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Dear John (2010) colour palette

Directed by Lasse Hallström · Shot by Terry Stacey

Dear John (2010), shot by Terry Stacey, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 147 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33312c), covering 11.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.69 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.211 — more saturated than 30% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.468 — brighter than 85% of ranked films

Measured across 147 frames. See the frames on the Dear John page →

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