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Taking Back the Waves (2017) colour palette

Directed by Genevieve Clay-Smith · Shot by Dale Alexander Bremner

Taking Back the Waves (2017), shot by Dale Alexander Bremner, runs heavily desaturated and cool, measured across 82 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2c3032), covering 17.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

cool

-0.294 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.126 — more saturated than 6% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.437 — brighter than 67% of ranked films

Measured across 82 frames. See the frames on the Taking Back the Waves page →

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