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Message From The King (2016) colour palette

Directed by Fabrice Du Welz · Shot by Monika Lenczewska

Message From The King (2016), shot by Monika Lenczewska, runs muted and warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2f2a), covering 11.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.449 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.259 — more saturated than 54% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.356 — brighter than 12% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Message From The King page →

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