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One False Move (1991) colour palette

Directed by Carl Franklin · Shot by James L. Carter

One False Move (1991), shot by James L. Carter, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33312b), covering 12.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.637 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.22 — more saturated than 34% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.41 — brighter than 46% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the One False Move page →

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