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Life According to Sam (2013) colour palette

Directed by Andrea Nix Fine · Shot by Sean Fine

Life According to Sam (2013), shot by Sean Fine, runs muted and warm, measured across 86 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near white (#f7f7f7), covering 11.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits bright.

Warmth

warm

0.392 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.231 — more saturated than 40% of ranked films

Luminance

bright

0.535 — brighter than 98% of ranked films

Measured across 86 frames. See the frames on the Life According to Sam page →

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