Movie colour palettes

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The Big Sick (2017) colour palette

Directed by Michael Showalter · Shot by Brian Burgoyne

The Big Sick (2017), shot by Brian Burgoyne, runs muted and warm, measured across 61 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312e2b), covering 14.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.412 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.202 — more saturated than 26% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.403 — brighter than 42% of ranked films

Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the The Big Sick page →

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