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A Star Is Born poster

A Star Is Born (1976) colour palette

Directed by Frank Pierson · Shot by Robert Surtees

A Star Is Born (1976), shot by Robert Surtees, runs natural and warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and red. The single most common colour is near black (#100d0d), covering 9.1% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

warm

0.419 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.314 — more saturated than 76% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.421 — brighter than 55% of ranked films

Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the A Star Is Born page →

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