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Narc (2002) colour palette

Directed by Joe Carnahan · Shot by Alex Nepomniaschy

Narc (2002), shot by Alex Nepomniaschy, runs natural and strongly cool, measured across 34 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2b2d2d), covering 7.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly cool

-0.635 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.345 — more saturated than 84% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.392 — brighter than 34% of ranked films

Measured across 34 frames. See the frames on the Narc page →

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