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Skyfall poster

Skyfall (2012) colour palette

Directed by Sam Mendes · Shot by Roger Deakins

Skyfall (2012), shot by Roger Deakins, runs natural and balanced, measured across 69 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0f0f0e), covering 8.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.239 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.341 — more saturated than 83% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.402 — brighter than 42% of ranked films

Measured across 69 frames. See the frames on the Skyfall page →

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