The Pelican Brief (1993) colour palette
Directed by Alan J. Pakula · Shot by Stephen Goldblatt
- #302e2cdark grey · 16.3%
- #53504cdark grey · 10%
- #131313near black · 6.8%
- #d4d1cclight grey · 5.7%
- #f7f6f4pale orange · 4.9%
- #91908bmid grey · 4.2%
The Pelican Brief (1993), shot by Stephen Goldblatt, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 219 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e2c), covering 16.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.579 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.157 — more saturated than 10% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.432 — brighter than 63% of ranked films
Measured across 219 frames. See the frames on the The Pelican Brief page →
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