The Cotton Club (1984) colour palette
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Shot by Stephen Goldblatt
- #130f0edeep red · 10.3%
- #49342ddeep orange · 9.4%
- #241916deep red · 8.8%
- #362c29deep red · 8.5%
- #8d766borange · 5.8%
- #584c49dark grey · 4.8%
The Cotton Club (1984), shot by Stephen Goldblatt, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 66 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is deep red (#130f0e), covering 10.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.845 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
muted
0.238 — more saturated than 44% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.391 — brighter than 33% of ranked films
Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the The Cotton Club page →
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