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Speed Racer (2008) colour palette

Directed by Lana Wachowski · Shot by David Tattersall

The main colours of Speed Racer (2008) are red (#ff0202), deep blue (#0c0b2f) and blue (#0000ff), over a near-black base: a balanced, vivid palette, measured across the film's frames.

Speed Racer (2008), shot by David Tattersall, runs vivid and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and red. The single most common colour is deep magenta (#060406), covering 8.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.184 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

vivid

0.582 — more saturated than 99% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.449 — brighter than 75% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Speed Racer page →

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