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Perfect Blue (1997) colour palette

Directed by Satoshi Kon · Shot by Hisao Shirai

Perfect Blue (1997), shot by Hisao Shirai, runs natural and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are red and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302c2d), covering 9.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.444 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.316 — more saturated than 77% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.514 — brighter than 96% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Perfect Blue page →

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