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The Soul of America (2020) colour palette

Directed by KD Davison · Shot by Bill Kirstein

The Soul of America (2020), shot by Bill Kirstein, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 161 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is light grey (#cdcdcc), covering 12.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.225 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.075 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.5 — brighter than 94% of ranked films

Measured across 161 frames. See the frames on the The Soul of America page →

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