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Rain Man (1988) colour palette

Directed by Barry Levinson · Shot by John Seale

Rain Man (1988), shot by John Seale, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 170 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322e2c), covering 13.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.639 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.186 — more saturated than 19% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.456 — brighter than 80% of ranked films

Measured across 170 frames. See the frames on the Rain Man page →

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