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True Lies (1994) colour palette

Directed by James Cameron · Shot by Russell Carpenter

True Lies (1994), shot by Russell Carpenter, runs natural and cool, measured across 114 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are blue and orange. The single most common colour is dark grey (#2e2d2d), covering 9.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

cool

-0.333 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.308 — more saturated than 73% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.434 — brighter than 65% of ranked films

Measured across 114 frames. See the frames on the True Lies page →

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