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School in the Crosshairs (1981) colour palette

Directed by Nobuhiko Obayashi · Shot by Yoshitaka Sakamoto

School in the Crosshairs (1981), shot by Yoshitaka Sakamoto, runs muted and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2d2d2b), covering 9.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.201 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.286 — more saturated than 66% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.457 — brighter than 80% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the School in the Crosshairs page →

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