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Light Sleeper (1992) colour palette

Directed by Paul Schrader · Shot by Edward Lachman

Light Sleeper (1992), shot by Edward Lachman, runs muted and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2d2c), covering 14.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.185 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.229 — more saturated than 39% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.363 — brighter than 16% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Light Sleeper page →

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