
Where The Wild Things Are (2009) colour palette
Directed by Spike Jonze · Shot by Lance Acord
- #363027deep orange · 6.2%
- #15110cdeep orange · 5.9%
- #544939orange · 5.9%
- #8f7356orange · 5.9%
- #31271adeep orange · 4.3%
- #ab9172orange · 4.3%
Where The Wild Things Are (2009), shot by Lance Acord, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 61 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is deep orange (#363027), covering 6.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.819 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.288 — more saturated than 66% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.423 — brighter than 56% of ranked films
Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the Where The Wild Things Are page →
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