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The Cider House Rules poster

The Cider House Rules colour palette

Directed by Lasse Hallström · Shot by Oliver Stapleton

The Cider House Rules, shot by Oliver Stapleton, runs heavily desaturated and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#31302e), covering 14% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.445 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.166 — more saturated than 12% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.388 — brighter than 31% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the The Cider House Rules page →

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