Mean Streets (1973) colour palette
Directed by Martin Scorsese · Shot by Kent L. Wakeford
- #100d0dnear black · 10.5%
- #322e2adark grey · 9.8%
- #28130fdeep red · 5.8%
- #45352bdeep orange · 3.1%
- #544938orange · 2.8%
- #554f49dark grey · 2.8%
Mean Streets (1973), shot by Kent L. Wakeford, runs natural and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is near black (#100d0d), covering 10.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.652 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.341 — more saturated than 83% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.355 — brighter than 13% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Mean Streets page →
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