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Def By Temptation poster

Def By Temptation (1990) colour palette

Directed by James Bond III · Shot by Ernest R. Dickerson

Def By Temptation (1990), shot by Ernest R. Dickerson, runs natural and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is near black (#0b0b0c), covering 8.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.267 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.414 — more saturated than 93% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.361 — brighter than 15% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Def By Temptation page →

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