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RoboCop (2014) colour palette

Directed by José Padilha · Shot by Lula Carvalho

RoboCop (2014), shot by Lula Carvalho, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 143 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f30), covering 20% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.511 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.118 — more saturated than 5% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.436 — brighter than 67% of ranked films

Measured across 143 frames. See the frames on the RoboCop page →

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