Movie colour palettes

Simple as Water poster

Simple as Water (2021) colour palette

Directed by Megan Mylan · Shot by Lars Skree

Simple as Water (2021), shot by Lars Skree, runs muted and warm, measured across 121 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33312f), covering 10.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.421 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.201 — more saturated than 25% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.508 — brighter than 95% of ranked films

Measured across 121 frames. See the frames on the Simple as Water page →

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