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What’s Up, Doc? poster

What’s Up, Doc? (1972) colour palette

Directed by Peter Bogdanovich · Shot by László Kovács

What’s Up, Doc? (1972), shot by László Kovács, runs muted and warm, measured across 63 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is light grey (#d5d1cc), covering 9.8% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits bright.

Warmth

warm

0.467 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.262 — more saturated than 55% of ranked films

Luminance

bright

0.542 — brighter than 99% of ranked films

Measured across 63 frames. See the frames on the What’s Up, Doc? page →

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