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Black Sabbath poster

Black Sabbath (1963) colour palette

Directed by Mario Bava · Shot by Ubaldo Terzano

Black Sabbath (1963), shot by Ubaldo Terzano, runs natural and warm, measured across 65 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#0e0c0d), covering 9.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits dark.

Warmth

warm

0.343 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

natural

0.316 — more saturated than 77% of ranked films

Luminance

dark

0.362 — brighter than 16% of ranked films

Measured across 65 frames. See the frames on the Black Sabbath page →

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