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Heat (1995) colour palette

Directed by Michael Mann · Shot by Dante Spinotti

Heat (1995), shot by Dante Spinotti, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2d2c), covering 14.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.139 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.172 — more saturated than 14% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.373 — brighter than 23% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Heat page →

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