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Insomnia poster

Insomnia (1997) colour palette

Directed by Erik Skjoldbjærg · Shot by Erling Thurmann-Andersen

Insomnia (1997), shot by Erling Thurmann-Andersen, runs heavily desaturated and cool, measured across 32 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2c2f30), covering 13.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

cool

-0.572 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.166 — more saturated than 12% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.447 — brighter than 75% of ranked films

Measured across 32 frames. See the frames on the Insomnia page →

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