The Long Day Closes (1992) colour palette
Directed by Terence Davies · Shot by Michael Coulter
- #33302bdark grey · 15.3%
- #121210near black · 11.9%
- #53514bdark grey · 10.2%
- #a59989orange · 4.4%
- #d6d4capale yellow · 4.4%
- #8d8676mid grey · 4.1%
The Long Day Closes (1992), shot by Michael Coulter, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 59 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33302b), covering 15.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.819 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.143 — more saturated than 8% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.384 — brighter than 29% of ranked films
Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the The Long Day Closes page →
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