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Gray’s Anatomy poster

Gray’s Anatomy (1996) colour palette

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · Shot by Elliot Davis

Gray’s Anatomy (1996), shot by Elliot Davis, runs vivid and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is deep magenta (#080607), covering 15.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.25 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

vivid

0.461 — more saturated than 96% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.336 — brighter than 6% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Gray’s Anatomy page →

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