Son of Saul (2015) colour palette
Directed by László Nemes · Shot by Mátyás Erdély
- #313028dark grey · 20%
- #535145dark grey · 11.7%
- #6b6859mid grey · 10.8%
- #25221cdeep orange · 8.3%
- #464639dark grey · 8.3%
- #8d8a77mid grey · 6.7%
Son of Saul (2015), shot by Mátyás Erdély, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 24 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are yellow and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#313028), covering 20% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.874 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.112 — more saturated than 5% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.318 — brighter than 2% of ranked films
Measured across 24 frames. See the frames on the Son of Saul page →
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