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Pontypool (2008) colour palette

Directed by Bruce McDonald · Shot by Mirosław Baszak

Pontypool (2008), shot by Mirosław Baszak, runs heavily desaturated and cool, measured across 58 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are cyan and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2d302f), covering 18.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

cool

-0.494 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.149 — more saturated than 9% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.332 — brighter than 5% of ranked films

Measured across 58 frames. See the frames on the Pontypool page →

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