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Night on Earth poster

Night on Earth (1991) colour palette

Directed by Jim Jarmusch · Shot by Frederick Elmes

Night on Earth (1991), shot by Frederick Elmes, runs natural and balanced, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0c0b0d), covering 12.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

balanced

0.161 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.329 — more saturated than 80% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.369 — brighter than 19% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Night on Earth page →

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