The Ice Storm (1997) colour palette
Directed by Ang Lee · Shot by Frederick Elmes
- #2e302ddark grey · 20%
- #4f524cdark grey · 10.5%
- #111313near black · 8.1%
- #88776cmid grey · 4.6%
- #918876mid grey · 2.8%
- #8d908fmid grey · 2.5%
The Ice Storm (1997), shot by Frederick Elmes, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 57 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e302d), covering 20% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.458 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.17 — more saturated than 13% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.354 — brighter than 12% of ranked films
Measured across 57 frames. See the frames on the The Ice Storm page →
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