Movie colour palettes

Nomadland poster

Nomadland (2020) colour palette

Directed by Chloé Zhao · Shot by Joshua James Richards

Nomadland (2020), shot by Joshua James Richards, runs muted and warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2e2f), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.371 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.223 — more saturated than 36% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.39 — brighter than 33% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Nomadland page →

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