Looper (2012) colour palette

Directed by Rian Johnson · Shot by Steve Yedlin

#302d2adark grey · 8.8%
#514e4ddark grey · 6.2%
#726954orange · 5%
#ccc5b5pale orange · 4.1%
#151112near black · 3.8%
#8f8a76mid grey · 3.5%

Looper (2012), shot by Steve Yedlin, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 68 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302d2a), covering 8.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.64 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.214 — more saturated than 32% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.446 — brighter than 75% of ranked films

Measured across 68 frames. See the frames on the Looper page →

Films that grade like this

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

Into the Wild

2007 · Sean Penn

Atonement

2007 · Joe Wright

Good Will Hunting

1997 · Gus Van Sant

The Fighter

2010 · David O. Russell

Dawn of the Dead

1978 · George A. Romero

The Sound of Music

1965 · Robert Wise

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