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Bus Stop poster

Bus Stop (1956) colour palette

Directed by Joshua Logan · Shot by Milton Krasner

Bus Stop (1956), shot by Milton Krasner, runs muted and warm, measured across 59 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302e2b), covering 10.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.259 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.295 — more saturated than 69% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.446 — brighter than 74% of ranked films

Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the Bus Stop page →

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