The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) colour palette
Directed by Gabriele Muccino · Shot by Phedon Papamichael
- #322f2cdark grey · 14.7%
- #54504bdark grey · 8.4%
- #d5d2cclight grey · 7.8%
- #12110fnear black · 5.2%
- #f6f5f3pale orange · 4.7%
- #acacaalight grey · 4%
The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), shot by Phedon Papamichael, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 170 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322f2c), covering 14.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.642 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.169 — more saturated than 13% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.456 — brighter than 80% of ranked films
Measured across 170 frames. See the frames on the The Pursuit of Happyness page →
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