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The Red Turtle poster

The Red Turtle (2016) colour palette

Directed by Michael Dudok de Wit

The Red Turtle (2016) runs muted and warm, measured across 61 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f2e), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.312 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.292 — more saturated than 67% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.439 — brighter than 69% of ranked films

Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the The Red Turtle page →

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