The Brutalist (2024) colour palette
Directed by Brady Corbet · Shot by Lol Crawley
- #312f2bdark grey · 14%
- #52514adark grey · 9.3%
- #d3d3celight grey · 5.6%
- #12100fnear black · 5.1%
- #d1c8b1pale orange · 4.6%
- #aca794yellow · 3.9%
The Brutalist (2024), shot by Lol Crawley, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 149 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f2b), covering 14% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.673 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.167 — more saturated than 12% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.428 — brighter than 60% of ranked films
Measured across 149 frames. See the frames on the The Brutalist page →
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