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Born On The Fourth of July (1989) colour palette

Directed by Oliver Stone · Shot by Robert Richardson

Born On The Fourth of July (1989), shot by Robert Richardson, runs natural 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 (#312f2d), covering 9.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.677 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.316 — more saturated than 77% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.435 — brighter than 66% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Born On The Fourth of July page →

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