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Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010) colour palette

Directed by Stuart Beattie · Shot by Ben Nott

Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010), shot by Ben Nott, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 177 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312f2d), covering 15.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.659 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.172 — more saturated than 14% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.39 — brighter than 33% of ranked films

Measured across 177 frames. See the frames on the Tomorrow, When the War Began page →

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