Synecdoche, New York (2008) colour palette
Directed by Charlie Kaufman · Shot by Frederick Elmes
- #31312edark grey · 15.9%
- #53534fdark grey · 7.8%
- #181513near black · 6.6%
- #d2d1calight grey · 5.6%
- #908974mid grey · 3.8%
- #737468mid grey · 3.8%
Synecdoche, New York (2008), shot by Frederick Elmes, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31312e), covering 15.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.794 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.179 — more saturated than 16% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.409 — brighter than 47% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Synecdoche, New York page →
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