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Out of the Blue poster

Out of the Blue (1980) colour palette

Directed by Dennis Hopper · Shot by Marc Champion

Out of the Blue (1980), shot by Marc Champion, runs natural and warm, measured across 45 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f2e), covering 9.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.394 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.304 — more saturated than 72% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.45 — brighter than 76% of ranked films

Measured across 45 frames. See the frames on the Out of the Blue page →

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