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Matar o morir (1984) colour palette

Directed by Rafael Villaseñor Kuri

Matar o morir (1984) runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 207 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#352f2b), covering 13.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.851 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.174 — more saturated than 15% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.434 — brighter than 64% of ranked films

Measured across 207 frames. See the frames on the Matar o morir page →

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