framethrowerSign up for free

Movie colour palettes

The Virgin Suicides poster

The Virgin Suicides (1999) colour palette

Directed by Sofia Coppola · Shot by Edward Lachman

The Virgin Suicides (1999), shot by Edward Lachman, runs natural and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302d2a), covering 5.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.494 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.316 — more saturated than 77% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.494 — brighter than 93% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Virgin Suicides page →

Films that grade like this

Nearest by warmth, saturation and luminance across 1,568 ranked films — measured, not matched on genre.

Search the frames behind The Virgin Suicides

Every colour here comes from a real frame. Search by colour, lighting, lens and mood — $2 of credits free, no card.

Sign up for free

These measurements are published under CC BY 4.0 with attribution to FrameThrower. That covers the measurements only — the frames they were derived from are not ours to license, and rights remain with their owners.