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Child’s Play poster

Child’s Play (1988) colour palette

Directed by Tom Holland · Shot by Bill Butler

Child’s Play (1988), shot by Bill Butler, runs muted and warm, measured across 59 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322d2c), covering 11.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.578 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.241 — more saturated than 45% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.384 — brighter than 29% of ranked films

Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the Child’s Play page →

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