A Time To Love and A Time To Die (1985) colour palette
Directed by Douglas Sirk · Shot by Russell Metty
- #33322ddark grey · 15.4%
- #54544ddark grey · 12.3%
- #d5d3cclight grey · 8.8%
- #b1b1aalight grey · 7.7%
- #91918amid grey · 7.3%
- #76776fmid grey · 5.4%
A Time To Love and A Time To Die (1985), shot by Russell Metty, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 52 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#33322d), covering 15.4% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.848 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.101 — more saturated than 4% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.465 — brighter than 84% of ranked films
Measured across 52 frames. See the frames on the A Time To Love and A Time To Die page →
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