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The Dark Knight poster

The Dark Knight (2008) colour palette

Directed by Christopher Nolan · Shot by Wally Pfister

The Dark Knight (2008), shot by Wally Pfister, runs muted and warm, measured across 76 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0f0f0f), covering 13.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.261 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.215 — more saturated than 32% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.372 — brighter than 22% of ranked films

Measured across 76 frames. See the frames on the The Dark Knight page →

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