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John Q (2002) colour palette

Directed by Nick Cassavetes · Shot by Rogier Stoffers

John Q (2002), shot by Rogier Stoffers, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 151 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2f2f), covering 17.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.192 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.123 — more saturated than 6% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.441 — brighter than 71% of ranked films

Measured across 151 frames. See the frames on the John Q page →

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