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How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) colour palette

Directed by Donald Petrie · Shot by John Bailey

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), shot by John Bailey, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 148 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312e2d), covering 12.7% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.638 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.223 — more saturated than 36% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.497 — brighter than 93% of ranked films

Measured across 148 frames. See the frames on the How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days page →

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