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Carlito’s Way poster

Carlito’s Way (1993) colour palette

Directed by Brian De Palma · Shot by Stephen H. Burum

Carlito’s Way (1993), shot by Stephen H. Burum, runs natural and warm, measured across 66 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is deep magenta (#0e0b0e), covering 11.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.388 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.334 — more saturated than 81% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.351 — brighter than 12% of ranked films

Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the Carlito’s Way page →

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