Solaris (1972) colour palette

Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky · Shot by Vadim Yusov

#d3d2d0light grey · 8.9%
#33312ddark grey · 8.9%
#f8f9f8near white · 5.8%
#54524edark grey · 5.2%
#afb2b1light grey · 4.9%
#0c0d0enear black · 4.3%

Solaris (1972), shot by Vadim Yusov, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is light grey (#d3d2d0), covering 8.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.519 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.196 — more saturated than 23% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.485 — brighter than 91% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Solaris page →

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