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Drive (2011) colour palette

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn · Shot by Newton Thomas Sigel

Drive (2011), shot by Newton Thomas Sigel, runs muted and warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2d2b), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.552 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.294 — more saturated than 68% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.403 — brighter than 43% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Drive page →

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