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The Monster (2016) colour palette

Directed by Bryan Bertino · Shot by Julie Kirkwood

The Monster (2016), shot by Julie Kirkwood, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 35 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is near black (#10100f), covering 17.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.717 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.206 — more saturated than 28% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.339 — brighter than 7% of ranked films

Measured across 35 frames. See the frames on the The Monster page →

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