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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 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2e2e), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.408 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.229 — more saturated than 39% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.385 — brighter than 31% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Nomadland page →

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