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The Art of Self Defence (2019) colour palette

Directed by Riley Stearns · Shot by Michael Ragen

The Art of Self Defence (2019), shot by Michael Ragen, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#34302a), covering 11.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.811 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.262 — more saturated than 55% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.399 — brighter than 39% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Art of Self Defence page →

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