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Hard Target (1993) colour palette

Directed by John Woo · Shot by Russell Carpenter

Hard Target (1993), shot by Russell Carpenter, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312d2d), covering 12% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.48 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.297 — more saturated than 69% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.396 — brighter than 37% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Hard Target page →

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