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Shade (2003) colour palette

Directed by Damian Nieman · Shot by Anthony B. Richmond

Shade (2003), shot by Anthony B. Richmond, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 119 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#342c2a), covering 12.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.75 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.274 — more saturated than 60% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.398 — brighter than 38% of ranked films

Measured across 119 frames. See the frames on the Shade page →

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