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The Art of War (2000) colour palette

Directed by Christian Duguay · Shot by Pierre Gill

The Art of War (2000), shot by Pierre Gill, runs heavily desaturated and balanced, measured across 187 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f2f31), covering 13.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

0.061 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.168 — more saturated than 13% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.4 — brighter than 39% of ranked films

Measured across 187 frames. See the frames on the The Art of War page →

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