Dead Man’s Letters (1986) colour palette
Directed by Konstantin Lopushansky · Shot by Nikolai Pokoptsev
- #302714deep orange · 8.3%
- #251808deep orange · 7.2%
- #161108deep orange · 6.8%
- #554a2borange · 6.8%
- #8a6d33orange · 6.8%
- #443214deep orange · 5.7%
Dead Man’s Letters (1986), shot by Nikolai Pokoptsev, runs vivid and strongly warm, measured across 53 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is deep orange (#302714), covering 8.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.796 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
vivid
0.469 — more saturated than 96% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.347 — brighter than 9% of ranked films
Measured across 53 frames. See the frames on the Dead Man’s Letters page →
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