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Haute Tension (2003) colour palette

Directed by Alexandre Aja · Shot by Maxime Alexandre

Haute Tension (2003), shot by Maxime Alexandre, runs natural and balanced, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are green and cyan. The single most common colour is deep cyan (#0a0e0d), covering 12.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.206 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.323 — more saturated than 78% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.358 — brighter than 14% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Haute Tension page →

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