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Paterno (2018) colour palette

Directed by Barry Levinson · Shot by Marcell Rév

Paterno (2018), shot by Marcell Rév, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 120 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2e2e), covering 15.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.215 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.165 — more saturated than 12% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.41 — brighter than 46% of ranked films

Measured across 120 frames. See the frames on the Paterno page →

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