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Traffic (2000) colour palette

Directed by Steven Soderbergh · Shot by Steven Soderbergh

Traffic (2000), shot by Steven Soderbergh, runs natural and balanced, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is deep orange (#0f0c09), covering 4.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

balanced

-0.044 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.39 — more saturated than 90% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.458 — brighter than 81% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Traffic page →

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