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Nocturnal Animals (2016) colour palette

Directed by Tom Ford · Shot by Seamus McGarvey

Nocturnal Animals (2016), shot by Seamus McGarvey, runs muted and warm, measured across 54 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0e0d0d), covering 10.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.391 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.271 — more saturated than 59% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.386 — brighter than 31% of ranked films

Measured across 54 frames. See the frames on the Nocturnal Animals page →

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