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Born To Be Blue poster

Born To Be Blue (2015) colour palette

Directed by Robert Budreau · Shot by Steve Cosens

Born To Be Blue (2015), shot by Steve Cosens, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 59 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302f2e), covering 10.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.436 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.176 — more saturated than 15% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.473 — brighter than 87% of ranked films

Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the Born To Be Blue page →

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