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Joint Security Area (2000) colour palette

Directed by Park Chan-wook · Shot by Kim Sung-bok

Joint Security Area (2000), shot by Kim Sung-bok, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302f2c), covering 13.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.341 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.197 — more saturated than 24% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.381 — brighter than 26% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Joint Security Area page →

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