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Mission: Impossible (1996) colour palette

Directed by Brian De Palma · Shot by Stephen H. Burum

Mission: Impossible (1996), shot by Stephen H. Burum, runs muted and balanced, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0a0a0b), covering 11.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.211 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.271 — more saturated than 59% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.41 — brighter than 48% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Mission: Impossible page →

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