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Requiem For A Dream (2000) colour palette

Directed by Darren Aronofsky · Shot by Matthew Libatique

Requiem For A Dream (2000), shot by Matthew Libatique, runs muted and warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e2d), covering 11.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.325 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.19 — more saturated than 21% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.443 — brighter than 73% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Requiem For A Dream page →

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