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Chicago (2002) colour palette

Directed by Rob Marshall · Shot by Dion Beebe

Chicago (2002), shot by Dion Beebe, runs natural and warm, measured across 72 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is deep red (#090707), covering 13.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.364 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.424 — more saturated than 94% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.38 — brighter than 27% of ranked films

Measured across 72 frames. See the frames on the Chicago page →

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