The King’s Speech (2010) colour palette
Directed by Tom Hooper · Shot by Danny Cohen
- #302f2edark grey · 18.8%
- #51504ddark grey · 11.7%
- #171616near black · 6.2%
- #90928fmid grey · 5.2%
- #76716amid grey · 4.9%
- #d2d2d1light grey · 4.3%
The King’s Speech (2010), shot by Danny Cohen, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302f2e), covering 18.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.491 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.137 — more saturated than 7% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.383 — brighter than 30% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The King’s Speech page →
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