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300: Rise of an Empire poster

300: Rise of an Empire (2014) colour palette

Directed by Noam Murro · Shot by Simon Duggan

300: Rise of an Empire (2014), shot by Simon Duggan, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 41 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#32322d), covering 14.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.745 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.213 — more saturated than 31% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.389 — brighter than 33% of ranked films

Measured across 41 frames. See the frames on the 300: Rise of an Empire page →

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