Zero Dark Thirty (2012) colour palette
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow · Shot by Greig Fraser
- #2e2d2adark grey · 10.5%
- #100e0enear black · 9.5%
- #55514adark grey · 6.8%
- #514637orange · 4.9%
- #d5d1calight grey · 4%
- #2b231bdeep orange · 3.7%
Zero Dark Thirty (2012), shot by Greig Fraser, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2d2a), covering 10.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.605 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.223 — more saturated than 36% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.389 — brighter than 33% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Zero Dark Thirty page →
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