than 94% of ranked films

Measured across 124 frames. See the frames on the It's Complicated page →

Films that grade like this

Nearest by warmth, saturation and luminance across 1,568 ranked films — measured, not matched on genre.

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1994 · Mike Newell

500 Days of Summer

2009 · Marc Webb

Liar Liar

1997 · Tom Shadyac

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

2009 · Mark Waters

Reservoir Dogs

1992 · Quentin Tarantino

The Graduate

1967 · Mike Nichols

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