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On The Road (2012) colour palette

Directed by Walter Salles · Shot by Éric Gautier

On The Road (2012), shot by Éric Gautier, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32312d), covering 10.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.468 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.26 — more saturated than 54% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.422 — brighter than 55% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the On The Road page →

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