The Crossing Guard (1995) colour palette
Directed by Sean Penn · Shot by Vilmos Zsigmond
- #2e2c2ddark grey · 14.5%
- #121112near black · 8.4%
- #514e4edark grey · 6.1%
- #89776cmid grey · 4.2%
- #d4d0celight grey · 3.9%
- #30334adeep blue · 3.5%
The Crossing Guard (1995), shot by Vilmos Zsigmond, runs muted and warm, measured across 62 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2c2d), covering 14.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.263 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.236 — more saturated than 43% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.379 — brighter than 25% of ranked films
Measured across 62 frames. See the frames on the The Crossing Guard page →
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