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Cockfighter (1974) colour palette

Directed by Monte Hellman · Shot by Néstor Almendros

Cockfighter (1974), shot by Néstor Almendros, runs muted and strongly warm, measured across 48 sampled frames. Its two dominant hue families are orange and green. The single most common colour is dark grey (#342f2a), covering 9.6% of sampled colour. Overall the image sits mid-key.

Warmth

strongly warm

0.734 on −1 cool to +1 warm

Saturation

muted

0.22 — more saturated than 34% of ranked films

Luminance

mid-key

0.435 — brighter than 65% of ranked films

Measured across 48 frames. See the frames on the Cockfighter page →

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