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The Illusionist (2006) colour palette

Directed by Neil Burger · Shot by Dick Pope

The Illusionist (2006), shot by Dick Pope, runs natural and strongly warm, measured across 67 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is deep orange (#120d0a), covering 13.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.956 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.368 — more saturated than 88% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.335 — brighter than 7% of ranked films

Measured across 67 frames. See the frames on the The Illusionist page →

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