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1917 poster

1917 colour palette

Directed by Sam Mendes · Shot by Roger Deakins

1917, shot by Roger Deakins, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 45 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#35322a), covering 10% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.834 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.274 — more saturated than 60% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.381 — brighter than 28% of ranked films

Measured across 45 frames. See the frames on the 1917 page →

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