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White Christmas poster

White Christmas (1954) colour palette

Directed by Michael Curtiz · Shot by Loyal Griggs

White Christmas (1954), shot by Loyal Griggs, runs muted and warm, measured across 51 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is near white (#f5f4f4), covering 9.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.353 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.292 — more saturated than 67% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.511 — brighter than 96% of ranked films

Measured across 51 frames. See the frames on the White Christmas page →

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