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The Indian Runner poster

The Indian Runner (1991) colour palette

Directed by Sean Penn · Shot by Anthony B. Richmond

The Indian Runner (1991), shot by Anthony B. Richmond, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 61 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is dark grey (#312c2a), covering 9.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.681 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.211 — more saturated than 30% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.426 — brighter than 58% of ranked films

Measured across 61 frames. See the frames on the The Indian Runner page →

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