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The Imitation Game (2014) colour palette

Directed by Morten Tyldum · Shot by Óscar Faura

The main colours of The Imitation Game (2014) are deep orange (#48382c) and orange (#786c57), over a near-black base: a strongly warm, muted palette, measured across the film's frames.

The Imitation Game (2014), shot by Óscar Faura, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30312e), covering 16.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.755 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.197 — more saturated than 24% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.36 — brighter than 14% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Imitation Game page →

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