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Careful (1992) colour palette

Directed by Guy Maddin

Careful (1992) runs highly saturated and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and violet. The single most common colour is deep orange (#2c140a), covering 4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.293 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

highly saturated

0.698 — more saturated than 100% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.435 — brighter than 65% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Careful page →

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