The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) colour palette
Directed by Henry Selick · Shot by Pete Kozachik
- #0f0e10near black · 14.9%
- #313031dark grey · 9.7%
- #f8f7f6pale orange · 5.4%
- #48484bdark grey · 3.1%
- #303149deep blue · 3.1%
- #271813deep orange · 2.9%
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), shot by Pete Kozachik, runs natural and warm, measured across 70 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0f0e10), covering 14.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.362 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.315 — more saturated than 76% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.378 — brighter than 26% of ranked films
Measured across 70 frames. See the frames on the The Nightmare Before Christmas page →
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