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The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) colour palette

Directed by Joel Coen · Shot by Roger Deakins

The Hudsucker Proxy (1994), shot by Roger Deakins, 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 (#302f30), covering 16.3% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.433 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

heavily desaturated

0.132 — more saturated than 7% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.433 — brighter than 63% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the The Hudsucker Proxy page →

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