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Moon (2009) colour palette

Directed by Duncan Jones · Shot by Gary Shaw

Moon (2009), shot by Gary Shaw, runs muted and cool, measured across 58 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f3031), covering 9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

cool

-0.38 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.232 — more saturated than 41% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.485 — brighter than 91% of ranked films

Measured across 58 frames. See the frames on the Moon page →

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