The Book of Eli (2010) colour palette
Directed by Albert Hughes · Shot by Don Burgess
- #34302bdark grey · 10.2%
- #55504adark grey · 9.5%
- #a69991mid grey · 5.5%
- #151311near black · 5.5%
- #251b17deep orange · 4.9%
- #493730deep orange · 4.6%
The Book of Eli (2010), shot by Don Burgess, 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 (#34302b), covering 10.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.849 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.17 — more saturated than 13% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.419 — brighter than 53% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Book of Eli page →
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