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Archangel poster

Archangel (1990) colour palette

Directed by Guy Maddin

Archangel (1990) runs heavily desaturated and null, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and red. The single most common colour is near black (#030303), covering 19.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

null on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.066 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.456 — brighter than 80% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Archangel page →

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