Apocalypse Now (1979) colour palette
Directed by Francis Ford Coppola · Shot by Vittorio Storaro
- #100e0cdeep orange · 10%
- #323429dark grey · 7.2%
- #4f4c34yellow · 5.6%
- #241a0cdeep orange · 5%
- #2e2716deep orange · 4.4%
- #8a754forange · 3.4%
Apocalypse Now (1979), shot by Vittorio Storaro, runs natural and strongly warm, measured across 64 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and yellow. The single most common colour is deep orange (#100e0c), covering 10% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.
Warmth
strongly warm
0.825 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.362 — more saturated than 87% of ranked films
Luminance
dark
0.346 — brighter than 10% of ranked films
Measured across 64 frames. See the frames on the Apocalypse Now page →
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