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Session 9 (2001) colour palette

Directed by Brad Anderson · Shot by Uta Briesewitz

Session 9 (2001), shot by Uta Briesewitz, runs muted and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33312b), covering 11.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.517 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.204 — more saturated than 26% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.441 — brighter than 71% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Session 9 page →

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