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Strange Days (1995) colour palette

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow · Shot by Matthew F. Leonetti

Strange Days (1995), shot by Matthew F. Leonetti, runs natural and warm, measured across 60 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and red. The single most common colour is near black (#0c0b0d), covering 10.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.252 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.353 — more saturated than 85% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.371 — brighter than 21% of ranked films

Measured across 60 frames. See the frames on the Strange Days page →

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