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Oldboy (2003) colour palette

Directed by Park Chan-wook · Shot by Chung Chung-hoon

Oldboy (2003), shot by Chung Chung-hoon, runs muted and warm, measured across 67 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#30312a), covering 12.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.554 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.248 — more saturated than 48% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.374 — brighter than 24% of ranked films

Measured across 67 frames. See the frames on the Oldboy page →

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