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The Neon Bible (1995) colour palette

Directed by Terence Davies · Shot by Michael Coulter

The Neon Bible (1995), shot by Michael Coulter, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 50 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is dark grey (#35322b), covering 13.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.657 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.202 — more saturated than 26% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.393 — brighter than 34% of ranked films

Measured across 50 frames. See the frames on the The Neon Bible page →

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