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Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters poster

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) colour palette

Directed by Paul Schrader · Shot by John Bailey

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985), shot by John Bailey, runs natural and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is near black (#070707), covering 12.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.596 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.307 — more saturated than 73% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.433 — brighter than 63% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters page →

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