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Naked Lunch poster

Naked Lunch (1991) colour palette

Directed by David Cronenberg · Shot by Peter Suschitzky

Naked Lunch (1991), shot by Peter Suschitzky, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 51 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is deep orange (#353028), covering 8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.907 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.275 — more saturated than 61% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.441 — brighter than 71% of ranked films

Measured across 51 frames. See the frames on the Naked Lunch page →

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