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The Insider (1999) colour palette

Directed by Michael Mann · Shot by Dante Spinotti

The Insider (1999), shot by Dante Spinotti, runs muted and cool, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is near black (#0d0f10), covering 13.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

cool

-0.408 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.213 — more saturated than 31% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.363 — brighter than 17% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Insider page →

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