American Sniper (2014) colour palette
Directed by Clint Eastwood · Shot by Tom Stern
- #34332fdark grey · 13.5%
- #54544ddark grey · 13.4%
- #d4d2calight grey · 6.6%
- #a9a595mid grey · 5.8%
- #74766dmid grey · 5.8%
- #b1b2aalight grey · 5.2%
American Sniper (2014), shot by Tom Stern, runs heavily desaturated and strongly warm, measured across 182 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is dark grey (#34332f), covering 13.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.677 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
heavily desaturated
0.119 — more saturated than 5% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.474 — brighter than 87% of ranked films
Measured across 182 frames. See the frames on the American Sniper page →
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