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Mortal Engines (2018) colour palette

Directed by Christian Rivers · Shot by Simon Raby

Mortal Engines (2018), shot by Simon Raby, runs muted and warm, measured across 101 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302f2d), covering 16.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.506 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.202 — more saturated than 26% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.369 — brighter than 19% of ranked films

Measured across 101 frames. See the frames on the Mortal Engines page →

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