
The Captive (2014) colour palette
Directed by Atom Egoyan · Shot by Paul Sarossy
- #33302ddark grey · 13.5%
- #d3d2celight grey · 8.4%
- #53514ddark grey · 7.9%
- #f5f5f4near white · 7.2%
- #adadadlight grey · 4.3%
- #8c7a6aorange · 3.5%
The Captive (2014), shot by Paul Sarossy, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 141 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33302d), covering 13.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.717 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.157 — more saturated than 10% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.494 — brighter than 92% of ranked films
Measured across 141 frames. See the frames on the The Captive page →
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