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The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000) colour palette

Directed by Trần Anh Hùng · Shot by Mark Lee Ping-Bing

The Vertical Ray of the Sun (2000), shot by Mark Lee Ping-Bing, runs muted and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are green and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2f332e), covering 9.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.365 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.252 — more saturated than 50% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.467 — brighter than 84% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the The Vertical Ray of the Sun page →

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