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Mami Wata (2023) colour palette

Directed by C.J. 'Fiery' Obasi · Shot by Lílis Soares

Mami Wata (2023), shot by Lílis Soares, is monochrome: across 65 sampled frames the palette carries effectively no colour, so its look is built from mid-key tonal range rather than hue. The single most common colour is near black (#040404), covering 24% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Colour

Monochrome

below 0.05 mean saturation

Saturation

monochrome

0.008 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.424 — brighter than 56% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Mami Wata page →

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