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The Passion of the Christ (2004) colour palette

Directed by Mel Gibson · Shot by Caleb Deschanel

The Passion of the Christ (2004), shot by Caleb Deschanel, runs natural and warm, measured across 78 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is deep red (#4b332f), covering 7.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.296 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.31 — more saturated than 74% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.379 — brighter than 27% of ranked films

Measured across 78 frames. See the frames on the The Passion of the Christ page →

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