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Layer Cake (2004) colour palette

Directed by Matthew Vaughn · Shot by Ben Davis

Layer Cake (2004), shot by Ben Davis, runs muted and balanced, measured across 66 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are cyan and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e302d), covering 9.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.143 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.241 — more saturated than 45% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.42 — brighter than 54% of ranked films

Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the Layer Cake page →

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