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Lucy (2014) colour palette

Directed by Luc Besson · Shot by Thierry Arbogast

Lucy (2014), shot by Thierry Arbogast, runs muted and warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33312e), covering 8.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.424 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.294 — more saturated than 68% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.446 — brighter than 75% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the Lucy page →

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