Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977) colour palette
Directed by Steven Spielberg · Shot by Vilmos Zsigmond
- #101011near black · 8.5%
- #2f2c2ddark grey · 8.5%
- #f9fafanear white · 5.2%
- #251613deep red · 3.3%
- #d4c8b3pale orange · 3.3%
- #55504adark grey · 3%
Close Encounters Of The Third Kind (1977), shot by Vilmos Zsigmond, runs natural and warm, measured across 66 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and blue. The single most common colour is near black (#101011), covering 8.5% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.
Warmth
warm
0.342 on −1 cool to +1 warm
Saturation
natural
0.304 — more saturated than 72% of ranked films
Luminance
mid-key
0.419 — brighter than 53% of ranked films
Measured across 66 frames. See the frames on the Close Encounters Of The Third Kind page →
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