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Limitless (2011) colour palette

Directed by Neil Burger · Shot by Jo Willems

Limitless (2011), shot by Jo Willems, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and cyan. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f302d), covering 11.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.273 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.277 — more saturated than 62% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.41 — brighter than 48% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Limitless page →

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