The Pianist (2002) colour palette
Directed by Roman Polanski · Shot by Paweł Edelman
- #2f2f2ddark grey · 18.2%
- #50504ddark grey · 12.8%
- #72736dmid grey · 9.3%
- #93948dmid grey · 7.2%
- #161615near black · 4.8%
- #4a453aorange · 4.5%
The Pianist (2002), shot by Paweł Edelman, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 67 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f2d), covering 18.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.606 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.115 — more saturated than 5% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.391 — brighter than 35% of ranked films
Measured across 67 frames. See the frames on the The Pianist page →
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