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Inside Man (2006) colour palette

Directed by Spike Lee · Shot by Matthew Libatique

Inside Man (2006), shot by Matthew Libatique, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 216 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2d2f2f), covering 18% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.196 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.122 — more saturated than 6% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.425 — brighter than 58% of ranked films

Measured across 216 frames. See the frames on the Inside Man page →

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