framethrowerSign up for free

Movie colour palettes

Shutter Island poster

Shutter Island (2010) colour palette

Directed by Martin Scorsese · Shot by Robert Richardson

Shutter Island (2010), shot by Robert Richardson, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30312d), covering 11.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.673 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.226 — more saturated than 38% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.397 — brighter than 39% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Shutter Island page →

Films that grade like this

Nearest by warmth, saturation and luminance across 1,568 ranked films — measured, not matched on genre.

Search the frames behind Shutter Island

Every colour here comes from a real frame. Search by colour, lighting, lens and mood — $2 of credits free, no card.

Sign up for free

These measurements are published under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to FrameThrower. That covers the measurements only — the frames they were derived from are not ours to license, and rights remain with their owners.