Michael Clayton (2007) colour palette
Directed by Tony Gilroy · Shot by Robert Elswit
- #302f2bdark grey · 15.4%
- #141413near black · 9.8%
- #56534cdark grey · 9.5%
- #8c8d88mid grey · 4.9%
- #d2d2cclight grey · 4.6%
- #887c6dmid grey · 4.6%
Michael Clayton (2007), shot by Robert Elswit, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302f2b), covering 15.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.498 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.156 — more saturated than 10% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.385 — brighter than 31% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Michael Clayton page →
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