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Bad Lieutenant (1992) colour palette

Directed by Abel Ferrara · Shot by Ken Kelsch

Bad Lieutenant (1992), shot by Ken Kelsch, runs natural and warm, measured across 36 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is deep red (#140e10), covering 10.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.435 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.312 — more saturated than 75% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.328 — brighter than 4% of ranked films

Measured across 36 frames. See the frames on the Bad Lieutenant page →

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