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Short Term 12 (2013) colour palette

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton · Shot by Brett Pawlak

Short Term 12 (2013), shot by Brett Pawlak, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f2c), covering 11.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.685 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.209 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.44 — brighter than 70% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Short Term 12 page →

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