The Post (2017) colour palette
Directed by Steven Spielberg · Shot by Janusz Kamiński
The main colours of The Post (2017) are deep cyan (#17262b), over a near-black base: a balanced, heavily desaturated palette, measured across the film's frames.
- #2f3130dark grey · 15%
- #4e4e4bdark grey · 8.4%
- #d4d3celight grey · 5%
- #91928dmid grey · 5%
- #17262bdeep cyan · 4.4%
- #131617near black · 4.4%
The Post (2017), shot by Janusz Kamiński, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f3130), covering 15% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
balanced
-0.007 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.15 — more saturated than 9% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.42 — brighter than 54% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Post page →
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