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I Can’t Sleep poster

I Can’t Sleep (1994) colour palette

Directed by Claire Denis · Shot by Agnès Godard

I Can’t Sleep (1994), shot by Agnès Godard, runs muted and warm, measured across 59 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2c31), covering 8.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.306 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.296 — more saturated than 69% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.396 — brighter than 37% of ranked films

Measured across 59 frames. See the frames on the I Can’t Sleep page →

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