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The Grotto poster

The Grotto (2022) colour palette

Directed by Joanna Gleason · Shot by Gabe Mayhan

The Grotto (2022), shot by Gabe Mayhan, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 60 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f302f), covering 15% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

-0.027 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.152 — more saturated than 9% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.395 — brighter than 35% of ranked films

Measured across 60 frames. See the frames on the The Grotto page →

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