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The Limey (1999) colour palette

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · Shot by Edward Lachman

The Limey (1999), shot by Edward Lachman, runs natural and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#34312a), covering 8.9% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.439 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.341 — more saturated than 83% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.385 — brighter than 29% of ranked films

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

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