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Boyz In The Hood (1991) colour palette

Directed by John Singleton · Shot by Charles Mills

Boyz In The Hood (1991), shot by Charles Mills, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302d2c), covering 8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.383 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.2 — more saturated than 25% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.454 — brighter than 79% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Boyz In The Hood page →

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