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The King Of Comedy (1982) colour palette

Directed by Martin Scorsese · Shot by Fred Schuler

The King Of Comedy (1982), shot by Fred Schuler, runs muted and warm, measured across 60 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is near black (#0f0d0e), covering 10% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.568 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.282 — more saturated than 64% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.463 — brighter than 83% of ranked films

Measured across 60 frames. See the frames on the The King Of Comedy page →

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