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Before Sunrise poster

Before Sunrise (1995) colour palette

Directed by Richard Linklater · Shot by Lee Daniel

Before Sunrise (1995), shot by Lee Daniel, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322e2d), covering 16% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.606 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.19 — more saturated than 21% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.394 — brighter than 36% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Before Sunrise page →

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