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The Deep Blue Sea poster

The Deep Blue Sea (2011) colour palette

Directed by Terence Davies · Shot by Florian Hoffmeister

The Deep Blue Sea (2011), shot by Florian Hoffmeister, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 43 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is deep orange (#161210), covering 8.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.944 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.255 — more saturated than 52% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.362 — brighter than 16% of ranked films

Measured across 43 frames. See the frames on the The Deep Blue Sea page →

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