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Margin Call (2011) colour palette

Directed by J.C. Chandor · Shot by Frankie DeMarco

Margin Call (2011), shot by Frankie DeMarco, runs muted and cool, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2c2e30), covering 11.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

cool

-0.431 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.216 — more saturated than 32% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.406 — brighter than 45% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Margin Call page →

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