Bad Boys: A True Story (2003) colour palette
Directed by Aleksi Mäkelä · Shot by Pini Hellstedt
- #302f2cdark grey · 14.5%
- #d1d1celight grey · 9.2%
- #50514ddark grey · 7.8%
- #f9f9f9near white · 5.8%
- #acafadlight grey · 5.5%
- #0e0f0fnear black · 4.1%
Bad Boys: A True Story (2003), shot by Pini Hellstedt, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 131 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302f2c), covering 14.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.657 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.165 — more saturated than 12% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.484 — brighter than 90% of ranked films
Measured across 131 frames. See the frames on the Bad Boys: A True Story page →
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