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Boys (2021) colour palette

Directed by Luke Benward · Shot by Andrew Russo

Boys (2021), shot by Andrew Russo, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 147 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31302e), covering 15% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.532 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.16 — more saturated than 11% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.447 — brighter than 75% of ranked films

Measured across 147 frames. See the frames on the Boys page →

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