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Ms. 45 (1981) colour palette

Directed by Abel Ferrara · Shot by James Lemmo

Ms. 45 (1981), shot by James Lemmo, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322e2c), covering 10.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.726 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.242 — more saturated than 46% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.46 — brighter than 82% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Ms. 45 page →

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