The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie" (2022) colour palette
Directed by Mark Moormann · Shot by Brian Bayerl
- #f8f8f6pale yellow · 10.7%
- #32302fdark grey · 9.8%
- #d1d0cdlight grey · 8.3%
- #090909near black · 7.9%
- #acadadlight grey · 5.9%
- #4d4e4bdark grey · 5%
The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie" (2022), shot by Brian Bayerl, runs muted and warm, measured across 163 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is pale yellow (#f8f8f6), covering 10.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.369 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.183 — more saturated than 18% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.506 — brighter than 95% of ranked films
Measured across 163 frames. See the frames on the The Day the Music Died: The Story of Don McLean's "American Pie" page →
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