The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018) colour palette
Directed by Joel Coen · Shot by Bruno Delbonnel
- #302e2adark grey · 7.1%
- #535148dark grey · 6.8%
- #736a53orange · 4.9%
- #8f8c75mid grey · 4.6%
- #514835orange · 4.3%
- #d4c9b0pale orange · 4.3%
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018), shot by Bruno Delbonnel, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e2a), covering 7.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.518 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.252 — more saturated than 50% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.411 — brighter than 48% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Ballad of Buster Scruggs page →
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