
The Comfort of Strangers (1990) colour palette
Directed by Paul Schrader · Shot by Dante Spinotti
- #322d29dark grey · 10.8%
- #141312near black · 7.7%
- #524f4adark grey · 6.8%
- #46342fdeep red · 5.8%
- #261915deep red · 4.6%
- #d4d0c9light grey · 3.7%
The Comfort of Strangers (1990), shot by Dante Spinotti, runs muted and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#322d29), covering 10.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
warm
0.591 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.233 — more saturated than 41% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.386 — brighter than 30% of ranked films
Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Comfort of Strangers page →
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