Mo’ Better Blues (1990) colour palette
Directed by Spike Lee · Shot by Ernest R. Dickerson
- #0b0909near black · 10.2%
- #2a120ddeep red · 6.8%
- #4c372adeep orange · 3.7%
- #332d2fdark grey · 3.1%
- #4c2717deep orange · 2.5%
- #4d0d0bdeep red · 2.5%
Mo’ Better Blues (1990), shot by Ernest R. Dickerson, runs vivid 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 (#0b0909), covering 10.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.64 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
vivid
0.479 — more saturated than 96% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.352 — brighter than 11% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Mo’ Better Blues page →
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