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Nocturne (2020) colour palette

Directed by Zu Quirke · Shot by Carmen Cabana

Nocturne (2020), shot by Carmen Cabana, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 101 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2c2e30), covering 14.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.074 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.177 — more saturated than 15% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.413 — brighter than 49% of ranked films

Measured across 101 frames. See the frames on the Nocturne page →

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