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The Prestige poster

The Prestige (2006) colour palette

Directed by Christopher Nolan · Shot by Wally Pfister

The Prestige (2006), shot by Wally Pfister, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 61 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#141210), covering 12.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.674 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.226 — more saturated than 38% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.349 — brighter than 11% of ranked films

Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the The Prestige page →

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