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The Sweet Hereafter (1997) colour palette

Directed by Atom Egoyan · Shot by Paul Sarossy

The Sweet Hereafter (1997), shot by Paul Sarossy, runs muted and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2e2c), covering 8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.112 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.272 — more saturated than 59% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.447 — brighter than 75% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Sweet Hereafter page →

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