Movie colour palettes

Signs poster

Signs (2002) colour palette

Directed by M. Night Shyamalan · Shot by Tak Fujimoto

Signs (2002), shot by Tak Fujimoto, runs muted and warm, measured across 62 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2d2c), covering 11% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.536 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.21 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.376 — brighter than 23% of ranked films

Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the Signs page →

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