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The Station Agent (2003) colour palette

Directed by Tom McCarthy · Shot by Oliver Bokelberg

The Station Agent (2003), shot by Oliver Bokelberg, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#302d29), covering 13.2% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.645 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.208 — more saturated than 29% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.442 — brighter than 71% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the The Station Agent page →

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